Resident Care Assistant — Austin, TX Job at Briarwood Detox in Austin

What you will do: Make sure residents get to their scheduled program activities. Give guidance, direction and redirection, and be a person worth modelling. Walk routine rounds of the house and report what needs reporting. Recognize a crisis and respond to it appropriately. Document client interactions accurately in Lightning Step. Keep supervisors current on resident behavior, and prepare group attendance reports. Hold confidentiality, and the code of ethical conduct that goes with it. Required High school diploma or GED. The interpersonal range to be warm and still hold a boundary. Basic comfort with Windows and documentation tools. Reliability across rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays. A valid Texas driver's license and clean driving record - you would drive a company vehicle. Composure in a fast-paced environment when something goes wrong. Preferred Any prior experience in behavioral health, recovery housing or peer support.

Benefits: Health, dental, vision and life cover. Generous paid time off. Merit-based raises and a route to promotion, reviewed on a schedule rather than on request. Hands-on experience in behavioral health, addiction treatment and mental health support - the kind that counts on an application to the next role. A sober living house rather than a clinical floor: residents are further along, and the work is community and accountability more than crisis. High school diploma or GED. The interpersonal range to be warm and still hold a boundary. Basic comfort with Windows and documentation tools. Reliability across rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays. A valid Texas driver's license and clean driving record - you would drive a company vehicle. Composure in a fast-paced environment when something goes wrong.