Residential Counselor (Behavioral Health) – Mon to Fri 3p to 11p

Daniel Memorial Inc•Jacksonville, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Residential Counselor is responsible for providing care and treatment to adolescent clients as outlined in their treatment plans. This role functions as a member of the client's treatment team, following established policies and procedures. The position involves implementing daily living activities, ensuring client hygiene and safety, setting appropriate limits, escorting clients, observing clients on special precautions, coaching recreational activities, and modeling professional behavior. The counselor will also follow guidelines for intervening with aggressive clients, documenting in client files, relating respectfully with clients and others, tracking community service hours, ensuring client needs are met, demonstrating knowledge of safety plans, administering medications accurately, and understanding cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients. Maintaining unit cleanliness and performing other assigned duties are also part of the role.

Requirements

Associate’s degree REQUIRED with at least 1 year experience with at-risk children / mental health experience
Must be able to effectively use crisis intervention techniques.
Valid Florida driver’s license in good standing
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Basic computer knowledge
Strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

Implements effectively cottage activities of daily living to include wake up and bedtime routine, mealtime, maintains a clean, inviting, safe and orderly environment.
Maintains clients’ personal hygiene, cleanliness, grooming, clothing and adheres to infection control procedures and practices universal precautions.
Effectively and appropriately sets limits with clients that are appropriate to the situation.
Escorts clients safely to activities or appointments on or off campus as needed.
Adheres to established guidelines for observing clients on special precautions.
Coaches’ recreational activities to role model and encourage client participation.
Models appropriate and professional behavior (i.e., dress, habits, personality, tact, etc.).
Consistently follows proper guidelines and procedures for intervening with physically aggressive clients.
Fill in online in crisis situations to ensure safety
Ensure that documentation in client’s file, group log and weekly summaries is accurate and completed in the prescribed time.
Relates with clients, parents, peers and the public in a respectful and professional manner.
Keeps a record of community service hours completed by each client.
Ensures that client needs and services are provided within departmental guidelines.
Demonstrates knowledge of the disaster and safety plans.
Ensures that all medications administered are accurate, given in the prescribed time, and documented appropriately.
Staff members demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the client and implement awareness and understanding in the client’s treatment.
Maintains the cleanliness and upkeep of the unit
Relates with clients, parents, peers and the public in a respectful and professional manner in person and phone interaction.
Performs other duties that may be assigned.