Help children and adults with developmental disabilities achieve their greatest potential.
Resource Team Assistant Needed!
Pay starting at $18.12/ hour plus an additional $2.50/ hour Shift Differential.
- This is a job where you can make a difference in other's lives and build a career!
- Full Time, flexible shift opportunities!
- Job Location: Ridgely, MD.
+ Other Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Long term and short term disability, accident, and critical illness benefits
- Flexible spending accounts; dependent care and health care
- 403(b) match
- Paid time off; 12 holidays (including your birthday) plus a generous amount of sick, vacation, and personal hours
- Tuition reimbursement
- Mileage reimbursement
- Extra pay for using your personally owned vehicle, if eligible
- Cell phone reimbursement, if eligible
- Career advancement opportunities
- Paid training
- Year round events including appreciation weeks (for Teachers, DSPs, Administration, etc.), turkey give-away, Christmas party, milestone anniversary celebrations, staff appreciation night, and much more!
+ Education and Experience
- High school diploma or GED required, Associates degree in related field, preferred.
- Must have valid driver’s license and cleaning driving record. Must be able to use personal vehicle in the execution of job duties and provide required insurance documentation of personal vehicle.
- Must have at least 1 year experience working with youth and young adults with developmental disabilities.
- Any certifications necessary for the job will be paid for and coordinated through Benedictine
+ Key Responsibilities
- Respond to and provide interventions for any crisis events. Participate and lead team sin student crisis interventions, following student Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP).
- Implement and oversee any BIP follow up as needed. Provide ongoing training to residential staff on student BIPs.
- Complete "train the trainer" certification for the Benedictine approved behavior management program.
- Monitor and observe suites; monitor and observe all general activity periods including meal times.
- Notify supervisor of an incident(s) and complete DHR Reports within expected timelines, as needed.
- Review all incident reports and participate in debriefing meetings and process.
- Train staff in the correct completion of incident reports.
- Attend new admission meetings, as required.
- Monitor protocols for use of safety equipment.
- Monitor staff use of safety equipment and maintain equipment inventories.
- Assist in eloper searches.
+ Working Conditions
Hours of work
- Full time
- Sunday 9am-9pm and Monday thru Thursday 3pm 10pm
- Tuesday thru Friday 3pm-10pm and Saturday 9am-9pm
- Friday 3pm-10pm, Saturday & Sunday 9am-9pm and Monday 3pm-10pm
Overtime expectations
- Overtime is not required but is regularly available and much appreciated. Any employee can request extra hours, regardless of seniority
Work environment
- Ridgely Campus and/or Group Home Setting.
Travel requirements
- Provide transportation utilizing Benedictine fleet vehicles.
On-call responsibilities
- Not required for this position.
Benedictine is an EOE