Resident Support Specialist- Mary’s Place Pittsburgh

Mary's Place is a home for pregnant and parenting women that provides support in an environment of reverence and love. We welcome women of all faiths and strive to empower them with stability and independence, while promoting the inherent dignity of both mother and child.

Essential Duties
Resident Operations: During the coverage period supervises the residents and oversees the house operations.
Responsibilities include:
• Complete intake/exit assessments of residents.
• Overseeing client self-administration of medication.
• Ensuring residents are completing daily responsibilities and tasks.
• Assisting the residents in the days and/or evenings to ensure established routines are being followed,including awareness of overall health and well-being of the residents.
• Helping with integrating new residents into Mary’s Place
• Ensuring all policies and procedures are being followed. Any incidents are reported, and incident reports are completed.
• Defusing confrontation with resident’s, using appropriate verbal behavioral and de-escalation
techniques.
• Maintaining a healthy, clean, and safe environment. Responds quickly and calmly in the event of an emergency

Administrative: Collaborates with the House Program Director to determine the support needed.
Responsibilities include:
• Receives, maintains, and executes resident referral intake process.
• Answering house and/or cell phone
• Assisting with the implementation of special events
• Manage, track, help coordinate and document all services provided.
• Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Knowledge and commitment to Catholic teachings and practices.
• Strong crisis intervention skills
• Strong verbal  and listening skills with demonstrated understanding of and
  sensitivity to culturally diverse populations
• Strong organizational and detail-oriented skills
• Knowledge of pregnancy care and infant care

Education/Experience
• Associate degree in Social Work or related field plus 3 years’ experience in the human service field
• A High School degree or equivalent plus 5 years’ experience in the human service field will be
considered.
• Experience with drug and alcohol, mental health, at risk women, and homelessness preferred.
Minimum Job and Physical Requirements
• Eligible to work in the US
• Current/valid PA driver’s license with at least 3 years driving experience with a safedriving record.
• Ability to remain on feet 60% of the time during the day with the ability to navigate multiple
floors via stairs.
• Ability to work outdoors during the Spring/Summer months doing lite gardening,planting and/
or raking leaves.
• Ability to lift to 25 pounds, receive shipments, break down shipment boxes, take out
trash/recyclables, household laundry and shoveling snow.
Shift Expectations:
• Ability to work shifts.
• 50% Time Spent with Resident’s
• 20% Administrative Work
• 20% Household Activities
• 10% Miscellaneous Assigned
If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to Terri Taormina, House Program Director at [email protected].