Residential Support Specialist

Residential Support Specialist (RSS)

Position: Residential Support Specialist (RSS) Rate: $17.00/hr up to $18.00/hr, based on education and related experience Schedule: Full-Time, Sunday through Thursday from 11a-7p Location: Homestead area of Pittsburgh, PA

Devereux/TCV is hiring for Mental Health Residential Supports Specialist. TCV Community Services, located in Western PA, has been a leading community provider for over 50 years in supporting individuals with mental health, intellectual disabilities, and behavioral health/substance abuse needs, and we are looking for mission-driven, compassionate, reliable and creative people to join our community of care.

Being a Residential Supports Specialist (RSS) has its advantages. As an RSS at Devereux/TCV, you will work with other dedicated professionals who want to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.

What Devereux/TCV offers you:

• A working environment that is collaborative and with a multidisciplinary team approach.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Health, Vision, Dental Insurance.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• 403 (b) retirement plan.
• Paid Training.
• Student Loan Assistance.

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you! Devereux/TCV is proud to offer ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to fifteen thousand dollars annually for undergraduate and twenty-five thousand dollars annually for graduate) and student loan repayment, among other benefits!

Keywords: Direct Support Professional (DSP), Mental Health Technician, Behavioral Health Technician, Support Staff, Human Services Worker, Group Home Staff, Residential Aide

Qualifications (must):

• Be 18 years of age or older
• High School Diploma
• Valid driver’s license preferred
• Prior experience working in mental health programs preferred
• Agree to a PA state criminal history, child abuse record and FBI Clearance
• Agree to a pre-employment drug screening, one-step TB and physical.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.