Job Description

Come join the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Healing Center as a Residential Aide. In this role, you’ll help ensure residents’ safety and well-being by supporting daily routines, groups, and admissions; documenting observations; transporting clients to appointments and cultural activities; administering medications and screenings; and partnering with clinical, nursing, and cultural staff to foster a trauma-informed, culturally respectful healing environment. Enjoy weekly pay, great health benefits, and 401k starting day one. Whatever your career goals may be, let SMSC help you get there!

The Residential Aide provides direct, supportive care to adult clients living at the Healing Center, a residential treatment program for Native Americans with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. This position supports daily operations of the facility, ensures client safety, and helps maintain a structured, respectful, and culturally supportive environment. Residential Aides serve as positive role models and assist with daily routines, transportation, crisis response, and communication with clinical and cultural staff. Aides play a key role in promoting healing, wellness, and community among residents.

Create Your Path: The Work You’ll Do:

• Monitor and support residents throughout the facility, ensuring physical and emotional safety at all times.
• Provide supervision during daily routines, mealtimes, groups, free time, and offsite programming as needed.
• Assist with room checks, head counts, wellness checks, and documentation of client behaviors or incidents.
• Support new admissions by orienting clients to the facility and assisting with belongings and room setup.
• Observe and report client progress, behavior, and any safety concerns to clinical or nursing staff.
• Transport clients in motorpool vehicles to appointments, outings, or cultural programming as assigned.
• Administer drug/alcohol screening tests according to protocol and document results accurately.
• Administer medications according to protocol and document accurately.
• Maintain cleanliness and order in common areas and client living spaces, support clients in daily chores.
• Assist with conflict de-escalation and reinforce treatment goals and program rules with empathy and consistency.
• Participate in shift handoffs including documenting shift notes.
• Promote a trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally respectful environment for all residents.
• Work in partnership with cultural staff to support traditional activities, talking circles, and ceremonies.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the Healing Center’s operations and mission.

Job Requirements:

• Experience working in residential, behavioral health, or similar human services setting preferred.
• Ability to maintain healthy professional boundaries and respond calmly to crises.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Respect for and interest in Dakota culture, language, and healing practices.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Must pass a criminal background check and drug screening.
• Must maintain client confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.
• Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and insurability under motorpool policy required.
• Ability to work evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• This position is subject to testing for drugs (THC included) and alcohol in accordance with Federal Department of Transportation regulations, as well as the SMSC Drug/THC and Alcohol Policy.

Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning and tuition reimbursement.

Who We Are: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org