Location: Panama City, Florida
Position Type: Full-Time
Pay Range: $13.00 - $13.36

About this opportunity:
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 the shelter is maintained in a neat and proper order; ensures compliance of the treatment plan and teaching skills are adhered to.

Key responsibilities:

• Monitors the activities of the shelter residents ensuring safety and compliance with house rules; checks the security of all windows and doors; makes periodic rounds of entire facility; records any unique situations occurring on assigned shift.
• Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Completes required paperwork representing client intake for the day; inputs data into the computer in order to maintain computer records and generate client list.
• Ensures the implementation of teaching of social skills, treatment plan and individualized service plans; ensures residents are adhering to their plans.
• Assists with all verbal and physical aggressions that might occur from residents.
• Maintains necessary contacts with other agencies, as needed, to assure coordination of services to residents.
• Ensures the training and assistance in developing and maintaining basic living skills.

What we are looking for in you:

• High School diploma or GED AND
• One year experience working or volunteering with victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault preferred, OR
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
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. Work is performed in a social services environment where exposure to communicable and infectious diseases are possible. This position requires the incumbent to be available for periodic and scheduled after hours response. After-hours responded time will be compensated by adjusting working hours within that same pay week.

Employee Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 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: October 7, 2024 – October 21, 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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