Temporary Service Coordinator - Night Shift

Temporary Service Coordinator - Night Shift

SEATTLE, WA ()
• The Gateway

Job Type

Full-time, Temporary

Description

Days Off: Tuesday, Wednesday

Shift: Night

Shift Differential: $1.00 per hour

Insurance Benefits: Dental, Life, Long-term Disability, Medical (no premiums/payroll deductions for employee coverage)

Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

The position is temporary, initially expected to last 6–12 months, with the possibility of extension based on program needs and position availability.

About DESC:

Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time.

Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs,19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.

JOB DEFINITION:

We are looking for energized and passionate Service Coordinators to manage basic day-to-day operations at The Gateway. Service Coordinators are tasked delivering these critical survival services as part of a large team, all of whom are committed to serving our most vulnerable citizens.

MAJOR

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain order and communicate/enforce agency rules and policies.

• Intervene in client crises (medical, mental health, interpersonal).

• Initiate and maintain appropriate social interactions with clients.

• Monitor dorms, bathrooms and dayrooms to maintain safety and security of clients and premises.

• Consult with other staff and/or outside agencies as needed regarding client issues and needs.

• Provide information on social/health services and procedures (in-agency and outside agency) to clients.

• Refer clients needing more extensive services to specialized program staff or to outside services, when appropriate.

• Screen referrals from other agencies.

• Work with and support community volunteers who volunteer during shift.

• Actively participate in staff meetings and in-service trainings.

• Assist with the preparation, organization, serving and cleanup of food service scheduled during shift.

• Maintain order and cleanliness of work area.

• Recruit and supervise client volunteers for regular volunteer tasks.

• Work scheduled hours at shelter stations and/or milieu coverage and perform all duties of those areas.

• Monitor and ensure the return of all towels, blankets and other DESC property issued to clients.

• Register clients and document services provided during shift hours, in accordance with established procedures.

• Monitor day rest clients.

• Assist with transition from nighttime shelter to day program activities, such as morning cleanup.

• Observe client behaviors in the area surrounding the shelter, and intervene when necessary to discourage loitering, fighting, use or sale of drugs and alcohol, and other uncivil or illegal behaviors.

• Provide assistance to homeless people and others who are experiencing crises caused by mental illness and/or excessive drug/alcohol consumption.

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