Resident Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Resident Assistant (Part-Time and Full-Time available)

Reports to: Clinical Supervisor

Department: Clinical/Operation

Location : 52 East 126th St. New York, NY 10035

Pay : $35,000 - $38,000

Shift : 12am - 8am Monday-Friday

OUR MISSION:

Since 1967, Odyssey House has gone beyond helping individuals beat drugs and alcohol. We help rebuild lives. There’s more to recovery than just getting clean. We help individuals get healthy again, too, with medical and dental care, fitness programs, support for your mental health and more. Individuals can stay with their children while in treatment, while learning new life skills, so they can stay together and repair other broken relationships in their lives. We provide educational and work skill trainings, outpatient services and available housing assistance, so individuals can step back into real life with a real future.

If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you’re right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.

DESCRIPTION: 

The Resident Assistant is responsible for security work, supervising tenants and tenants’ guest, and working with other staff to provide excellent service to the Tenants.  S/he will provide light administrative/clerical and janitorial support to staff as needed. S/he will work on holidays, weekends, and when needed to cover the Resident Assistant duties. S/he must be a self-motivated individual wanting to be part of a team providing services and resources to Tenants and staff.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide light administrative/clerical and janitorial support to staff as needed
• Organizing office and storage space
• sweep, and mop internal and exterior areas
• dust and polish furniture 
• clean lobby area windows
• empty and clean trash containers
• dispose of trash in a sanitary manner
• Check the identifications of visitors.
• Make daily log entries to assist program staff in continuity of services 
• Crisis Intervention
• Working in emergency situations.
• Sitting for extended periods
• Other duties as required
• Attend staff meetings
• Monthly supervision with the Clinical Supervisor
• Facility Run

REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to work well with a variety of people
• Willingness to support staff efforts in serving the tenants
• Ability to be non-judgmental and objective in working with sometimes difficult tenants 
• Prior security experience

In addition, Odyssey House offers:

• A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
• Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
• 403(b) Plan
• Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
• Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
• Commuter Benefits
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
• RUFit?! Fitness Program
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
• Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.