Housing Monitor (4315)

THE SALVATION ARMY•Fayetteville, NC

19d•$15

About The Position

This position is responsible for: Accepts and processes residents staying in a housing facility 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 the housing facility is maintained in a neat and proper order.

Requirements

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.
Distance of travel is usually within the same building.
Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.
High school diploma or G.E.D.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience performing security or social service work preferred, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Responsibilities

Ensures that all rooms are in proper order before arrival of residents; checks fire equipment and ensures proper working order.
Checks clients into the housing facility; prepares and monitors client intake cards; determines if client has been prepaid by sponsor or credit; prepares resident roster and maintains resident property records.
Prepares and distributes meal tickets and laundry tokens; distributes towels, linens, and personal hygiene items; secures and distributes client medications as required.
Monitors the activities of the 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 house 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.
Sorts client intake cards in numerical order and files remaining intake cards of clients who did not check into the housing facility for the evening.