Residential Aide

Residential Aide

Position:   Residential Aide

Program:  Marsha’s House
Salary:      $18.92 per hour

Shift:         4pm-12am

Program Description:

Marsha’s House is an 81 bed 24/7 emergency shelter for homeless young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our comprehensive services include case management, vocational counseling, job placement, peer counseling, recreational activities, and housing placement assistance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Depending on the shift and program, essential duties of the Residential Aide include but are not limited to the following activities:
• Performs the day- to- day monitoring of the residents’ on-site activities
• Performs hourly inspections of the facility and immediate neighborhood, and documents/reports any incidents
• Assists in the planning and organization of recreational activities, events and outings
• Wakes the clients as needed, provides clothing and personal care items to clients
• Ensures that the clients are out of the dormitories according to policies and procedures
• Reminds clients of their daily schedules, and assists clients with their daily living skills
• Processes new client intake information, bed assignment, maintains the daily census records and provides DHS with daily census figures.
• Secures the clients’ personal property and maintains an inventory of the clients belongings
• Observes the behavior of clients, reporting any unusual behavior to the case management and clinical staff
• Oversees the shelter at nights and responds to any requests from the clients who are awake
• Works collaboratively with the Program Aides/ Case Manager in providing crisis intervention in an emergency
• Complete electronic shift summaries and incident reports
• Assists in the Cafeteria with meals being served to clients at breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Residential Aide Supervisor or other supervisory staff

  Qualifications:

• A High School Diploma or GED required
• 1 year of experience working with homeless mentally ill adults or other special needs population
• Excellent oral, writing and listening skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially e-mail, Word and Excel; computer literate
• Bilingual or multilingual a plus

All newly hired Project Renewal staff must provide verification of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19.