Overnight Residential Monitor (PT)

About Us:

JOURNEYS | The Road Home is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive services and shelter to individuals and families experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Our mission is to empower those we serve to achieve self-sufficiency through a continuum of care that includes housing, supportive services, and community engagement. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and strive to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all.

Position Overview:

The Overnight Monitor will oversee the safety and security of our clients during nighttime hours. The Overnight Monitor is a part-time position that ensures clients have a safe environment to sleep and assist in moving them from our overnight shelter rooms back to our day center.

Experience in human services is a plus, but not necessary. The right candidate can easily learn the skills to be an excellent human services worker.

Overnight Monitor Key Responsibilities:

·      Document and maintain accurate logs of nightly activities, incidents, and observations.

·      Assist volunteers, clients, or visitors with inquiries or concerns during the night.

·      During PADS Season, answer calls from PADS sites and assist with background checks.

·      Stay updated with emergency procedures and protocols

·      Occasional online work as assigned

·      Laundry duties as necessitated by the program

·      Adherence to all company policies, procedures, and regulations

·      Other facility duties as assigned and necessary

As the Overnight Monitor you will…

·      Work with multicultural communities.

·      Establish and maintain appropriate boundaries with staff, volunteers, and all stakeholders.

·      Seek supervisory help regularly and accepting constructive criticism to become more skilled.

·      Build rapport quickly with people from a wide variety of cultural and socioeconomic groups.

·      Live out the agency’s core values while on the job, of Respect, Teamwork, Mission Driven Work, and Commitment is necessary.

·      Use Microsoft products and a web-based database or a willingness to train on them.

·      Demonstrate a passion to help the underserved.

·      Collaborate with clinical staff team.

·      Respond swiftly to emergencies.

·      Other duties as assigned

Ideal Overnight Monitor Traits:

·      Communicate clearly while speaking and writing.

·      Listen intently.

·      Adapt to changing work priorities.

·      Manage boundaries and stressors healthfully.

·      Work on a personal computer.

·      Maintain confidentiality.

·      Problem-solve creatively and collaboratively.

·      Attentive, reliable and responsible.

·      Other duties as assigned

$17.50/hour

11:00p-7:00a, 24-32 hours/ week

No phone calls please.

JOURNEYS is a safe, inclusive workplace and encourages all who may be interested in the position to apply. We strongly encourage those with the following identities to apply: Black and indigenous people, Latinx people, other people of color, LGBTQIA , women and non-binary people, people with disabilities, and others with lived experience of homelessness and/or as being part of marginalized communities. While we have a set of preferred qualifications listed, if you have other experience that you think is related, please apply and tell us about it.

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. In addition, reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The work schedule varies depending on the needs of the agency. Occasional evening and weekend work is necessary in order to attend meetings or to participate in events. This position is primarily sedentary, may require exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.