Job Description
Position: Micro-Community (MC) Floater Coordinator (Days)
Reports to: MC Manager
Location: Denver
Compensation: $22.50- 23.75 per hour + generous benefits including 401k matching, 100% employer paid health, dental, vision; three weeks paid vacation, and holiday pay
The Micro-Community Coordinator will work in collaboration with the MC Manager and MC Assistants to ensure that the MC space provides a safe, stable, healing, and supportive environment for residents, staff, volunteers and the broader community. Specifically, the Micro-Community Coordinator will support Micro-Community Manager in their leadership to the Micro-Community operations and programming as outlined below.
Support Micro-Community Manager with data collection and reporting, as needed
- Resident Intake
- Wellness Screening
- Overview of all Policies, Rights, and Responsibilities
- Intake Form with basic information for HMIS data entry
- Signed Use Agreement whereby resident acknowledges understanding and agreement to abide by all policies, rights, and responsibilities
- Resident Participation
- Complete and record Daily Wellness Screening using sign in log sheets
- Perform sites walks in coordination with MC Assistant
- Monitor daily activities using the Daily Activity Log, this includes issues, incidents and other notable occurrences
- Accountability/Complaints/Compliance
- Main point of contact when MC Manager not available on site
- Ensure all Public Health cleaning and food temp logs are completed
- Ensure Resident compliance with MC Use agreements, and notify residents when they are not in compliance. Track and record these notifications, follow up plans, etc.
- Report resident accountability and non-compliance to MC Manager
- Support MC Manager with Resident accountability process including exiting residents when appropriate
- Communication with MC residents while providing stable, trauma-informed interactions with residents
- Ensure information is distributed to MC residents effectively including outreach schedule, resources, etc.
Key Area #2 - Micro-Community Programming
- Personal MC resident support
- Build relationships and establish rapport with residents
- Support residents with progressing towards housing and employment goals
- Connect MC residents to resource navigation
- Connect MC residents to personal crisis support as needed
- Assist with coordination of Community Dinners
- Assist with coordination of volunteers, external partners to bring meals
- Prepare space and set up for dinners
- Make sure plates and utensils are available
Key Area #3 - Conflict Management and Crisis Response
- Conflict Management and Resolution coordination with MC Manager
- Promote conflict resolution among residents
- Ensure that conflict is managed and resolved in a non-violent manner
- Ensure follow through on conflict resolution agreements
- Submit records of conflict management and resolution to supervisor
- Violence/Threats of Violence coordination with MC Manager
- If violence or threats of violence break out at the MC, support Lead Coordinator with responding and reporting to MC Manager
- Exit residents as necessary in partnership with Micro-Community Manager and Micro-Community Manager
Key area #4 - Metrics and Reporting
- Conduct HMIS data collection/input on an ongoing basis
- Support Micro-Community Manager with data collection and reporting, as needed
Other Responsibilities
- Other duties as assigned.
- We are a small, dynamic team and at times everyone is required to do a bit of everything. You may be asked to take on other responsibilities from time to time, but these should not get in the way of your ultimate responsibility which is supporting the Micro-Community and the individuals that reside there.
Skills Needed:
- Time management
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Administrative Skills
- Conflict Mediation/Resolution Skills
- Meeting Facilitation Skills
- High Emotional Intelligence
- Ability to relate to people from diverse backgrounds and experience
- Trauma Informed approach
- Creativity and flexibility
- Resilience and thick skin
- Intrinsic motivation to achieve goals
- Anti-racist, anti-oppression lens
- Experience working with unhoused individuals
- Knowledge of harm reduction
- Problem solving skills