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, Tuesday through Saturday from 9a-5p
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.

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.