Women’s Community Life Specialist

Portland Rescue Mission•Portland, OR

10h•$19 - $20•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Life Specialist is part of a team of staff that provides Shepherd’s Door (SD) program participants with continued growth in spiritual formation, addictions recovery, life skills and relationships in the evenings, weekends and holidays. The Community Life Specialist will ensure a Christ-centered, hope-filled atmosphere through relational connection and monitoring of all program participants behaviors and interactions (e.g. enforcing guidelines, resolving conflict, supporting moms as they parent); overseeing facility and program operations and activities (e.g. dinner, meds, room checks, urinary analysis, overall safety); and coordinating evening and weekend meetings, activities and events. The Community Life Specialist will also support Community Life Interns through training, general support, scheduling and being available for on-call questions.

Requirements

A personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and a testimony of continued growth in faith
A personal ethos and work ethic that reflects Portland Rescue Mission’s ministry culture – Highly Relational, Christ-Centered, Joyful Servant
Agreement with Portland Rescue Mission’s Statement of Faith and Code of Ethics
General awareness and knowledge of chemical dependency, addiction recovery and discipleship
Discipleship oriented with effortless ability to share personal testimonies of God’s love
Proficient in case-note documentation, organization, scheduling, and activity planning
Ability to support adults across a wide age range who are recovering from a broad spectrum of co-occurring problems, including those related to trauma, substance use disorders, chronic pain, medical problems, social determinants of health, and eating disorders
Ability to gracefully maintain boundaries and hold others accountable to community guidelines
Ability to lift at least 50 lbs. unassisted

Responsibilities

Provide Shepherd's Door (SD) participants with a consistent programmatic experience and leadership in the evenings and weekends by maintaining program purposes, guidelines, and tone resulting in continued growth of all participants
Support program participant’s growth in spiritual formation, relationships and addictions recovery through one-on-one conversations, compassionate care, consistent invitations to participate and use of applicable growth tools for accountability as needed
Create a highly relational, Christ-centered and structured environment for SD program participants through robust activity opportunities, including ones that are volunteer-based such as Evening Meal Hosting or Bible Studies
Partner with participants as they provide care and structure for their children
Clearly share the Gospel in individual and group settings as women seek spiritual healing and discipleship
Maintain program and facility operations to PRM standards through supporting a variety of activities such as administering observed Urinary Analysis (UA’s), medicine call, facility lock up and walk-through as needed, evening meal, vocational duties, visitations, and attendance accountability
Inform daytime program staff of evening participant behaviors through Evening Shift Report, database notes, effective communication, and follow up around significant events
Support the program by being in contact with Millenium Health regarding orders; maintaining and updating UA (urinalysis) and checking UA results