WE OFFER EXCELLENT BENEFITS:

• FREE Medical Insurance
• FREE Dental Insurance
• Sick leave (1 week paid sick leave immediately upon hire plus regular sick leave accrual)
• Vacation (Minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation)
• Discounted health memberships
• Retirement (Employer contribution-3% contribution and an additional 3% employer match)
• FREE Long-Term Disability Insurance
• FREE Life Insurance
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Staff Tuition discounts for St. Anne’s Children & Family Center

Job Summary

This position is responsible for providing day-to-day oversight, direction and coordination of staff, volunteers and funding streams for St. Margaret’s Emergency, Transitional & Aftercare Programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties/responsibilities listed below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties/responsibilities of this job. This job may include any of the responsibilities listed below:

1. Oversee implementation of goals and action plans for the programs at St. Margaret’s.
2. Provide oversight to the staff as needed, on daily operations and value-driven service delivery.
3. Assist in providing paid staff and volunteers with the training, supervision and support they need to carry out their responsibilities in a competent and professional manner.
4. Provide input into the development and implementation of a budget based on data regarding cost per client served.
5. Assist in ensuring that facility and programs are in compliance with all applicable contractual, licensing, staffing and safety mandates.
6. Act as a liaison, as needed, with other community agencies to support Continuum of Care goals and system-driven compliance mandates.
7. Provide information and referrals as needed and link residents with community resources and to improve coordination between community agencies and SMS program participants.
8. Provide feedback, as needed, to assist residents with problem-solving, conflict resolution, parenting and interpersonal concerns and attainment of goals.
9. Provide oversight for residents of policies and procedures to ensure that St. Margaret’s Shelter rules are being followed.
10. Oversee Aftercare support services; include the Pearl, formal Aftercare activities and client follow ups.
11. Perform related functions, including advocacy, to support the mission of Catholic Charities.
12. Uses appropriate administrative, fiscal, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of CCEW client protected health information (PHI), per regulations outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
13. Will regularly utilize all forms of communication (email, text, phone, etc.) and database practices necessary for this position and as directed by supervisor.
14. As a mandated reporter, follows all procedures outlined in agency policies and procedures to report to the proper agency when there is suspicion and/or confirmation that a child or adult has been a victim of abuse or neglect.
15. Adhere to the tenets of Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Doctrine.
16. Perform related functions necessary to support the mission and core values of Catholic Charities.

Job Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the minimum qualifications listed below. These qualifications are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to perform this job.

Education/Experience: to perform this job successfully, an individual must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited academic institution or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated leadership, administrative and interpersonal skills required. Minimum of three years successful experience in leadership/residential setting required. Knowledge of community resources; experience in direct client services and case management. High energy, self-motivated individual who is a team player and understands and appreciates the value of a strengths-based, value-driven, systems-approach to program implementation and service delivery. Advanced computer skills, understanding of WA State Landlord tenant law as it relates to landlords. Experience working with issues of homelessness, poverty and violence against women and children preferred.

Certificates/Licenses: To perform this job successfully, an individual must:

• have a valid Driver’s License
• Successfully pass background check applicable to position.

Physical Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to:

• Regularlystand, climb, walk, hear/listen, talk
• Frequentlylift up to 50 pounds, pull/push, carry, grasp, reach, stoop, kneel
• Occasionallysit, crawl
• Clearly see 20 feet, with or without corrective lenses, ability to focus
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination upon hire

Mental & Other Skills/Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the:

• Adaptability: ability to adapt to changes, delays or unexpected events in the work environment; ability to manage competing demands and prioritize tasks; ability to change approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Analytical Ability: ability to maintain focus for extended periods of time; ability to complete research projects with resourcefulness and persistence; ability to synthesize complex or diverse information; ability to use intuition and experience to complement existing data.
• Attendance: ability to consistently arrive and be able to work as scheduled.
• Computer/Technical Ability:computer knowledge needed. Word Processing software, Internet software.
• Dependability: ability to follow instructions, both in written and verbal format; ability to respond to management direction; ability to complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan when necessary.

• Interpersonal Skills: ability to maintain satisfactory relationships with others, excellent customer service skills and a good overall understanding of appropriate human relations. Awareness of and sensitivity to the service population’s culture and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Judgment: ability to make prudent and timely decisions; ability to exhibit sound and accurate judgment; ability to explain reasoning for decisions.
• Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Mathematical Ability:Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Motor Coordination:the ability to coordinate eyes, hands, fingers, and feet accurately and handle precise movements.
• Problem Solving Ability: ability to identify and/or prevent problems before they occur; ability to formulate alternative solutions to problems when necessary; ability to transfer learning from past experiences to new experiences of similar nature.
• Quality Management: ability to complete duties, on time and with absolute precision, at least 95% of the time; ability to edit the accuracy and thoroughness of one’s work as well as the work of others; ability to constructively apply feedback to improve performance, ability to generate ideas to improve and promote quality in work.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Supervisory Skills: ability to carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies and applicable laws. Applicable supervisory responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, and coaching employees, planning, assigning and directing work, reviewing performance, appraising/disciplining employees when necessary, addressing complaints and questions and resolving problems.

Workplace Environmental Conditions

While performing the essential duties/responsibilities of this job, the employee will be:

• Noise Conditions: exposed during a shift to constant or intermittent sounds at moderate to loud levels of sound dependent upon the activities of the Shelter.
• Exposure to Trauma: Employees of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington provide direct services to vulnerable community members including those who have behavioral health challenges and those who have been exposed to trauma.