Women's Advocate
About The Position
Come and join the team at our Hart House program in St. Paul and make a difference! Hart House is a transitional housing program for women in recovery. Hart House has 24 beds and provides women with safe sober housing, goal-planning, advocacy, support, and information. The program is staffed 24/7 and provides three meals daily. We have an opening for a full time position. This position will provide supportive services and a secure, safe environment for residents; maintain the confidentiality of all residents; monitor medication; assist in resident transportation; answer incoming calls; conduct random urinalysis drug/alcohol screenings; make a visual check of all residents and document residents’ status; assist with meals; provide crisis intervention; complete clerical and other tasks; work well with people from diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds, and have awareness of culturally specific resources.
Requirements
- An understanding and sensitivity to the unique problems encountered by people experiencing homelessness, mental illness, and chemical dependency
- The ability to work well with people from diverse racial, cultural, social, and economic backgrounds
- An awareness of culturally specific resources
- Able to lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds; able to bend, stoop, kneel and climb (ascend and descend) flights of stairs
- Understand chemical dependency and the needs of women in recovery
- Have a good working knowledge of AA/NA
- Computer proficiency required; including the ability to use e-mail, navigate the internet, and complete basic data entry in a database system
Responsibilities
- Provide supportive services and a secure, safe environment for residents
- Maintain the confidentiality of all residents
- Monitor medication
- Assist in resident transportation
- Answer incoming calls
- Conduct random urinalysis drug/alcohol screenings
- Make a visual check of all residents and document residents’ status
- Assist with meals
- Provide crisis intervention
- Complete clerical and other tasks
- Work well with people from diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds
- Have awareness of culturally specific resources
Benefits
- Individual health and dental coverage
- HSA account
- 403(b) retirement plan
- life insurance
- short and long-term disability
- PTO
- 10 paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
