Do you have a passion for helping others?
The Resident Assistant provides support to the overall mission of LifeStyles and works with the Housing and Homeless Services Division. Resident Assistants are responsible for the daily operations as assigned; orderly, safe, secure, clean and respectful environment for clients, staff and volunteers.
The available shifts for this position are:
Assignment locations may vary from day-to-day or by the week. Persons should be able to stay alert throughout their shift.
Applicants for this position must possess and have a passion to serve the homeless population in a coordinated way; able to work as a team player to assist with providing persons with the services needed to support long-term sustainability.
Qualified applicants should be professional, organized, self-motivated, goal/results driven and dependable. Creative thinking skills are important, as is the ability to work in a fast, multi-task environment and willing to be flexible.
Work schedules/assignments may support programs such as: Safe Nights, Robert J. Fuller Transitional House for Men, Martha's Place, Southern Crossings, Gayle's Place, street outreach, and/or any other housing facility under the LifeStyles management.
Responsibilities:
- Works closely with the Shelter Supervisor Managers; LifeStyles' leadership team to provide vital daily/weekly updates on participants;
- Provides basic administrative and receptionist services;
- Provides basic care coordination support and follow-up; completes accurate and related data input reports
- Light cooking, assists with food preparation, serving of meals to ensure nutritionally balanced and safety measures are met
- Knows and enforces rules, regulations and procedures governing the house(s) and residents
- Completes data entry and incident reports
- Assists with arrangements/transportation for participants to access community resources and services
- Assists in facilitating conflict resolution and completing written reports as needed
- Ensures masks, gloves and hand sanitizer are available; staff and participant temperatures are monitored/recorded; dispensers are filled and stationed throughout the facility
- Conducts temperature checks of persons in the assigned facilities, visitors and other staff members
- Coordinates move-in and move-out inventories; completes housing/inventory reports
- Other assigned duties
Qualifications:
- Associates degree and/or at least 1 year working experience with transient and homeless populations
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive or confidential information
- Detail-oriented, punctual, has excellent interpersonal and communications skills, understands and displays courtesy, diplomacy and tact
- First Aid/CPR skills preferred
- Must be able to work a flexible work schedule, including some evenings, overnight, weekends, and holidays
- Must have own/reliable transportation, good driving record
- Must be willing to submit to criminal background, drug-screening and job assessment tests/reviews'
'Work Remotely No
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
