Residential Services Assistant

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we're here to create real change - helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we're looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives - including your own. You'll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Join us and be a part of something bigger. Apply today.

Elwyn seeks a Residential Services Assistant to be responsible for the general daily care of program clients. This role provides counseling and advocacy in a therapeutic setting, assisting young adult through geriatric clients with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders to achieve social, economic, emotional, and personal independence in order to live in the community.

Responsibilities:

• Provide general daily care and support to program clients.
• Offer counseling and advocacy in a therapeutic setting.
• Assist clients in achieving social, economic, emotional, and personal independence.
• Work under the supervision of an Associate Clinician at all times.
• Understand and intervene therapeutically in cases of mental illness, utilizing knowledge of DSM classifications and conditions.
• Empower clients through advocacy and skill-building.
• Exercise good judgment and decision-making, particularly during crisis situations.
• Monitor prescribed medications and follow state-specific medication guidelines.
• Maintain client records in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Develop, implement, and modify treatment plans based on comprehensive client assessments.
• Ensure clients live in a safe and clean environment.
• Provide psychoeducational services to clients and their families as required.
• Meet productivity standards in fee-for-service programs.
• Integrate the Prism Model for effective treatment of serious and persistent mental illness into everyday practice and clinical intervention.
• Regularly read Elwyn emails to stay informed of pertinent work information.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Computer literacy, including experience with keyboarding, email, internet, and computerized health record systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain harmonious relations with internal and external customers by being courteous and helpful. Demonstrates appreciation and respect for customers' needs, expectations, and perspectives.
• Proficiency in expressing oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others.
• Ability to achieve work objectives systematically, efficiently, and timely.
• Capacity to achieve work objectives under frequent pressures, deadlines, and productivity demands.
• Ability to use good judgment and discretion with minimal guidance or supervision.
• Ability to develop alternative solutions and uses resources creatively to address existing or anticipated work problems.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and cooperatively with co-workers.
• Willingness to participate as a team member to improve the overall effectiveness of the work group and achieve group goals.

Elwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Elwyn does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, pregnancy status, medical condition, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation or identity, age, national origin, citizenship, handicap status, marital or family status, mental or physical disability, perceived disability, military or veteran status, political activities or affiliations, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation.