Description

Do you feel called to serve in a Christian Ministry?

Do you want to serve where you make a difference in the lives of others?

Are you looking for a life-changing work experience?

If so, consider joining us at the Atlanta Mission, where we provide life-transforming experiences for everyone that joins our team: employees, clients, donors, and volunteers. We serve over 1000 men, women, and children every day by providing food, shelter, clothing, counseling, vocational and spiritual guidance. We get to experience and witness radical life transformations.

The Community Living Assistant is a critical member of our ministry by creating a safe, stable, and healthy community while encouraging camaraderie and a sense of belonging among the clients.

This is a 2nd shift position working Tuesday-Saturday 3:30-12pm.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Monitors the activity of clients ensuring safety, security and compliance to house rules by walking the facility frequently, stationed in the dining hall, monitoring cameras and being engaged in client activities
• Conducts orientation of community living guidelines, facility layout and basic living classes
• Documents records of events that occur during shifts, as well as thorough incident reports using Salesforce and Microsoft Office by end of shift
• Enhances relationships by demonstrating effective problem resolution skills
• Assists clients with within guidelines when processing issues and conflict resolution using de-escalation techniques
• Administers medication and documents consumption in log in accordance to the medication policy of the program
• Escalates to Leader clients who present a heighten behavioral challenge and/or have a special need
• Checks for contraband in and around facility through general observation, room or package/purse searches per the search, contraband, and weapons protocols
• Serves as liaison to other teams regarding client community living concerns, needs, and emergencies by providing notes in Salesforce and email communication

Qualifications

You will uphold the following Christ-centered values:

• Humbly Serve: You strive to live, Love and Lead like Jesus.
• Faithfully Steward: You honor and wisely use the time, talent and treasures that God has provided.
• Courageously Innovate: You are driven towards excellence, you continuously learn, adapt and improve.
• Joyfully celebrate: You intentionally appreciate and recognize all that God is doing in and through all the stakeholders of Atlanta Mission.
• Strength in Unity: You embrace God’s desire for oneness and kingdom-focused unity.

Position Requirements:

• Strong Crisis intervention and de-escalation skills
• Efficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Documentation of reference from at least one professional that can attest to skill capability and to the suitability of working with or around at-risk populations
• Believes and commits to Atlanta Mission's Statement of Faith

Physical Requirements:

• Position requires standing for long periods of time and to move and walk to various locations, climb stairs, stoop, kneel, reach, pull, push, bend and twist.
• Must have the ability to constantly operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a copy machine, calculator and computer printer
• Must be able to communicate accurate information
• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or carry up to 20lbs
• Must have peripheral vision and depth perception

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What we Have to Offer You & Your Family

Employee Benefits:

• Retirement Savings with Matching Contribution
• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance

Employer Paid Benefits:

• 10 Paid Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Travel Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Medical Concierge
• Spiritual & Professional Training & Development