Residential Services Specialist 3 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4843168) Apply  Residential Services Specialist 3 Salary $2,381.60 - $3,822.00 Monthly Location Jackson, LA Job Type Classified Job Number ELMHS2.21.25RSS3 Department LDH-Office of Behavioral Health Opening Date 02/25/2025 Closing Date 3/2/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information This vacancy is located within the Community Group Homes at the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, Jackson, LA. ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised or residential, outpatient and inpatient services. *This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing. The position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified. And Agency-Wide permanent status employees); by Detail to Special Duty; or as a part-time, temporary WAE. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available. SPECIAL ENTRANCE RATE (SER): $14.89/hour. ($1,190.80 bi-weekly) Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed. Please list all work experience. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 219-1041. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. For further information about this vacancy, please contact: ELMHS-HR@LA.GOV 225-634-0259 Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Two years of training or experience in providing behavioral health or developmentally disabled services or psychiatric patient care; OR Twenty-four semester hours in education, psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, child guidance or nursing. Job Concepts Function of Work: To perform lead-worker non-professional support work involving the direct care of individuals and the implementation and direction of active treatment plans by providing care, guidance and training. Level of Work: Advanced. Supervision Received: General from a Residential Services Specialist 5 or a higher-level professional staff member. Supervision Exercised: Functional over Residential Services Specialists 1 and Residential Services Specialists 2. Location of Work: Department of Health and Hospitals, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, residential care facilities or community homes for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or physical disabilities; schools and hospitals. Job Distinctions: Differs from Residential Services Specialist 2 by the presence of serving as lead-worker and advanced journeyman level of duties. Differs from Residential Services Specialist 4 by the presence of individual direct care responsibilities. Differs from Residential Services Specialist 5 by the absence of direct-line supervisory responsibility over lower-level Residential Services Specialists. Examples of Work Trains lower-level Residential Services Specialists in providing active treatment and documentation procedures. Maintains appropriate communication with supervisor and direct care staff to reinforce and enhance skills necessary for adaptation and productivity. Resolves minor problems on the shift and maintains an appropriate environment for individuals. Ensures individuals' records are maintained with current and precise documentation in accordance with all applicable regulations, standards and guidelines. Orders supplies. Serves as acting supervisor in the absence of the Residential Services Specialist 5. Conducts environmental and safety inspections. Trains and guides individuals in routine and elementary self-help skills such as good hygiene, good housekeeping, money management, and other activities providing personal and social growth. Assists individuals with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, and oral hygiene. Assistance may include lifting up to 50 lbs. Participates in the development and implementation of the Active Treatment Plan and Nutritional, Behavior, and Physical Support Plans. May prevent or stop disturbances through approved facility policies and procedures. Trains individuals in maintaining living area standards by performing and modeling simple custodial tasks such as making beds, cleaning floors, and putting clothes away. Accompanies and transports individuals to activities such as the dining hall, church services, recreation areas, doctor's offices, education field trips, work, and shopping. Observes behavior and health of individuals and reports sudden or unusual changes to higher authority. Reports accidents/incidents and suspected cases of abuse or neglect of individuals to higher authority. May instruct individuals involved in work activities such as cutting grass, loading materials, or other simple custodial tasks. Cleans living area and washes, dries, and folds residents clothing and linens. Reports needed repairs and maintenance in living area. Maintains records for review of higher authority on progress of training and development of individual. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Please give a brief summary of your two years of experience in providing care, guidance or training to individuals with developmental disabilities, physical disabilities or chemical dependency; or psychiatric patient care. 02 Are you a current employee of ELMHS? + Yes + No 03 Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge? + Yes + No 04 If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A. 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