Social Service Assistant - Looking Glass Community Services

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As the RCC Social Service Assistant working awake overnight shifts, you will conduct 15-minute sign of life checks on clients, complete necessary documentation and filing, and complete some light janitorial work. You will maintain consistency and safety among clients, observe and record behavior patterns, aid in service planning for clients, and document necessary behaviors. You will complete crisis intervention and de-escalate clients, as needed, utilizing the crisis intervention techniques learned during training. We are currently seeking staff for the awake overnight shifts, 10:00 pm - 8:00 am, days to be determined but will include at least one weekend day if not both.

For more information about the RCC Social Service Assistant position, you can download the full job description below.

RCC, or the Regional Crisis Center, is a subacute residential facility where youth are placed directly from the Department of Human Services. RCC provides residential living facilities, mental health treatment, family counseling, substance use disorders treatment, and academic instruction to clients. RCC clients are often combative and have multiple mental or behavioral challenges. RCC uses verbal de-escalation tactics as well as treatments such as seclusion rooms and full-body restraints when necessary to ensure the safety of our clients.

Eligible for a QMHA certification is preferred. You must have prior experience working with combative at-risk youth, preferably in a residential setting. The ability to maintain strong professional boundaries and confidentiality is a must. You must also be able to pass crisis intervention training within your first month of employment.

Our workforce and clientele represent a diverse set of people from all walks of life. As such, we are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion in the agency. All staff must embody and represent these, and other, Looking Glass agency values.

In compliance with applicable laws and licensing requirements, Looking Glass Human Resources Department conducts a background check on all new employees, non-paid staff (volunteers and interns), and existing staff as required. This is completed by the Background Check Unit with the State of Oregon per the Oregon Administrative Rules.

For more information on your responsibilities and obligations with a background check that is processed by the DHS Background Check Unit, please refer to the ORCHARDS background check system on their government website.