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Residential coordinator resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a residential coordinator resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in residential coordinator-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some residential coordinator interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some residential coordinator interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a residential coordinator resume:

  • Crisis Intervention
  • Direct Supervision
  • CPR
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Coordinators
  • Social Work
  • Mental Health
  • Medication Administration
  • Mental Illness
  • Substance Abuse
  • Residential Program
  • Group Homes
  • Community Resources
  • Medical Appointments
  • Support Services
  • ADL
  • Incident Reports
  • Residential Life
  • Direct Support Professionals
  • Staff Schedules
  • ISP
  • Staff Training
  • Residential Service
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Independent Living
  • Resident Assistants
  • Staff Development
  • Corrective Action
  • Emergency Situations
  • Crisis Management

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the residential coordinator.

How to write residential coordinator experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are examples from great residential coordinator resumes:

Work history example #1

Residential Coordinator

McDonald's

  • Supervised over mental patients and staff supporters * Payroll and Scheduling * Prepared paperwork for DDS/DMR
  • Responded to emergencies while on-call for entire campus-Taught required course for all first-year employees
  • Developed internal and external correspondence that facilitated effective communication and transfer of information between bi-coastal offices and outsourced production companies;.
  • Collaborated with Payroll and Records departments to ensure the timely submission, processing and problem resolution of employee related transactions.
  • Participated in on-call Professional Staff duty rotation for the entire residential community, which consist of approximately 2300 students.

Work history example #2

Habilitation Specialist

Denton County MHMR Center

  • Provided scheduled care to individuals with Autism, PDD and other developmental disabilities.
  • Administered medications, assisted with ADL's, and communicated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure continuity of care
  • Trained in motivational interviewing, HIPAA regulations, CPR certified, emergency preparedness, suicide awareness, and team building.
  • Provided care for adolescents with physical and developmental disabilities through activities designed to address social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
  • Ensured family partnership through communication with families and helping in coordination of visits.

Work history example #3

Residential Coordinator

Creative Community Living Services

  • Individualized Service Plan (ISP) Review.
  • Attended multiple classes such as Crisis Prevention and Intervention and kept up with first aid and CPR.
  • Supervised 3 Assistant Coordinators, 30 support staff and several clinical personnel.
  • Tracked and disbursed up-front Private Mortgage Insurance payments and monthly Mortgage Insurance payments to HUD.
  • Managed clients with special needs at their programs and help with their activities of daily living (ADL).

Work history example #4

Case Planner

MetLife

  • Provided feedback to upper management of customer concerns, service trends and operational problems needing improvements.
  • Researched and updated information on licensing requirements for all state hospice and rehab providers.
  • Maintained a professional and amicable working relationship with both plaintiff and defense attorneys.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations by appropriately handling patient information.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Master's Degree in psychology

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2011 - 2012

High School Diploma

2017 - 2017

Highlight your residential coordinator certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your residential coordinator resume:

  1. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
  2. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
  3. Medication Aide Certification (MACE)
  4. Certification in Forensic Social Work (CFSW)
  5. Certified Medical Manager (CMM)

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