Top 9 Resident advocate Jobs in Maryland

Resident Advocate
House of Ruth Maryland —Baltimore, MD
- $20 - $22 an hour
- Overnight shift
- Writing skills
- Residential
- High school diploma or GED
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Shelter Advocate
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore —Reisterstown, MD
- $17 - $18 an hour
- Full-time
- English
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- 403(b) matching
- Health insurance
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Residential Advocate
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington —Maryland
- From $21 an hour
- Overnight shift
- Spanish
- Residential
- High school diploma or GED
Caregiver – Companion Care
Sunrise Senior Living —Bethesda, MD
- $18.75 - $23.45 an hour
- Full-time
- 18 years or older
- OSHA
- High school diploma or GED
- Paid training
- Paid holidays
Residential Counselor
HIZWILL INC —Glen Burnie, MD
- $18 - $20 an hour
- Full-time
- HIPAA
- Residential
- High school diploma or GED
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
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Front Desk Staff - Part Time, Weekends (4pm-12am & 12am- 8am)
The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless —Gaithersburg, MD
- $18 an hour
- Part-time
- Microsoft Excel
- High school diploma or GED
- Entry level
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Residential Coordinator, PT, 1-11
HopeWorks of Howard County Inc —Columbia, MD
- $20.60 an hour
- Part-time
- Bilingual
- CPR Certification
- Microsoft Excel
- Paid holidays
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Direct Support Professional - Full Time - 40hrs
Appalachian Crossroads —Oakland, MD
- $18.37 an hour
- Full-time
- Residential
- High school diploma or GED
- Driver's License
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The Arc of Washington County —Hagerstown, MD
✔️ Valid U.S. driver’s license 2 years (permit excluded). Join The Arc of Washington County and help adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities…
From $19 an hour
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Community Living Assistant
The Council For Exceptional Children and Adults —Cumberland, MD
Applicants will be contacted via telephone and/or Indeed Message/Email- please include preferred contact number with application. Pay: $15.00 per hour.
$15 an hour
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From preparing your dining room for breakfast to setting up the library for an event, to preparing the resident’s room for their nighttime routine, you are the…
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Shelter Advocate
Project Woman of Ohio —Springfield, OH
Two-year degree in human services-related field, preferred. Provides shelter orientations to survivors upon entry into shelter.
$16.50 - $17.00 an hour
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Resident Advocate

House of Ruth Maryland -
Baltimore, MD

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Job Details

Full-time
$20 - $22 an hour

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
403(b)
Life insurance

Qualifications

Writing skills

Full Job Description

Position Summary:

The Resident Advocate is an essential staff position primarily responsible for covering the daily operations of the Shelter program, including welcoming and orienting new residents to the program, providing crisis intervention and conflict resolution services to residents, and daily enrichment activities to improve shelter stay. This position is also responsible for back up coverage on the 24-hour hotline and back up coverage for operations activities such as readying a room for occupancy, accepting and distributing donations, and light housekeeping. Shelter Residents are traumatized both by the intimate partner violence they experienced, and the sudden experience of homelessness. Families may also have unrelated trauma experiences from their lives. The Resident Advocate must be comfortable engaging traumatized people in a sensitive manner and must be comfortable working in a Voluntary Services program model.

Standard Schedule: This position is 100% on site and based at the confidential shelter location in Baltimore City. As an essential staff position, the Resident Advocate is expected to report to work in weather emergencies, and on Holidays that fall within scheduled work days.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Welcomes new residents, complete paperwork, and orient residents to building and program.
Provides supportive listening, crisis intervention and conflict resolution to residents.
Regularly walks through building and engages residents in conversation, encouragement, and support.
Educates residents on community and agency resources and helps make connections to said resources.
Educates residents on intimate partner violence, safety planning, and life skills through one on one interaction and through informational materials and bulletin boards.
Sorts, inventories, and distributes material goods and donations in accordance with shelter procedure such as clothing, medications, bus tokens, and personal hygiene supplies.
Opens the computer lab and provides guidance and assistance to special event and ongoing volunteers.
Acts as back up to Operations Assistant on room turnover including cleaning/ preparing rooms.
Answer 24-hour hotline as back up to Contact Center and provides triage to police drops off/ walk in participants.
Completes daily documentation of activities through agency software system and paper system.
Is responsible for specific data entry tasks related to statistics and funding requirements.
Authorizes new admissions to shelter program within guidelines set by program leadership.
Approves childcare agreements between residents.
Distributes bus tokens and cab vouchers to program residents.
Intervenes in urgent threats to harm of self or others through calling appropriate Emergency Response Personnel.
Recommends steps for intervention in non-life threatening resident crisis or conflict to Service Coordination and Residential Leads.
Represents the agency with donors, area service providers, and volunteers.
Meets program quality and service targets: including deadlines for timely and accurate completion of data entry efforts, resident intake and exit paperwork.
Residents are well educated on program requirements and resources available to them in Shelter.
Bus tokens, Lyft’s and monthly bus passes are disbursed within budget and have appropriate documentation to justify expenditures.
Residents and volunteers to the program feel welcomed and have the basic tools they need to be successful (i.e. toiletries and information on mealtimes for residents, sign in sheets and information on facilities for volunteers)
Computer lab is kept in good working condition with accurate up to date resources.
New resident intake paperwork and resident exit information in entered into ETO within 16 hours of entry or exit from program.
Goals, tasks and targets on six-month work plans are consistently met.
Referrals to HRM client services.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Experience, Education, Certifications/Licenses

One year paid or unpaid experience working in victim centered advocacy or working in a residential setting (school, hospital, shelter, nursing home, group home, etc). High school diploma/ GED equivalent may substitute for six months experience.
Effective verbal, listening, and writing skills, with a strong ability to relate to a diverse range of individuals including victims, children, donors, and service providers.
High degree of reliability in completing tasks assigned in the manner expected.
Ability to report to work in adverse weather conditions and Holidays as scheduled.
Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds.
Must pass a criminal background check.

Highly Preferred Skills include:

Oral fluency in English and another language (Spanish, Urdu, Arabic, French highly preferred)
Experience with conflict resolution/ mediation.
Experience working an awake overnight position.
Knowledge of local human services resources.
Ability to understand intimate partner violence and how it affects the client population.

House of Ruth Maryland offers a comprehensive Total Rewards Package that will include but is not limited to medical insurance, prescription plan, dental insurance, vision insurance, paid time off, life insurance, 403(b) retirement savings plan, and Employee Assistance Program.

House of Ruth Maryland upholds the mission of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment and will not be excluded because of color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or age.

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