Adult Support Aid

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages the shift and handles issues as they arise in the ongoing daily treatment milieu through positive, informed decision-making.
• Provides guidance and assistance to clients throughout all facets of the program.
• Establishes boundaries and responds to the client's needs with fairness, objectivity, firmness, care, and concern.
• Observes behavior and emotional climate within the group and with each individual client and responds appropriately.
• Maintains certification in Safe Crisis Management (SCM) and utilizes these skills as needed to assure safety.
• Engages in recovery support by assisting in implementing learned skills through therapeutic programming including relapse prevention, life skills, recreation, and psychoeducation.
• Conducts assigned groups to include educational assistance, vocational assistance, life skills, etc.
• Assures that each client is focused on treatment goals.
• Follows daily and weekly shift responsibilities and other daily assignments.
• Communicates effectively with other treatment team staff and works within the plan designed by the treatment team.
• Provides a professional attitude and presents as a positive role model.
• Keeps accurate and timely records and writes thorough and objective reports.
• Provides transportation for clients to appointments as needed or assigned.
• Drives agency vehicles in a safe and lawful manner.
• Teaches grooming, hygiene, housekeeping functions, care of the property, and family living skills.
• Maintains familiarity with all emergency procedures.
• Administers drug screens and provides support to drug screening companies.
• Monitors visitations, including ensuring contraband is not brought into the program.
• Complies with licensing standards, certification standards, employee handbook, client rights, and any other rules of conduct.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions/Environment

Shifts may vary depending on staffing needs. RE is a 24-hour/7 day a week/365 day a year facility; therefore, varied shift hours will be required. Holidays and weekends are scheduled for all direct care staff. Overtime may be required depending on staffing needs. Meals are provided for staff when on campus. Intense, unpredictable population with the possibility of verbal and physical aggression. Fast-paced environment with the need for quick decisions to deal with any crisis that may arise. Environment is both indoor and outdoor. The environment is at times loud and stressful.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience: Experience working with SUD population preferred.
• Experience in management, leadership, and/or supervision preferred.
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Some ASA positions may require a valid Driver's License and insurability.
• Technical requirements include proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and any other applications used by the organization or regulatory agencies.
• Ability to understand and relate to the needs of clients from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to read, write and converse in English.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.
• Successful completion of a background screening.
• Successful completion of a TB skin test or proof of a negative chest x-ray or other documentation.

Specialized Licenses or Training

• Successful completion of Excellent Foundations.
• Complete crisis intervention training annually.
• Complete at least 10 hours of alcohol and drug training annually.
• Maintain 40 hours of annual training (including 16 hours of SCM).
• Maintain 16 hours of Safe Crisis Management training, meeting all physical requirements unless given an exemption by CEO or designee.
• Maintain CPR/1st Aid training.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms, and use hands to finger, handle, and feel. This employee is also regularly required to use a computer keyboard and mouse. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds or more. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.