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RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST - 67042610 (SUNLAND - UNIT 1 & 3 - ALL HOMES/SHIFTS)
Date: Apr 20, 2025
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Requisition No: 834661
Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Working Title: RESIDENTIAL UNIT SPECIALIST - 67042610 (SUNLAND - UNIT 1 & 3 - ALL HOMES/SHIFTS)
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 67064182
Salary: $33,760.00 - $37,131.36
Posting Closing Date: 07/30/2025
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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
POSITION: Residential Unit Specialist - Career Service
POSITION NUMBER: 67064182
OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY
This posting may close before the posted closing date.
The hiring salary may exceed the maximum posted salary.
CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.
This advertisement is for Unit 1 & 3 – All homes & shifts.
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:
Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com ).
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Tuition waivers.
And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com .
Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.
The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.
This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.
*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application, and “see resume” will not be considered an acceptable response.
SALARY RANGE
$ 33,760.00 - $37,131.36 Annually $ 1,298.46 - $1,428.31 Bi-weekly
Position Summary
This Residential Unit Specialist is responsible for the direct care services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
The Work You Will Do
Daily and consistently implements approved and scheduled active treatment and skill acquisition programs for residents, including but not limited to activities of daily living, areas of self-care, socialization, recreation, leisure, speech, community awareness, and vocational/prevocational skills. Utilizing approved protocols and training modules to ensure residents’ safety and privacy. Provides supervision and training at worksite, working with vocational staff to maximize training and attending to residents’ self-care needs as appropriate. Adhere closely to the residents; daily activity schedule(s). Report’s progression and lack thereof of the residents’ goals and objectives to the supervisor and suggests improvements as appropriate.
Transports and/or escorts residents to and from on-campus activities, community trips and appointments, including emergency visits to the hospital, to ensure their health, safety, and general well-being. Provides care for residents during overnight stays in medical facilities and other locales as needed to provide for the 24-hour care of each resident.
Follows approved individualized behavior support plans utilizing approved strategies. Follows occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, and other appropriate therapy as prescribed.
Implements appropriate recreation, social, and leisure activities for residents in the residential home setting, as well as away from home through center wide activities, community activities, and attending alternative leisure activities.
Performs mealtime procedures by strictly adhering to each residents’ mealtime program with the proper diet and the usage of necessary adaptive equipment. Assures that residents do not eat too fast, food is appropriately cut, and residents are properly positioned to avoid safety issues. Ensures that food is kept at the right temperature and consistency, dates and labels are accurately checked, and that food is properly stored to help avoid health and safety issues. Review’s mealtime program information to ensure accurate implementation on an ongoing basis.
Assesses and accurately inventories residents’ clothing and personal possessions as indicated per policy. Reports any needs, concerns, and/or repairs to the area supervisor in a timely manner. Ensures that the residents’ personal appearance is neat, clean, and that their clothing is well-maintained and fits properly. Completes the residents’ Personal Possession Inventory as assigned for accountability.
Attends to residents’ injuries and illnesses by utilizing appropriate first aide procedures and following the prescribed policy/procedures with notifying the nurse and other pertinent administrators. Accurately completes Incident reports, behavior data sheet documentation, and other items that are required to be documented and reported in the designated location (i.e., logbook) within one (1) hour of occurrence. Maintains applicable policies and procedures related to resident injuries, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Always ensuring the health and safety of those we serve.
Provides and receives communication with staff on adjoining shifts regarding significant job-related information on a daily basis and documents such information in the designated location (i.e., logbook). Remains on duty until being properly relieved by the oncoming shift by the supervisory authority. Stay to work the next shift to ensure that the staffing needs are adequate for the residents as directed by the delegated supervisory authority.
Completes all required training. Completes all annual and required health screenings. Also submits timesheets as directed and outlined.
Performs other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
No set minimum requirement.
Preference will be given to candidates with professional experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities in a residential setting.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Knowledge of: Methods of instructing and providing care to others
Ability to: Understand and apply the methods and practices used in medical, psychiatric, nursing, or childcare or in working with developmentally disabled persons. Take and monitor vital signs. Administer routine treatments under medical supervision. Read. Pay attention to details. Follow verbal and written instructions. Carry out instructions for implementing prescribed treatment plans including behavior modification activities. Ability to prepare charts and records. Ability to prepare instructional materials. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to complete and maintain Enhanced certification in Mandt. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Ability to lift forty pounds.
Demonstrate Skills in: Basic self-care skills. Instruct others in recreational activities. Provide instruction and personal guidance and care to clients.
Additional Information
Profile Completion
To qualify for this position, applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile, including their work history with the month and year.
Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information but will not replace the required completed Candidate Profile.
Retiree Notice
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon your retirement date.
Direct Deposit Program
As a condition of employment, a person appointed to a position in the State Personnel System is required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program. Rather than receiving a paper paycheck, your funds will be deposited directly into your account at your financial institution. This will be accomplished by Electronic Funds Transfer. Banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are eligible to accept such deposits. Retirement funds are also required to be in the Direct Deposit Program.
Background Screening Requirement
It is the policy of the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities that applicants for employment undergo Level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.
No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the Level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Agency.
Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for Statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.
Pursuant to S. 110.1127(1), Florida Statutes, this position requires a background investigation, including fingerprinting.
APD only hires U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. APD participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (E-verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the U.S. after completing the employment eligibility verification form (I-9).
All applicants should complete the online application process. If you need assistance applying for this position, please call the People First service center at 1-877-562-7287.
Responses to the qualifying questions are required to be considered for this position. Answers to the qualifying questions must be verifiable based on your submitted application.
Recruiting Contact:
Lizzie Holland
Human Resource Specialist
Recruitment Manager
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Sunland Center – Marianna
3700 Williams Drive
Marianna, FL 32446
Office (850)482.9232
Fax (850)482.9814
E-mail Lizzie.Holland@apdcares.org
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clickinghere (http://www.dms.myflorida.com/content/download/97612/566545) . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
Location:
MARIANNA, FL, US, 32446 MARIANNA, FL, US, 32447 MARIANNA, FL, US, 32448
Nearest Major Market:Panama City