Women of Change Support Staff
The mission of the Project HOME community is to empower adults, youth, and families to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty, to alleviate the underlying causes of poverty, and to enable all of us to attain our fullest potential as individuals and as members of the broader society. We strive to create a safe and respectful environment where we support each other in our struggles for self-esteem, recovery, and the confidence to move toward self-actualization. Project HOME has a long-standing commitment to equal employment opportunity for all staff and applicants for employment. Employment decisions including, but not limited to, hiring selection, performance evaluation, administration of benefits, working conditions, associate programs, transfers, position changes, training, disciplinary action, compensation, and separations are made without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming), creed, national origin, nationality, citizenship status, domestic partnership status, ancestry, gender affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, civil union status, family status, age, mental or physical disability (including AIDS or HIV-related status), atypical heredity cellular or blood trait of an individual, genetic information or refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available the results of a genetic test, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Job Summary Women of Change (WOC) is a low demand safe haven residence that serves 25 women who are living with mental illness and have experienced chronic street homelessness. Residents may also be facing substance use and/or health issues. The Support Staff on-call position is to cover shifts as needed/available for overnight/3rd shift (12a/midnight to 8am) Wed-Sun (includes every weekend). |
Essential Duties and Responsibilities General duties include: · Conduct hourly rounds of the dorm, including checking on the safety and security of residents, and that the building is secure and monitors are working properly. · Document hourly rounds in the log book, reporting any activity of note or critical incidents. · Monitor front and back door access, and general safety of residents in outdoor spaces, (courtyards, steps, etc.) · Manage crisis situations. Become familiar with emergency/crisis procedures. Contact emergency services and on-call staff in case of resident emergency or property emergency (flood, fire). · Advise and remind residents of morning appointments, including waking residents up as needed. · Establish and maintain healthy relationships with residents, including interacting with residents who are up and in common areas at night · Identify maintenance issues and submit a work order as appropriate and contact maintenance/property staff if emergency repair. · Attend staff meetings as scheduled. · Attend required trainings as scheduled.
Specific duties for include: · Kitchen Support Activities: o Maintain cleanliness of kitchen (wash any remaining dishes, empty trash as needed, cleaning projects per instructions from kitchen coordinator). o Assist shift partner in preparation for dinner (set out dishes, napkins and utensils; heat up food; other prep activities per menu and instructions from kitchen coordinator). o Document tasks on kitchen log when complete.
· Medication Monitoring and Medication Room Management: o Prepare medication room station (filling water container before medication monitoring, refilling supply of cups, gloves, forms, pens; wiping down table, etc.) o Assist residents to comply with taking their prescribed medications per medication monitoring policy and protocols. (Can be jointly conducted with shift partner as appropriate) o Review medication supply for each resident (including overflow bin) and create list of medications to be called into the pharmacy for any needing to be refilled. o Organize medication logs in weekly binders. Xerox and maintain supply of medication signature logs for use with medication monitoring. Minimum Qualifications · A high school diploma (or equivalent) · Excellent documentation and organization skills · Able to engage persons in conversations to develop rapport and foster residents’ self-esteem and dignity. · Ability to work well on a team · Ability to appropriately manage crisis situations · Other tasks as needed/assigned · ServSafe Certification - Certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire/start date. Must be maintained at all times, which requires re-certification every 5 years (Project HOME will pay for certification and re-certification). Preferred Qualifications · Experience working with persons with substance abuse, mental health issues and/or homelessness
Project HOME is an Equal Opportunity Employer |
Project HOME benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account plans (Health, Dependent Care, Transit, Parking), Paid Parental leave, and a student loan support program. Project HOME has partnered with Savi to help employees navigate the complexities of federal student loan programs such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Project HOME offers Scholarship Programs thru Capella University for full-tuition Bachelor, Master’s Doctoral, in addition to a number of certificate degree programs. Project HOME's partnership also allows your employees to utilize a 15% discount on any Capella courses, as well as 10 free Sophia Learning courses. Project HOME provides Paid Time Off a minimum of 27 days annually, which includes vacation, personal, sick days, Floating holidays, Holidays, and sabbatical leave. Employer sponsored benefit plans include Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401 (k) with employer match up to 5% in addition to an Employee Assistance Program. Voluntary benefits include Accident, Critical Illness/Cancer, and Hospital Indemnity Coverage. and Voluntary Life Insurance.
Other details
- Pay Type Hourly
- Min Hiring Rate $13.51
- Philadelphia, PA, USA