Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
The Residential Living Coordinator is responsible for overseeing daily operations and staff during daytime hours in a residential setting. This position ensures the well-being, safety, and support of residents while supervising a team of residential advisors, coordinating daily activities, and maintaining a positive, structured living environment.
- Ensures orderly, clean living conditions by scheduling and supervising clean up and submitting repair requests.
- Provides supervision for the cafeteria, laundry, special activities (on and off Center) and other areas of the program as scheduled or assigned.
- Identifies and assists students in handling special problems and conducts dormitory meetings.
- Maintains communication with students’ counselors, instructors, and with other staff members.
- Attends staff in-service training sessions and other training or meetings as directed.
- Establishes a close working relationship with students, dealing justly and impartially regardless of their ability, achievement or background, and works to motivate them toward goals.
- Initiates and directs dormitory programs, utilizing Center services and activities to benefit students.
- Follows all non-health standing orders.
- Transports students to various activities and events as needed.
- Maintains an environment wherein students and staff feel safe and secure.
- Maintains logbooks as directed and authorized that show activity during shift.
- Ensures case notes and other entries in CIS are accurate and up-to-date.
- Secures students personal property/items when a student is absent for 24 hours; all items are to be placed in property and logged.
- Submits time sheets according to Residential Living Supervisor.
- Assists and trains student leaders per center policy.
- Ensures students meet their evening schedule.
- Provides support for safety and security on center.
- Ensures that buildings are secure and clean at all times.
- Conducts periodic checks and maintains order and discipline in his/her assigned dorm.
- Works towards meeting performance center goals.
- Follows the CDSS plan and Code of Conduct system daily.
- Complies with all DOL guidelines, OFCCP regulation, Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) Bizzell policies and procedures, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and Center policies and procedures.
- Adheres to required property control policies and procedures.
- Maintains good housekeeping in all areas and complies with safety practices.
- Models, mentors, monitors appropriate Career Success Standards.
- Helps students become more employable through continuous reinforcement.
- Participates in PRH mandated staff training.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Proficiency with advanced Microsoft Office applications including Word, Power Point, Outlook, and Excel.
- Computer Literacy with basic computer functions, email, internet, and basic programs such as Adobe Acrobat.
- Ability to develop and maintain professional and collaborative relationships with students.
- Knowledge of residential living and dormitory procedures and practices.
- High level of communication, interpersonal, and organization skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive situations with empathy and professionalism.
- Minimum one year working with youth or related experience and/or training.
- High school diploma or equivalent is required. Associate’s Degree in a human services field such as Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Counseling, or related fields is preferred.