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type: 'JobPosting'
title: 'Residential Assistant (Part-time)'
url: 'https://pepper.socialhost.dev/job/23362503/residential-assistant-part-time/'
job_id: '23362503'
organization: 'SFX Demo'
location: 'Altoona, PA'
employment_type: 'Part-Time'
date_posted: '2026-03-19T10:00:21.273Z'
date_modified: '2026-05-18T09:14:26.457Z'
---

# Residential Assistant (Part-time)

- Location: Altoona, PA (On-site)
- Employment type: Part-Time
- Category: Patient Care Support
- Shift: Day Job
- Business unit: ST Health Western Behavioral Health
- Pay: $18.19–$27.58 / hr
- Organization: SFX Demo
- Posted: 2026-03-19T10:00:21.273Z

## Description

We are a licensed personal care home specializing in the admission of individuals with mental health diagnoses. Staff receive comprehensive training, including medication administration, CPR, first aid, direct care, and crisis intervention. As a small facility, we emphasize a supportive, home-like environment that promotes resident stability and well-being.

The personal care home is managed and operated in accordance with agency policies and procedures, with a focus on efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and full regulatory compliance.

**Responsibilities:**

**Crisis & Resident Support**

- Assess, respond to, and document resident crises.

- Provide supportive counseling and ongoing resident monitoring.

**Resident Care & Engagement**

- Support personal care, nutrition, leisure, and skill development.

- Facilitate individual and group therapeutic activities.

**Facility Operations**

- Manage daily personal care home operations.

- Orient residents, resolve conflicts, and maintain records.

- Ensure safe living standards per agency and PA regulations.

**Coordination & Compliance**

- Serve as liaison with community agencies and treatment providers.

- Participate in quality improvement, training, and agency activities.

- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to policies and professional standards.

**Safety & Service Quality**

- Promote safety, quality service delivery, and agency mission.

- Promote resident skill development in cooperation with the client's treatment team.

- Demonstrate support of Agency mission and philosophy in delivery of services.

- Work to achieve and maintain quality and customer satisfaction in the delivery of services to internal/external customers.

- Promote personal and co-worker safety during work duties.

- High School diploma/GED required.

- Nurse's aide training and/or 6 months related work experience preferred.

- Experience working in mental health field preferred.

- Applicants must be 21 years or older due to position restrictions.

**Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:**
CPR and first aid certification within 30 days of employment. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

- Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)

- Act 34

- OAPSA

***ST Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran***

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