SENIOR RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPEC-Forensic - 67015804 MARIANNA, PATHWAYS- SUNLAND CAMPUS

Requisition No: 827952 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: SENIOR RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPEC-Forensic - 67015804 MARIANNA, PATHWAYS- SUNLAND CAMPUS

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 67015804 

Salary:  $1,424.00- $1,597.82 BIWEEKLY 

Posting Closing Date: 05/01/2024 

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Day shift- Working hours 6:00Am- 2:30PM Central Standard Time

$1,424.00- $1,597.82 BIWEEKLY

 

Join the Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program (DDDP) Team.

 

We are dedicated to empowering persons with developmental disabilities charged with a felony crime to acquire the skills needed to become competent to stand trial, and to acquire the skills and supports that will prepare them for success in their future environments.

 

 

Pathways is a 34-bed all male forensic facility working with individuals with disabilities in a secure setting.  These individuals have been adjudicated by the courts as incompetent to proceed to trial and have significant behavioral and psychiatric issues.  Pathways provides rehabilitative, vocational, and daily living skills training to the individuals served which allows for a smooth transition back into a non-secure residential or community setting. 

 

Duties of a Senior Residential Unit Specialist F/C include:

 

Responsible for the custody, personal care, safety, security and well-being of residents ordered by the Court to the custody of the Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program.  Functions as a senior member of the resident care team monitoring behavioral modification programs and consulting with the treatment team to ensure that behavioral programs designed for individual residents are consistent with the Contingency Manual. Functions as a role model for residents to reinforce the behavioral and social skills required to be successful in integrating into community and/or residential environments.

 

•           Monitors/evaluates the behaviors of individual residents and provides feedback to the treatment team to ensure that behavioral programs and CVM’s are implemented in a consistent manner.  Provides consultation and feedback to the treatment team with respect to recommendations for modifications to the CVM’s based on interaction, observation, and communication with the resident.

 

•           Functions as a team leader in the absence of the Human Services Senior Supervisor and takes a leadership role in mentoring new employees.  Assists the Human Services Senior Supervisors in training staff in the deployment of new policies, procedures and/or protocols.  Serves as a mentor to staff that require additional training and or instruction to enhance skill sets or improve levels of performance.

 

•           Implements and deploys Behavioral Programs designed for each resident in an appropriate, fair and impartial manner.  This includes but is not limited to adhering to all policies, maintaining ongoing updates of all program changes and collecting and recording required data in a timely and accurate manner.

 

•           Ensures that all activities associated with the resident are documented in chronological order in accordance with agency protocol, with all relevant facts which includes, who, what, when where and why.  Immediately notify supervisor of any issues associated with the resident which are unusual and/or may require additional follow-up and investigation.  Files associated documents in the appropriate resident chart.

 

•           Prepares assignment sheets and assumes a leadership role in providing personal care, supervision, escort, training, and treatment for residents.

 

•           Performs 1 to 1 Specials in accordance with agency protocols, ensures that appropriate and required documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner and works with individual residents as assigned or required.

 

•           Provides assistance to the treatment team in deploying training, instruction, recreational and other therapeutic interventions to the residents as assigned and/or required.

 

•           Informs the supervisor of current operating conditions on ward/unit through reports and conferences.

 

•           Consults with other departments in the solution or treatment of residents' problems.

 

•           Makes daily rounds of the assigned wards or units informing supervisors on the well-being of residents and condition of facility.

 

•           Monitors unit/ward for safety and/or sanitation issues and reports findings to supervisor/management. 

 

•           Ensures that all essential documents are co