Shelter Monitor

About this opportunity :

Assists residents staying in the shelter; performs client intake procedures and prepares client intake records; monitors the activity of residents on an assigned shift ensuring safety, security, and compliance to facility rules;

maintains accurate and complete records and logs containing pertinent information; ensures that facility is maintained in a neat and proper order.

Key responsibilities :

• Knowledge of effective and efficient methods for organizing and maintaining records and ability to perform the same.
• Performs client intake procedures including running sexual offender checks; checks clients into the shelter; prepares and monitors client intake cards;

prepares and maintains resident roster.

Prepares and distributes meal and shower tickets, assigns bed numbers; distributes towels, linens, and personal hygiene items;

secures and distributes client medications as required.

Ensures clients comply with house rules; checks client’s baggage for drugs, alcohol, weapons, and pornography; records incidents and notifies supervisor of any special circumstances or unusual problems;

ensures security of facility and clients; arms and disarms alarms in accordance with lodge policy; locks and secures area inappropriate for client entry.

What we are looking for in you :

• High school diploma or
• One year experience performing building security or social services work preferred, or any equivalent combination of training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Valid State Driver’s License.
• Valid CDL Class B (or ability to obtain within established timeframe)

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions :

Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write and communicate the English language effectively. Ability to perform data entry into a computer.

Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control and initiating the proper corrective action.

Ability to drive a Salvation Army vehicle safely observing all laws, regulations, and policies. Ability to pass DOT requirements to drive a Salvation Army midbus or other DOT vehicle.

Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis. Distance of travel is usually within the same building.

Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting, and carrying light objects (up to 25 lbs.) occasionally.

Working Conditions : Work is performed in a residential facility where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like, but may be exposed to other discomforts associated a shelter environment.