Family Shelter Overnight -Full or part-time
• Maintain daily contact with residents; conduct and document census checks daily. Facilitate admissions, transfers and discharges; assist residents to obtain permanent housing.
• Ensure children attend school/day care as scheduled and adults participate in structured activities/programs.
• Responsible for reporting, maintaining, reviewing, and regularly updating ongoing records according to Documentation Guidelines and in compliance with DSS and Agency Policies and Procedures.
• Provide for the health and safety of the residents and maintain the physical environment.
• Assist residents to establish linkages with mental health/health clinics, vocational, educational, financial, substance abuse prevention, special services, childcare and transportation resources as needed.
• Provide training, assistance and monitoring in life skills areas as needed, including meal planning, nutrition, personal appearance, basic parenting, meal preparation, unit maintenance, medication ingestion and recreation participation.