Housing Monitor - Lynchburg, VA

Location: Lynchburg Corps - Lynchburg, Virginia 

Position Type: Regular Part-Time with Benefits

About this opportunity:

Perform a wide variety of functions to ensure the safety, security, and wellbeing of the shelter residents as well as the building.

Key responsibilities:

• Updates residents’ admittance tracking sheets.
• Inputs data as necessary into the computer system.
• Monitors client's day-to-day activities, including scheduling and inventorying, passes, taking of prescribed medication, and resident's general whereabouts.
• Maintains shelter logbook through documentation, as directed by the Assistant Housing Manager.
• Collects male and female urinalysis. Documents urinalysis and Breathalyzers test results.
• Mediates conflicts between residents.
• Performs a variety of housekeeping duties sweeping, moping, vacuuming, and cleaning of bathrooms on a daily basis.

What we are looking for in you:

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• One year experience performing security and/or social service work preferred.
• 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 and carry objects less than 24 pounds and occasional lifting object 25 to 50 pounds may be necessary.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in a lodge/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:

• Paid Time Off
• Retirement plan

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:  05/21/2024-07/02/2024

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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