GHFA PSH - Residential Care Specialist I

Legacy Behavioral Health • Valdosta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Legacy Behavioral Health is seeking a Residential Care Specialist to work in Adel, Georgia. Under the direct supervision of the Residential Site Manager, the position provides services to consumers with mental health, substance use, or dual diagnoses in a 24/7 community-based residential program. The role includes teaching daily living skills, providing case management and transportation support, observing consumers taking medication as prescribed, and monitoring and documenting treatment progress. Computer knowledge and extensive documentation are required.

The position requires flexible hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays. Employees must be physically and emotionally fit to work in a stressful environment, meet deadlines, and respond to routine and crisis situations. Duties may involve extended periods of sitting, walking, and standing; varying hours for monitoring, education, or crisis response; and travel to off-campus locations in the service area or in a personal vehicle. Employees may be exposed to health hazards and traumatic situations, including psychiatric or deceased patients, and may spend extended periods at computer terminals. The role requires regular talking and hearing, and intermittent standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching. Vision requirements include close, distance, and peripheral vision and depth perception, which may be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid Georgia driver’s license with fewer than 5 points.
• CPR/First Aid certification or ability to obtain CPR certification.
• Computer knowledge and ability to complete extensive documentation.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to meet the physical and emotional demands of the position, including working in a stressful environment and performing intermittent physical activity.

Responsibilities

• Provide services to consumers with mental health, substance use, or dual diagnoses in a community-based residential program.
• Provide skills training and education in budgeting, household chores, personal hygiene, social skills, and meal preparation.
• Provide case management services, including linking consumers to community resources.
• Assist consumers with transportation.
• Observe consumers taking medications as prescribed.
• Monitor and document consumer progress in treatment using the designated format and within established time frames.
• Provide monitoring, education, and crisis handling as needed.

Benefits

• Health insurance through State of Georgia employee benefit plans.
• Competitive pay.
• 24 days of paid leave in the first year.
• Retirement plan with an automatic 2% employer contribution to a 401(k), plus a 3% match after one year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED