RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1-3

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1-3

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RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 1-3

Salary

$1,768.00 - $3,182.00 Monthly

Location

Alexandria, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CLSSC-5/29/26-SO-RSS

Department

LDH-Office of Intellectual & Developmental Disability Supports

Opening Date

06/01/2026

• Description

• Benefits

About this Job

We’re looking for a Residential Services Specialist 1-3 to join our dedicated team at Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center (CLSSC) —a facility committed to providing active treatment and healthcare services to individuals with intellectual, developmental, and orthopedic disabilities in the least restrictive environment.

If you’re compassionate, skilled, and ready to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, mission-driven setting—this could be the opportunity for you!

Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=168390) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Diapers, toilets, and turns residents every two (2) hours and other times as required.

• Assist with simple screening procedures.

• Assist with improving clients' skill levels and on-campus jobs as assigned by the Supervisor to promote independence.

• Facilitate residents with activities, including recreational activities, to achieve their individual goals and objectives.

• Instruct clients in all areas of active treatment programming throughout the facility where required, to assist residents in achieving their most independent outcome.

• Positions and transfers residents in and out of wheelchairs, walkers, at the table, in the whirlpool and shower trolley, in bed, for toileting, swimming pool, beauty shop chair, and assuring resident safety at all times by adhering to policy on lifting and transferring.

• Assist residents with general housekeeping duties (cleanliness, bed making, washing, and preparing meals according to meal plans and suggestions)

• Bathes and feeds residents and assists in the general care of the instructed.

• Assist with shopping for clients, ride the bus, and assist with transferring and securing residents.

• Push the resident's wheelchair for daily activities, holiday parades, and facility plays, etc.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probation, Promotion, Demotion, or Lateral Transfer. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of the Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center.

Work Schedule: Will be required to work 8, 10, 12, or 16-hour shifts; shifts will be determined based on facility needs.

Compensation: Special Entrance Rate(SER): Residential Services Specialist 1 $972.00, Residential Services Specialist 2 $1,040.00, Residential Services Specialist 3 $1,190.80

In addition, this position has the following premium pays:

Longevity (for actual hours worked):

$1.00 - 0 months to less than 6 months

$1.50 - 6 months to less than 3 years

$2.00 - 3 years to less than 5 years

$2.50 - 5 years or greater

Shift Differential (for actual hours worked):

$0.90 - 2nd shift evenings 2 pm-10:30 pm

$0.50 - 3rd shift nights 10 pm-6:30 am

$0.50 - All shifts weekend/Holidays

Market Conditions (for actual hours worked):

$1.50

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Central LA Supports and Services Center

5400 Coliseum Blvd

Alexandria, Louisiana 71303

318-487-5484

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

1201 N 3rd St

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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