Residential advisor vs residential program worker

Differences between residential advisor and residential program worker duties and responsibilities

Residential advisor example responsibilities.

• Engage, educate and empower participants to access community base resources in order to achieve greater self-determination, rehabilitation and recovery.
• Assist medical and clinical staff who cares for patients admit to a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.
• Help with activities of daily life, such as groceries shopping.
• Check mail, shopping for groceries and handling and maintaining individual's money.
• Provide training and administer first aid and emergency medical procedures, such as CPR.
• Lead staff member on cottage and assume cottage manager duties when RAS is not present.
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Residential program worker example responsibilities.

• Serve as primary service provider/trainer for developmentally disable consumers as assigned to achieve functioning independence in self help and ADL 's
• Provide assistance with ADL's, escort on medical appointments, goal training, community activity planning ,
• Train in medication administration as well as CPR certification.
• Supervise and train other rehabilitation workers to ensure quality implementation of QSAC's principles.
• Provide appropriate written documentation concerning delivery of services to patients and their progress towards treatment goals.
• Provide mentally impair and/or emotionally disturb patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological and rehabilitation care.
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