Residential Advocate - Weds-Sun Grave Shift - Clark Center Shelter

Join our team at Transition Projects!

Are you passionate about serving your community and ready to start or continue a career with an established nonprofit? Transition Projects seeks people who want challenging career opportunities that deliver personal and professional fulfillment. Our dedicated and energetic employees provide essential services to a marginalized, vulnerable population. We take pride in making a difference in the lives of so many every day.

ABOUT US

Transition Projects connects individuals with the services, resources, and tools they need to end their homelessness. Our team of over 350 assists more than 10,000 people each year at 14 different sites in the Portland metro.

• On any given day, we help meet the basic needs of more than 500 people experiencing homelessness through our Resource Center.
• On any given night, we provide a safe place to sleep for more than 800 people with nowhere else to turn.
• In any given year, we help place more than 1,000 people into affordable housing – and then support them in retaining that housing.

Transition Projects values the diverse voices, perspectives, and practices offered by participants, staff, volunteers, community partners, and our board of directors, and we rely on this diversity to craft innovative approaches to providing critical services and to creating positive, systemic change. We recognize that our diversity is our strength, and it is critical to advancing our mission and enhancing the well-being of participants, staff, volunteers, and the community.

COMPETITIVE BENEFITS

• 95% company paid Health Benefits
• 100% employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• 14+ paid time off days per year
• 12 paid employee choice holidays
• 401k plan starting at 4% match
• Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Location: Clark Center Shelter - 1431 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97214

Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12am-8am

Starting Salary Range: $20.66/hr + $0.75/hr Grave Shift differential

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide advocacy, information, and referral services to participants staying in emergency shelters. Oversee shelter facility in a manner that is consistent with Transition Projects mission, values, policies, and procedures. Actively participate in shelter processes and work as part of a team to provide services to participants.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise shelter activities to ensure the safety of participants.
• Maintain working knowledge of agency programs, services, and community resources.
• Provide advocacy, information, and referral services to participants.
• Assure cleanliness, sanitation, and upkeep of facility, performing minor maintenance and cleanup duties as necessary or requested.
• Facilitate problem solving and provide crisis intervention services.
• Responsible for knowing and following policies and procedures, including program, agency and building specific policies.
• Responsible for knowing and following procedures in emergencies and critical incidents.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate logs, shift reports, and participant records, both manually and using web-based program.
• Maintain confidentiality of participants, staff, and agency.
• Coordinate with agency staff to ensure consistent delivery of services.
• Attend agency and program staff meetings.
• Supervise participant chore assignments.
• Perform urinalysis and breathalyzer testing on participants when requested.
• Rotate through assigned Post Positions if applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee, with or without accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Hearing and vision adequate for interaction with participants, interaction with staff and interaction with the general public.
• Hearing adequate for telephone work. Vision adequate for close work.
• Hand and finger dexterity adequate to operate standard office equipment.
• Ability to walk, bend, stand, sit, reach, stoop, pull, climb stairs, and squat.
• Ability to perform CPR for fifteen minutes continuously.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The right individual for this position has a passion for helping others and a desire to work in an organization that serves people who are experiencing poverty and homelessness.

• Associate degree or higher in a related field, OR 2 years of consistent work experience (in any field) AND demonstrated understanding of the issues surrounding homelessness, chemical dependency, domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently. Ability to appropriately assess a situation and take corrective action as necessary.
• Knowledge of services available to low-income and homeless persons in Multnomah County through Transition Projects and other agencies or the demonstrated ability to obtain such knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to provide crisis intervention and to follow procedure in crisis situations.
• Written and verbal communication skills. Good computer skills. Ability to use web-based data collection program.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Transition Projects, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, source of income, union participation or activities, or any other status legally protected by applicable local, state or federal law.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.66 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Overnight shift

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

• Are you available to work the posted shift: Wednesday-Sunday 12am-8am?

Ability to Commute:

• Portland, OR 97214 (Required)

Work Location: In person