Shelter Monitor, Social Work

About This Opportunity

Shelter Monitor role at The Salvation Army of Memphis & the Mid-South

Assists residents staying in the Corps shelter overnight; performs client intake procedures and prepares client intake records; monitors the activity of residents on an assigned shift ensuring safety, security, and compliance with house rules; maintains accurate and complete records and logs containing pertinent information; ensures that the facility is maintained in a neat and proper order.

Posted Friday, May 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Location:

Freeport, TX

Position Type:
Regular Part-Time

• Building Security Responsibilities (40%)
• Intake and Discharge Responsibilities (30%)
• Housekeeping and Chore Distribution Responsibilities (30%)

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required, and one year prior experience performing security or social services work in a shelter or similar environment, or any equivalent combination of training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Valid State Driver's License (Preferred)
• Food Handlers Certification (or ability to obtain within established timeframe)
• CPR or First Aid Certification (or ability to obtain within established timeframe)

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

Limited amount of physical effort required related to walking, standing, lifting and carrying light to heavy objects (up to 30 lbs.) occasionally. Work is performed in a residential facility where there are little or no physical discomforts related to changes in weather or discomforts related to noise, dust and dirt.

• Paid Time Off
• Aflac Dental & Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans. Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

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