Housing Monitor​/Family Emergency Shelter

Job Details

Job Location:

PMC-Charlottesville Corps - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902

Position Type:
Full Time Regular

Education Level: High School Diploma/GED

Salary Range: $13.77 - $15.00 Hourly

Job Category:
Housing

This position is responsible for performing a wide variety of support functions to ensure the safety, security, comfort and wellbeing of Salvation Army emergency shelter clients. Monitors shelter clients adhere to house rules. Performs light housekeeping duties to keep common areas orderly and clean. Maintains daily shelter log. Works a non-traditional schedule of evening and overnight shifts.

Varying schedules, including weekends and evenings.

Pay Rate: $13.77 - $15.00 per hour

• Monitors the activities of shelter clients, ensuring their safety, comfort, and compliance with house rules.
• Supports inclement weather shelter operations, including preparing sleeping and dining areas prior to shelter opening, maintaining an orderly client check-in waiting line, conducting the client intake process, distributing items for clients’ personal use such as blankets, and cleaning sleeping and dining areas as needed throughout the shift.
• Regulates lights out / curfew / quiet hours for the safety and comfort of shelter clients.
• Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Work is performed in a shelter facility where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

• 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 initiating proper corrective action.
• Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis, with distance of travel usually within the same building.
• Limited physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs) 5-10% of work time.

• Benefits Package
• Paid Leave
• And more.

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. preferred.
• One year experience performing security or social service work preferred.
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

CPR/First Aid Preferred

Veterans | Disabled