Residential Advisor

Overview

Your daily work involves teaching, helping, empowering students in our residential program to be the best they can be. Our desire is to ensure that our students—who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind—have access to a living environment that matches the care and support they would receive at home.

Instruction and Supervision: 80%

• You will mentor and model for the students you work with:

• Instructs students in age appropriate daily living skills

• Knows where students in department are at all times

• Works with students to complete homework and other projects

• Instructs student on appropriate leisure time activities

• Attends department meetings as scheduled

• Transport students to off-campus activities and appointments

Maintain Safe and Clean Environment: 10%

• Follows established emergency evacuation procedures

• Makes sure the cottage is clean and sanitary

• Report all maintenance issues through established procedures

Record Keeping: 5%

• Completes daily logbook

• Completes incident reports when needed

• Submits timesheets and requests for leave as instructed

All other duties as assigned: 5%

• Required:
  
  A high school diploma or equivalency is required.

• Preferred:
  Training or experience in the field of childcare in residential facilities.
  
  Experience in a residential setting and knowledge of child development.

• Preferred:
  Specific experience working with students and staff who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind.

• Preferred:
  Red Cross, CPR, and other related training

• Communication:
  Proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) or a willingness to reach target proficiency levels to foster cooperative relationships with students and staff.

• Cooperation:
  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents and staff. Ability to work as a team

• Technical:
  Understanding of basic computer and technology skills. Ability to handle stressful situations with students with varying levels of education, social and emotional experiences.

• During the one-year probationary period, Residential Advisor 1 must successfully complete the Advanced Training Course for Residential Youth and Child Care Workers (RCYCP). This program was developed by the National Resource Center for Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma and is conducted by the staff at the Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind. Upon successfully completing, the one-year probationary period and the RCYCP course a $1.55 an hour increase is granted per the current Collective Bargaining Agreement.

• Other combinations of education and experience which could provide this knowledge, skills and abilities will be evaluated on an individual basis.