SENIOR Residential UNIT Spec-Forensic - Pathways Marianna, FL

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Date:
Sep 8, 2025

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Requisition No:860485

Agency:
Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title:

SENIOR RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPEC-Forensic -  PATHWAYS MARIANNA, FL

Position Number:

POSITION:
Senior Residential Unit Specialist-Career Service– Filling vacancies on all shifts

WORKING TITLE:
Senior Residential Unit Specialist

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OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

This posting may close before the posted closing date.

This position is not a Telework position and is required to report to Pathways in Marianna, FL.

* Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.

* Must present a valid driver’s license to interview.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please  ).

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

APD’s Pathways Overview

Pathways is a 34-bed all male forensic facility working with individuals with disabilities in a secure setting. These individuals have been adjudicated by the courts as incompetent to proceed to trial and have significant behavioral and psychiatric issues. Pathways provides rehabilitative, vocational, and daily living skills training to the individuals served which allows for a smooth transition back into a non-secure residential or community setting.

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Position Summary

This position is responsible for the custody, personal care, safety, security, and well-being of residents ordered by the Court to the custody of DDDP/ Pathways.

The Work You Will Do

• Implements and deploys behavioral programs designed for each resident in an appropriate, fair, and impartial manner.
• Ensures that all activities associated with the residents are documented and filed in the appropriate residence chart in accordance with the Agency protocol. Immediately notify the supervisor of any issues associated with the resident(s).
• Performs 1:1 Specials in accordance with Agency protocols, ensures that appropriate and required documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner, and works with individual resident(s) as assigned or required.
• Confers with unit supervisors concerning behavioral problems of resident(s) and assists in planning corrective measures.
• Cooperates with the supervisors of wards or units, ensuring that the developmentally disabled are being adequately cared for and are receiving prescribed care and training.
• Makes daily rounds of the assigned wards or units for safety and sanitation issues and reports findings in accordance with Agency policy or procedure.
• Maintain Crisis Prevention and Intervention certification and provide programming techniques.

Minimum Qualifications

• A valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds, pull, squat, and stand for extended periods of time.
• One (1) year experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities or in a psychiatric care or mental health setting
• High school diploma or its…