PEOPLE FIRST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Monitor Santa Cruz, CA · Full time Company website

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Here at People First, our core belief is simple: everyone deserves a place to call home. It's not just a goal; it's our unwavering commitment. We stand for the dignity of every person facing homelessness, seeing their inherent worth beyond labels. Our doors and hearts are wide open, welcoming collaboration and transparency. We're breaking boundaries, and nurturing a community where flexibility and creativity drive progress. Our aspirations are grand, but we're rooted in the real world, acknowledging its imperfections. Setbacks? They're stepping stones. Challenges? Opportunities to fine-tune our strategies. We're relentless, resilient, and dedicated to ensuring housing for all.

Position Overview

• Enforce shelter rules and regulations.
• Report to the Lead Monitor on shift about any resident infractions or concerns. 
• Remain on the shelter floor at all times.
• Attend to and report violations or incidents as they occur.
• Serve meals in accordance with daily meal plans and during the designated mealtimes.
• Perform routine custodial functions. 
• Coordinate participant laundry services.
• Assist clients in remembering and implementing house details/chores at designated chore times.
• Perform clerical duties related to direct service, including but not limited to the following:
• 24-hour roster,
• client daily report, 
• client food care, 
• chore check sheet, 
• client personal sheet, and
• monitors’ log.
• Provide residents with tents, and blankets as needed. 
• Clean out tents as residents exit the shelter.
• Maintain participants’ living space and record notes daily.
• Coordinate shower time for guests, sanitize between use, and hand out hygiene items.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned. 

Please note we are hiring for swing (4pm-12am) and graveyard shifts (12am-8am). If hired these will be the shift schedules that will be set.

This position is a full time, nonexempt, benefited position. Full time expectations are 32-40 hours of work per week. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation. 

Accommodations can meet the needs of people with all types of neurodivergences and disabilities as long as they do not pose an unreasonable burden on the employer. To make a reasonable accommodation request, please speak with your direct supervisor about filling out our 'ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request Form,' which you can write yourself, or contact your supervisor and the two of you can write it together. If there are any concerns or questions, the administrative team will make an assessment as to whether or not the request poses an unreasonable burden on the employer and respond to your request promptly. People First also reserves the right to request additional documentation with regards to the nexus of the disability and reasonable accommodation.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to type, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and stand for extended periods of time. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.