Housing Monitor

Job Details

Job Location:

PMC-Cambridge, MD Corps - CAMBRIDGE, MD 21613
Salary Range: $15.00 - $16.00 Hourly
Job Category:
Housing

Location:

Cambridge, MD

Schedule:

28 hours weekly
Available

Shifts:

12:00am - 7:00am AND 5:00pm - 12:00AM

# of Vacancies: 4

This position is responsible for accepting and processing residents staying in lodge/shelter overnight; monitoring the activity of residents on an assigned shift to ensure safety, security and compliance with house rules; maintaining accurate and complete records and logs containing pertinent information; ensuring that lodge/shelter is maintained in a neat and proper order.

• Ensures that all rooms are in proper order before arrival of residents; checks fire equipment and ensures proper working order.
• Checks clients into the lodge/shelter; prepares and monitors client intake cards; determines if client has been prepaid by sponsor or credit; prepares resident roster and maintains resident property records.
• Prepares and distributes meal tickets and laundry tokens; distributes towels, linens, and personal hygiene items; secures and distributes client medications as required.
• Receives, processes payments for rent and updates intake cards as needed; obtains clients signatures on forms as well as lodge/shelter rules and regulations.
• Monitors the activities of the lodge/shelter residents ensuring safety and compliance with house rules; checks security of all windows and doors; monitors cameras and makes periodic rounds of the entire facility; records any unique situations occurring on assigned shift.
• Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Opens and closes the lodge/shelter doors at designated hours of operation.
• Completes required paperwork representing client intake for the day; inputs data into the computer to maintain computer records and generate client lists; prepares, tallies, and balances monies with receipts; drops the money in the safe.
• Sorts client intake cards in numerical order and files remaining intake cards of clients who did not check into the lodge/shelter for the evening.
• Assigns housekeeping and other tasks to residents; ensures that clients perform assigned house duties in the proper manner; ensures compliance with house rules.
• Answers telephone and responds to questions regarding the lodge/shelter operations.
• Wakes up lodge/shelter clients at designated time and instructs them to collect their sheets; ensures that all residents are out of the lodge/shelter by the designated time.
• Answers the crisis hot‑line and provides crisis intervention through telephone interviews and client counseling where applicable.
• Complete the minimum number of annual required training.

• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control and initiating the proper corrective action.
• 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 (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.
• Work is performed in a lodge/shelter facility where there is little or no physical discomfort associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Savings Plan Available
• Supplemental Insurance Available
• Voluntary Life Insurance and more

• High school diploma or G.E.D. and one (1) year experience performing security or social service work preferred, OR any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• None

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

Veterans | Disabled