Shelter Residential Aide

Location:          Central VA Area Command  – Richmond, VA

Position Type:     Casual

Pay Range:         $12.00 - $14.00

About this opportunity:

• Perform a wide variety of functions to ensure the safety, security and well being of the shelter residents as well as the building. Performs a variety of housekeeping duties including sweeping, moping, vacuuming, dusting, and cleaning of bathrooms to ensure the neatness and cleanliness of the shelter.

Key responsibilities:

• Monitors client's day to day activities including scheduling and inventorying passes, taking of prescribed medication, and resident's general whereabouts
• Coordinates with community partners, such as behavioral health teams and church feeding programs, that come to the shelter to deliver supportive services.
• Become fully knowledgeable of shelter policies and procedures to answer client questions and ensure policies are followed.
• Sets up and prepares sleeping and dining areas for clients prior to shelter opening.

What we are looking for in you:

• One year vocational/technical school degree and six months experience; OR
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge and skills and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language. Ability to lift light objects weighing less than 24 pounds. Work is performed in a shelter facility where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Employee Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Vacation, Sick, Personal and Holiday Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance and more!

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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:  11/20/2024 – 12/04/2024

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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