CAMBA is hiring: Residential Aide, Park Slope Women's Shelter in New York

Residential Aide, Park Slope Women's Shelter

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Who We Are: CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We offer more than 180 integrated programs in Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach almost 80,000 individuals and families, including almost 13,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. Over 85% of our families are living in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

CAMBA operates 6 single adult shelters and 6 family shelters and one drop in center. Each shelter offers clients a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility. Homeless (often mentally-ill and substance-abusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into permanent and/or supported housing.

The Park Slope Shelter for Women serves 100 MICA (mentally ill chemical abusing) women at the Park Slope Armory in Brooklyn.

Position: Residential Aide

Reports To: Assistant Program Director

What The Residential Aide Does:

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality
• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures
• Comply with Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy policies to protect individually identifiable health information
• Update and inform clients of program changes (e.g., food services changes, laundry assignments) through individual and group meetings
• Assist with client bed-check every evening
• Conduct dorm inspections to ensure client compliance with facility policies
• Intervene and diffuse inappropriate client interaction as necessary
• Monitor clients’ behavior and report changes to Supervisor and/or appropriate social services staff
• Ensure clients receive personal care products and laundry products weekly, and replace items as needed
• Sort, count, and bag bed linens, blankets, and towels (may wash, dry and fold)
• Distribute clean bed linens, blankets, pillows, and towels to clients
• Monitor clients' use of laundry facilities, including processing new client belongings
• Strip former clients' beds and lockers, sort, bag, label and document belongings, store bags for safekeeping
• Identify, sort, bag, label and document valuable client belongings and give to Supervisor for storage
• Follow client belongings policy and retrieve personal property of former clients upon their return
• Escort clients as needed
• Check food deliveries for quality and quantity and report issues to Supervisor
• Prepare kitchen and dining facilities for mealtimes and clean up after meals
• Heat and serve prepared foods according to Food Standards Policy
• Store food according to the Food Storage Policy
• Prepare paper goods, setups and condiments for mealtimes
• Set up coffee and hot water urns before each meal
• May collect garbage and remove to appropriate storage location
• May prepare and serve lunch
• May plan, coordinate and facilitate social and/or peer support events for clients
• Tasks may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over time

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent experience

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Participate in Department of Health Food Protection 15 hour Course, pass exam and become a certified Food Handler
• Must obtain Annual PPD Test
• May be required to become First Aid/CPR certified
• May be required to become certified in overdose prevention

Compensation: $18.50 hourly
Note: The salary offered would be based on various factors unique to each program and candidate, including experience, education, budget and program size, internal equity, skills and other factors.

Status: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Benefits: CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time), and paid holidays.

CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, socio-economic status, marital or veteran status, pregnancy status or sexual orientation.

Note: This description reflects the role as described at the time of posting. Some responsibilities or requirements may be updated.