Residential Aide
Program: Fort Washington Men's Shelter
Salary Range: $19.49 per hour.

Program Description: Fort Washington Men’s Shelter is an emergency men's shelter which helps 200 individuals with Mental Health and Substance Abuse histories work towards health, sobriety, and, ultimately, permanent housing and employment. In addition to lodging and three meals a day, clients receive comprehensive case management with the assistance of an on-site rehabilitation team, Social Services Case Managers, primary health care and dentistry.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential duties of the Position include but are not limited to the following activities:
Depending on the shift and program, essential duties of the Residential Aide include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Performs the day- to- day monitoring of the residents’ on-site activities
• Performs hourly inspections of the facility and immediate neighborhood, and documents/reports any incidents
• Assists in the planning and organization of recreational activities, events and outings
• Wakes the clients as needed, provides clothing and personal care items to clients
• Ensures that the clients are out of the dormitories according to policies and procedures
• Reminds clients of their daily schedules, and assists clients with their daily living skills
• Processes new client intake information, bed assignment, maintains the daily census records and provides DHS with daily census figures.
• Secures the clients’ personal property and maintains an inventory of the clients belongings
• Observes the behavior of clients, reporting any unusual behavior to the case management and clinical staff
• Oversees the shelter at nights and responds to any requests from the clients who are awake
• Works collaboratively with the Program Aides/ Case Manager in providing crisis intervention in an emergency
• Complete electronic shift summaries and incident reports
• Assists in the Cafeteria with meals being served to clients at breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Residential Aide Supervisor or other supervisory staff

• A High School Diploma or GED required
• 1 year of experience working with homeless mentally ill adults or other special needs population
• Excellent oral, writing and listening skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially e-mail, Word, and Excel; computer literate
• Bilingual or multilingual a plus