Housing Monitor

Location:  The Salvation Army Center of Hope, Gulfport, MS

About this opportunity:

Accepts and processes residents staying in shelter overnight; monitors the activity of residents on an assigned shift ensuring safety, security and compliance to house rules; maintains accurate and complete records and logs containing pertinent information; ensures that shelter is maintained in a neat and proper order.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensures that all apartments are in proper order before and after arrival of residents; checks fire equipment and ensures proper working order.
• Assists with the checking in of clients into the cold weather shelter; prepares and monitors client intake cards; prepares resident roster and maintains resident property records.
• Prepares dorms for cold weather shelter; distributes towels, linens, and personal hygiene items for cold weather shelter.
• Monitors the activities of the transitional housing residents ensuring safety and compliance with house rules; checks the security of all windows and doors; monitors cameras and makes periodic rounds of entire facility; records any unique situations occurring on assigned shift.
• Monitors all guests entering the building and ensures activities and conduct are in keeping with the transitional housing rules and Salvation Army policy.
• Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Opens and closes the transitional housing doors at designated hours of operation.
• Performs housekeeping duties for the Center of Hope and the transitional housing facilities.
• Answers telephone and responds to questions regarding the transitional housing operations.

What we are looking for in you:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. and one year experience performing security work or working in a social service environment, OR
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements.

Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language.

Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control and initiating the proper corrective action.

Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis.  Distance of travel is usually within the same building.

Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work requires performance of duties in social services environment where exposure to communicable and infectious diseases are possible.

Employee Benefits

• None

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:  Position is 19 hours per week, 2pm – 10pm.

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  September 30, 2024 – November 16, 2024

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

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