Housing Monitor_E-ALM (7759)

The Salvation Army•Alexandria, LA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a casual (as needed) position with no regular scheduled hours. Hours are not guaranteed and may vary from week to week, requiring flexibility and availability. The position is responsible for accepting and processing residents staying in shelter overnight, monitoring resident activity to ensure safety, security, and compliance with house rules, and maintaining accurate records and logs. The role also ensures the shelter is kept neat and orderly.

Requirements

High school diploma or G.E.D.
Six months experience performing security work or working in a social service environment, nursing, or as a first responder (fire or police), or any field where there is evidence of working with the issues of poverty, homelessness, or mental health 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 combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis.
Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.

Nice To Haves

Flexibility and availability to work when needed are preferred.

Responsibilities

Accepts and processes residents staying in shelter overnight.
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 shelter is maintained in a neat and proper order.
Ensures that all rooms are in proper order before and after arrival of residents.
Checks fire equipment and ensures proper working order.
Checks clients into the 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.
Assists with collecting and entering data into the HMIS database.
Distributes towels, linens, and personal hygiene items.
Secures and distributes client medications as required.
Monitors the activities of the 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.
Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Opens and closes the lodge/shelter doors at designated hours of operation.
Completes required paperwork representing client intake for the day.
Inputs data into the computer in order to maintain computer records and generate client lists.
Prepares, tallies, and balances monies with receipts; drops the money in the safe.
Sorts client intake cards in numerical order and files remaining intake cards of clients who did not check into the lodge/shelter for the evening.
Assigns housekeeping and other tasks to residents.
Ensures that clients perform assigned house duties in the proper manner.
Ensures compliance with house rules.
Answers telephone and responds to questions regarding the lodge/shelter operations.
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.