Emergency Shelter Advocate Job at Nashville Launch Pad, Nashville, TN

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  • Nashville Launch Pad
  • Nashville, TN

Job Description

Job Summary

DESCRIPTION

Launch Pad Shelter Advocates create a welcoming, trauma-informed environment for the LGBTQ+ and allied young adults (18-26 years old) in Launch Pad’s Emergency Shelter program. They ensure shelter operations are running smoothly overnight. 

PLEASE NOTE this post is for the 10:30 pm-8:00 am shift on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. This is a seasonal position from November 1, 2024 – April 1, 2025.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Emergency Shelter (ES) – Seasonal overnight shelter program operating November 1 through April 1 each year. This program has a capacity of about 20 young adults on a typical night and 25 during cold weather emergencies. This is done in partnership with local churches; currently, we operate in two church locations, one in Donelson and one in Green Hills. A hot meal, shower, mattress, linens, first aid, and additional supplies are provided to all guests.

Job Responsibilities

Guest Services

  • Monitor the ES residents and perform frequent walking checks of the building
  • Assist guests with any interpersonal conflicts or disputes
  • Provide supplies and/or meals as appropriate when requested (volunteers may assist)
  • Wake guests in the morning 
  • Ensure guests exit the shelter in a timely manner and take their belongings with them
  • Provide equitable, unbiased, trauma-informed care to all guests  

Site Maintenance

  • Clean, sanitize, and organize the space regularly 
  • Complete cleaning checklists (daily, weekly, and monthly as required)
  • Complete building lock-up procedures as each shift ends in the morning

Informational Reporting

  • Utilize our data management system, Salesforce (training will be provided)
  • Enter guest data and properly check in guests as they enter the shelter 
  • Write a brief report at the end of each shift that will include guest concerns, facility and supply updates, pertinent client interactions, and crisis interventions

Physical Demands

  • Shelter sites may require climbing stairs to enter
  • Ability to lift up to 35 lbs (though a team approach may be taken for heavy lifting)
  • Remaining awake and alert for an entire shift
  • Completing required clean-up at the end of each shift

Additional Responsibilities

  • Communicate with other staff members about staff coverage and take shifts as available
  • Check your email regularly to stay up to date on organization-wide updates
  • Attend monthly staff meetings
  • Engage with interns and volunteers as needed

Training

Staff will be required and paid to complete several core trainings in their first month including but not limited to:

  • CPR & First Aid
  • Naloxone
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • De-escalation
  • Trans 101

A background check is required for this position; the cost is covered by Nashville Launch Pad. A clear drug screening may be required.

COVID-19 Assumption of Risk: This position assumes risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus, and other communicable illnesses.

Qualifications

  • Experience working with vulnerable populations, especially 18-26-year-olds or people experiencing homelessness, is preferred
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality, take initiative, and practice de-escalation
  • Be culturally sensitive, team-focused, and collaborative
  • Be a competent professional with excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • Be a team player with strong decision-making skills
  • Strong sense of boundaries to keep relationships with guests, providing a professional, safe, and healthy experience
  • Ability to clearly and objectively document information
  • LGBTQ+ individuals, people of color, and people with lived experience of housing instability strongly encouraged to apply
  • Ability to work some holidays (recognized holidays earn time and a half pay)
  • Has access to reliable transportation to attend your shift
  • Able to input information into a laptop or desktop computer via a keyboard

Additional Information

Benefits

There are no insurance benefits included with this position at this time. Holidays worked will be paid time and a half.

How to Apply

Apply via the form here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefsG9CWhm0qfSpAscDngRpuOmDVHobADHI4dEmemIeInoc_w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Details

  • Date Posted: November 6, 2024
  • Type: Part-Time
  • Job Function: Programs and Service Delivery
  • Service Area: Housing
  • Salary Range: $17/hour
  • Working Hours: 10:30pm-8:00am on Tuesday and Wednesday nights

Job Tags

Holiday work, Part time, Seasonal work, Local area, Shift work, Night shift, Day shift,

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