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Momentum for Health

Residential Alcohol and Other Drugs Coordinator **Parisi House 16hrs**

58K-65KCAOther

4mo

  • Work Schedule is Saturday & Sunday 7:00am to 3:30pm. Bilingual Spanish speaking candidates & RADT certified candidates encouraged to apply. Bi-Lingual Pay - One hundred twenty-five dollars per paycheck for threshold languages to serve our monolingual clients**

Pay rates for Union positions are set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU Local 521. Each position has a total of six steps, Step 1 (entry level) through Step 6 (15 years of employment with the organization). Union staff are promoted from Step 1 to Step 2 upon their one-year anniversary. The current Step 1 rate for this position is $28.09/hr, and the current Step 6 rate for this position is $31.01/hr.

  • In addition to our competitive salaries, we pay a shift differential for certain shifts in our 24-hour programs as follows: (Only 1 differential -whichever is highest will apply at a time).
  • 6% additional pay for overnight (NOC) shift from 11 pm to 7 am
  • 4.5% additional pay for evening shift from 5:30 pm to 10:59 pm
  • 4.5% additional pay for weekend shifts from 12:01 am on Saturday thru 11:59pm on Sunday

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Enter information into the daily log, including descriptions of any incidents, altercations,

mother-child interactions, or medication discrepancies. *

  • Oversee the day-to-day activities of clients and their children, including regular rounds, chores completed at scheduled times, attending scheduled groups, and ensuring proper supervision and safety of all clients and children.*
  • Monitor and assist mothers’ positive parenting activities, providing crisis intervention as needed.
  • Provide client access to their medications and ensuring correct dose and medication are being provided. Inventory client medication per shift.*
  • Regularly scheduled and emergency transportation for clients, including appointments, grocery shopping, WIC, and others as needed.*
  • Track daily census of clients.*
  • Conduct scheduled and random urine and oral drug testing.*
  • Set up bedrooms for potential clients, including bedding and welcome baskets. Clean bedrooms of outgoing clients and submit maintenance requests as needed.*
  • Communicate thorough shift exchange with incoming staff, including client updates and pending to-dos for the shift.*
  • Conduct facility, room, and client searches as needed, including all incoming packages and personal items brought for clients.
  • Conduct end-of-month report, including inventories of food, medicine, and supplies, fire and safety checks, and any maintenance requests as needed.*
  • Participate in trainings and achieve certifications as required by federal, state, and county licensing requirements.*
  • Conduct client checks and take vitals per the organization’s Withdrawal Management Policy.*
  • Provide childcare coverage as needed.
  • Provide coverage for admission and discharge paperwork as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: (E = Essential; D = Desired)

  • Must have a high school diploma or GED. (E)
  • A valid California Driver License, with access to a reliable vehicle/for driving a company vehicle, current proof of auto liability insurance, and a clean DMV record. (E)
  • Working knowledge of common computer software programs including MS Office, Excel. (E)
  • Filing skills (alpha, numeric, date). (E)
  • Some experience working in a multicultural setting with women and children affected by the disease of addiction and having possible mental health diagnoses. (D)
  • Sensitivity to female privacy interests and prior domestic abuse. (E)
  • Experience of social model methodology and 12-Step recovery principles. (D)
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish). (D)
  • Strong personal boundaries matched with compassion. (E)
  • Experience role modeling recovery concepts, healthy life skills, and positive parenting skills to maintain a positive environment for recovery. (D)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Regularly required to sit, stand and walk up and down a small hill. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds (strollers, supplies, small children).

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Primary work is performed in a residential setting with short periods of time at an office desk. Will be exposed to clients in various states of undress.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT:

Local travel to training, client appointments, and other as needed errands may be required.