Housing Monitor (5478)

THE SALVATION ARMY•New Orleans, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for accepting and processing residents staying in the lodge/shelter overnight, receiving and receipting fees, monitoring resident activity to ensure safety, security, and compliance with house rules, maintaining accurate records and logs, and ensuring the lodge/shelter is kept neat and orderly.

Requirements

High school diploma or G.E.D.
One year experience performing security work or working in a social service environment, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Ability to meet attendance requirements.
Ability to read, write and communicate the English language.
Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control and initiating the proper corrective action.
Ability to perform combination of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis.
Distance of travel is usually within the same building.

Responsibilities

Accepts and processes residents staying in lodge/shelter overnight.
Receives and receipts fees received from residents.
Monitors the activity of residents on an assigned shift ensuring safety, security and compliance to house rules.
Maintains accurate and complete records and logs containing pertinent information.
Ensures that lodge/shelter is maintained in a neat and proper order.
Ensures that all rooms are in proper order before arrival of residents.
Checks fire equipment and ensures proper working order.
Checks clients into the lodge/shelter.
Prepares and monitors client intake cards.
Determines if client has been prepaid by sponsor or credit.
Prepares resident roster and maintains resident property records.
Monitors the activities of the lodge/shelter residents ensuring safety and compliance with house rules.
Checks the security of all windows and doors.
Monitors cameras and makes periodic rounds of entire facility.
Records any unique situations occurring on assigned shift.
Wakes up lodge/shelter clients at designated time and instructs them to collect their sheets.
Ensures that all residents are out of the lodge/shelter by the designated time.