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Little Portion Friary is hiring an Americorps Vista for Community Engagement
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Little Portion Friary is hiring two part-time Resident Assistants.
Hours: Multiple positions exist including evenings, weekends, overnights and holiday shifts.
Supervisor: Reports to Executive Director
The Resident Assistant (RA)’s role is to help support the program by adding support to core staff and maintaining around-the-clock coverage on evenings, and weekends while working in alignment with trauma-informed care best practices. The RA supports our guests in shelter, in our program space and provides for a safe, clean and comfortable living environment and helps maintain around-the-clock coverage on evenings, overnights and weekends. All RA’s also help with specialized support for our program depending on their shift, including housekeeping, driving guests to appointments and/or coordinating programming in the shelter. Must be able to work some weekday and some weekend shifts.
Duties
● Treats guests in a professional and compassionate manner utilizing a strengths-based, trauma informed approach
● Is present in the shelter, visible and available to guests at all times and responds to the needs of guests that may arise
● Maintains a safe, comfortable and trauma-informed environment for our guests and reports all maintenance and supply needs to ensure a functional environment
● Manages crisis situations and contacts 911 if necessary and the on-call staff (Case Manager and Executive Director) immediately if there is an emergency
● Supervises daily chores and completes any unfinished chores at the end of the day
● Closes down the program in the evening, including maintaining curfew, lights out
● Responsible for light housekeeping duties, including removing garbage, cleaning, etc.
● Communicates with the team via Staff Reports and completes Guest Warnings and Alerts as appropriate
● Supports the volunteers on specific shifts, including sweeping, mopping, cleaning bathrooms, removing garbage, completing intakes, etc.
● Supports the volunteers on specific shifts in planning, preparing and serving meals for our guests on specific shifts, including passing a Food Handler Course, maintaining all safety protocol and supervising cleaning after meals.
● Supports the Case Manager on specific shifts, including transporting guests to appointments, managing the flow of the main office during business hours and adding increased one-on-one support for certain guests in achieving their action steps.
● Supervise volunteers on shift and assist in guest check in, intakes, enforcing guidelines, and answering phones.
● Supports the Social-Emotional health of our guests on specific shifts by creating, planning and executing programing for the guests our shelter and day center.
● Participates in meetings and trainings as assigned (supervision, staff meetings, trauma-informed care trainings, red cross certification, etc.)
● Coordinates with team to ensure coverage
● Available for both weekday and weekend shifts to ensure overlap with regular staff
● Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Skills and other Qualifications:
● Maintains professionalism at all times while dealing with guests, staff and volunteers/donors.
● Compassion and patience for working with people in crisis.
● Excellent communication skills for collaborating with team
● Good character and judgement decisions, including displaying behavior appropriate to a mentor who works in close contact with children
● Flexibility with general shift coverage, including weekends, overnights and holidays. Functions as a support to the team by helping to fill gaps in service.
● Must have reliable transportation
● Several Background checks required
● Must be able to lift 25+lbs
● Ability to drive for some shifts is preferred
Agency Expectations
● Demonstrates knowledge of the program, mission and services of Little Portion Friary
● Maintains client confidentiality
● Willingness to stay compliant with necessary certifications
● Immediately reports all suspected incidences of suicidal ideation, medical emergencies or violent situations
● Is punctual and consistent in reporting for scheduled work shifts to assure coverage
● Complies with agency standards of conduct and professionalism
● Ability to work in an alcohol and drug free environment.
Hours
● Variable shifts, including weekdays and weekends. Shifts run approximately as follows with some shorter shifts available for housekeeping and coverage: ○ Morning 9:00am-1:00pm ○ Afternoon 1:00-6:00pm or 6:00-10:30pm Compensation: $15.00/hour
Resumes and Cover Letters can be emailed to [email protected]