What are the responsibilities and job description for the Resident Services Specialist -PT position at Catholic Charities of Arizona?
Helping our community’s most vulnerable with solutions that permanently improve lives.”
Job Summary : Serves as a resident advocate and links housing residents to supportive services or medical services provided by public or private agencies. Provides support and coordination of volunteers and community organization partners to enhance the growth of the Community Engagement and Philanthropy visions to advance the mission of Catholic Charities Community Services within CCCS affordable housing communities. Works among residents, and across volunteers, staff, donors and partner organizations to help our community's most vulnerable with solutions that permanently improve lives. Schedule will require some flexibility, evenings and Saturdays.
Job Duties :
- Welcomes new residents within two weeks of move-in, informing them of the role of the Resident Services Coordinator.
- Co-Develop a questionnaire and surveys residents to learn about their unmet needs, program interests, and potential ways to engage with Catholic Charities and their housing community.
- Co-develops Resident Councils and provides oversight while encouraging and inviting all residents organize activities like support groups, skill building workshops and social events that positively impact the housing community.
- Develop, maintains and distributes a directory of local services.
- Works with supervisor and community partners to develop a housing and community handbook.
- Provides some basic grants research and proposal ideas and deadlines. Contributes to preparation and submission with the guidance of the Philanthropy team.
- Provides referrals and introductions for services.
- Educates residents and assists them in accessing entitlement programs and other federal, state and community resources.
- Advocates for services and programs on behalf of individual residents and the residential community as a whole.
- Support volunteer opportunities in collaboration with agency programs, corporate, faith based and community outreach efforts. Assist with recruitment, training, orientation, support and recognition of volunteers. Assist with training and support for volunteers that engage in residential service delivery. Coordinates weekly onsite programs and services for the resident community related to increasing the residents' self-sufficiency such as wellness, financial education, workforce development or benefits. These activities must meet contractual agreements and compliance.
- Capture and report program and service offerings and participant engagement. Utilize findings to improve work.
- Assist in planning, promoting and implementing educational, skills development, youth activities and event planning in affordable housing communities that will increase resident and community engagement.
- Coordinate collaborative efforts with community groups (i.e., girl or boy scouts, churches, civic groups, schools, self-help groups), community agencies, institutions of higher education, and volunteers to provide onsite social and support activities and services; i.e., congregate meals, after school programs, day care or computer education.
- Support and strengthen through regular follow up and communications the collaboration of new and existing faith based and community partnerships with the Community Engagement Led, and Director of Community Engagement and Volunteer Services in the Office of Philanthropy. Provides promotional and creative support to enhance resident services and community outreach efforts and recognition.
- Serves as agency representative at residential housing communities’ functions, including giving presentations as opportunities arise and are confirmed with supervisor.
- Produces, posts, disseminates and submits for reporting a monthly newsletter and calendar of events.
- Maintains documentation of residential housing services and prepares reports as needed or requested documenting progress of programs, activities, and partnerships.
- Participate in and support Performance and Quality Improvement (PQI) initiatives to include attending appropriate program leadership and training meetings to ensure organization-wide involvement in PQI and the development of program performance measurements.
- Promote ongoing commitment to excellence and continual quality improvement to ensure the highest quality of services to our staff and clients.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements :
Hourly rate startingat $18.11 and may increase depending on experience.
This position works directly on site to deliver supportive services to residents. Employee has 6 hours per pay period allocated as WFH to complete trainings, documentation, reports, and other administrative duties.
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