Job Description
Job Description
OVERVIEW
Portland Rescue Mission is seeking a Women's Community Life Coordinator. This gifted servant will personify community building, order, and responsibility as they join a Christ-centered team with an award-winning culture and a commitment to serving others in their recovery from addiction, homelessness and other life traumas.
Are you ready to transform and be transformed as you support women recovering from homelessness and addiction towards healthy relationships with God and others leading towards long-term success? If so, we invite you to thoughtfully consider this unique opportunity.
EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
- How to apply : We ask all applicants to apply through the Portland Rescue Mission online application form found on our careers page : https : / / portlandrescuemission.hiringthing.com / job / 954250 / women -s-community-life-lead
- Status : Full-Time, Non-exempt
- Hours : Combination of weekday evenings, weekends, and holiday shifts : Saturday / Sunday 7 : 00am-3 : 00pm or 2 : 00pm-10 : 30pm, Mon-Fri 2 : 00pm-10 : 30pm
- Benefits : Medical, vision, dental, PTO, 10 paid holidays and matching retirement.
- Location : Shepherd's Door (13207 NE Halsey St. Portland, OR)
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THE PLACE
Shepherd’s Door, Portland Rescue Mission’s women and children's facility, is set in a retreat-like setting located in East Portland, designed specifically to support the transformation and growth of women, and women with children, impacted by homelessness and addiction. This 42,000 square foot facility has the capacity to serve 40 women and 25 children.
THE POSITION
The Community Life Coordinator is part of a team of staff that provides Shepherd’s Door (SD) program participants with continued growth in spiritual formation, addictions recovery, life skills and relationships in the evenings and weekends. The Community Life Coordinator will ensure a Christ-centered, hope-filled atmosphere through relational connection and monitoring of all program participants behaviors and interactions (e.g. enforcing guidelines, resolving conflict, supporting moms as they parent); overseeing facility and program operations and activities (e.g. dinner, meds, room checks, urinary analysis, overall safety); and coordinating evening and weekend meetings, activities and events. The Community Life Coordinator will also support Community Life Interns through training, general support, scheduling and being available for on-call questions.
THE ESSENTIALS
Provide Shepherd's Door (SD) participants with a consistent programmatic care and experience in the evenings and weekends by maintaining program purposes, guidelines, and tone resulting in continued growth of all participantsSupport program participant’s growth in spiritual formation, relationships and addictions recovery through one-on-one conversations, compassionate care, consistent invitations to participate and use of applicable growth tools for accountability as neededCreate a highly relational, Christ-centered and structured environment for SD program participants through robust activity opportunities, including ones that are volunteer-based such as Evening Meal Hosting or Bible StudiesPartner with participants as they provide care and structure for their childrenClearly share the Gospel in individual and group settings as women seek spiritual healing and discipleshipMaintain program and facility operations to PRM standards through supporting a variety of activities such as administering observed Urinary Analysis (UA’s), medicine call, facility lock up and walk-through as needed, evening meal, vocational duties, visitations, and attendance accountabilityInform daytime program staff of evening participant behaviors through Evening Shift Report, database notes, effective communication, and follow up around significant eventsSupport the program by being in contact with Millenium Health regarding orders; maintaining and updating UA (urinary analysis) and checking UA resultsBACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
A personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and a testimony of continued growth in faithA personal ethos and work ethic that reflects Portland Rescue Mission’s ministry culture – Highly Relational, Christ-Centered, Joyful ServantGeneral awareness and knowledge of chemical dependency, addiction recovery and discipleshipDiscipleship oriented with effortless ability to share personal testimonies of God’s loveProficient in case-note documentation, organization, scheduling, and activity planningAbility to support adults across a wide age range who are recovering from a broad spectrum of co-occurring problems, including those related to trauma, substance use disorders, chronic pain, medical problems, social determinants of health, and eating disordersAbility to gracefully maintain boundaries and hold others accountable to community guidelinesAbility to lift at least 50 lbs. unassistedMISSION AND DISTINCTIVES
OUR MISSION
To demonstrate the compassion of Christ
OUR UNIQUE APPROACH
From the first sandwich that was shared in 1949, to today's fully integrated emergency, recovery, and training services, Portland Rescue Mission is a highly relational ministry. The Mission builds supportive and caring communities, meets people at their point of need, equips them, and provides a path forward. In-depth partnership with churches and volunteers, multiple tiers of services and a focus on growing Christian disciples is fundamental to Portland Rescue Mission’s success.
OUR SUCCESS
New Life Ministries consistently sees an 80+% success rate of men and women who graduate the one-year comprehensive, New Life program