Warming Center Attendant

# Warming Center Attendant Hot Job Ketchikan Indian Community - Ketchikan, AK 99901## Overview Salary Range $24.06 - $36.09 Hourly Position Type Seasonal Job  Shift Varies Travel  Percentage Negligible Category Housing ## Description
** Job Summary
** Warming Center Attendants provide support to shelter guests during overnight and weekend hours on various shifts. Responsibilities include providing a safe, clean environment, supporting and assisting guests residing in shelter, and documenting any safety/security concerns or rule violations.
** Job

Duties & Responsibilities
*** Communicate clearly with all staff regarding incidents, guest information, donations, safety concerns etc.
* Follow and enforce rules and policies
* Support and assist all guests center.
* Maintain safety and security of center and its property.
* Ensure the privacy and safety of all guests.
* Maintain the cleanliness of shelter.
* Document shift notes at least once per shift.
* Being the shift point of contact for the warming center.
* Responsible for coordinating the beds in the center.
* Distributes and assists with snacks, laundry, hygiene kits and clothes.
* Observes and records significant activity.
* Attends and takes part in regular staff meetings and mandatory trainings.
* Answers phone and monitors doors and guests.
* Other related duties as assigned.
** Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
*** Strong understanding and sensitivity to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal culture and lifestyle, working effectively with AI/AN populations.
* Effective oral and written communication skills with sensitivity to the lifestyles of targeted participants.
* Skills in operating personal computers using a variety of computer software.
* Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with management, coworkers, and outside contacts.
* Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and comply with all applicable federal and tribal privacy laws and KIC policy (HIPAA, HITECH, etc.).
* Ability to learn and apply program/agency operating policies and procedures.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
* Ability to work independently as well as with teams.
* Strong organizational and communication skills.
* Ability to establish and maintain professional boundaries while working with clients.
** Working Conditions
** The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand and/or sit. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.  The noise level in the work environment is usually average.
** KIC Competencies
**** Cultural

Competency:

** To be respectful and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of KIC Tribal Members. Developing cultural competence is an evolving, dynamic process that takes time and occurs along a continuum.
** Commitment:
** To serve Tribal Members and set a high standard for yourself in your performance; strive for results and success; convey a sense of urgency and bring issues to closure; and stay persistent despite obstacles and opposition.
** Customer Service:
** Meet/exceed the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; identify, understand, and monitor the needs of both internal and external customers; always talk and act with customers in mind; and recognize working colleagues as customers.
** Effective Communication:
** Ensure important information is passed to those who need to know; convey necessary information with respect, clearly and effectively orally or in writing.
** Responsiveness and Accountability:
** Demonstrate a high level of conscientiousness; hold oneself personally responsible for one's own work; and do the required fair share of work.## Qualifications
** Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience)
*** High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
* At least one-year experience…