Residential Advisors

Coordinate activities for residents of boarding schools, college fraternities or sororities, college dormitories, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May refer residents to counseling resources if needed.

Job Task

• Hold regular meetings with each assigned unit.
• Make regular rounds to ensure that residents and areas are safe and secure.
• Mediate interpersonal problems between residents.
• Order supplies for facilities.
• Accompany and supervise students during meals.
• Answer telephones, and route calls or deliver messages.
• Chaperone group-sponsored trips and social functions.
• Collaborate with counselors to develop counseling programs that address the needs of individual students.
• Collect laundry and send it to be cleaned.
• Confer with medical personnel to better understand the backgrounds and needs of individual residents.
• Develop program plans for individuals or assist in plan development.
• Inventory, pack, and remove items left behind by former residents.
• Plan meal menus for establishment residents.
• Process contract cancellations for students who are unable to follow residence hall policies and procedures.
• Provide emergency first aid and summon medical assistance when necessary.
• Provide requested information on students' progress and the development of case plans.
• Provide transportation and/or escort for expeditions such as shopping trips or visits to doctors or dentists.
• Sort and distribute mail.
• Supervise participants in work-study programs.
• Supervise students' housekeeping work to ensure that it is done properly.
• Supervise the activities of housekeeping personnel.
• Counsel students in the handling of issues such as family, financial, and educational problems.
• Enforce rules and regulations to ensure the smooth and orderly operation of dormitory programs.
• Observe students in order to detect and report unusual behavior.
• Administer, coordinate, or recommend disciplinary and corrective actions.
• Assign rooms to students.
• Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students.
• Compile information such as residents' daily activities and the quantities of supplies used to prepare required reports.
• Determine the need for facility maintenance and repair, and notify appropriate personnel.
• Direct and participate in on- and off-campus recreational activities for residents of institutions, boarding schools, fraternities or sororities, children's homes, or similar establishments.

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