Housing Monitor (7640)

Schedule/Hours:  Shifts will vary but overnights and weekends will be on schedule.  25 - 29 hours per week

This position is responsible for:

Accepts and processes residents staying in shelter overnight; monitors the activity of residents on an assigned shift ensuring safety, security and compliance to house rules; maintains accurate and complete records and logs containing pertinent information; ensures that shelter is maintained in a neat and proper order.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitors the activities of the shelter residents ensuring safety and compliance with house rules
• Monitors cameras and makes periodic rounds of entire facility
• Records unique situations occurring on assigned shift
• Checks clients into the shelter; prepares and monitors client intake cards
• Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiated appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Wakes up clients at designated time and ensures that all residents are out of shelter at designated time

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements
• Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language
• Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control and initiaing the proper corrective action
• Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis
• Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of the work time
• Work requires performance of duties in social services environment where exposure to communicable and infectious diseases are possible

Employee Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Retirement option

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or G.E.D.

and

one year experience performing security work or working in a social service environment,

or

any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

None.