Housing Monitor_NE-KT_701-Social Services Department

Location:  Bristol, TN      

About this opportunity:

This position is responsible for assisting shelter clients in daily activities. The Housing Monitor carries out responsibilities in some or all of the following functional areas: Client Check In, ensuring client’s saftey, maintains accurate and complete records, and ensures the lodge and shelter is maintained in neat and proper order. 

Key responsibilities:

• Checks clients into the lodge/shelter; prepares and monitors client intake cards; determines if client has been prepaid by sponsor or credit; prepares resident roster and maintains resident property records
• Completes required paperwork representing client intake for the day; inputs data into the computer to maintain computer records and generate client lists
• Monitors the activities of the lodge/shelter 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
• Wakes up lodge/shelter clients at designated time and instructs them to collect their sheets; ensures that all residents are out of the lodge/shelter by the designated time

What we are looking for in you:

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• One year experience performing security or social service work preferred,
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills or abilities

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements

• Ability to arrive on time for scheduled shifts

• 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

Employee Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans and more!

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:

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:  11/01/2024 to 12/01/2024

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.

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