Community Based Safety Specialist

Description

Title: Community Based Safety Specialist

Onsite at Treatment in Motion Mobile Medical Unit in Seattle

This is a non-exempt hourly position

Hours:  5 AM - 1:30 PM, Monday through Friday with rotating Saturday shifts.

Hourly rate: $26.00 to $27.50 (The annual equivalent  $54,080 - $57,200 per year) $1,500 sign on bonus*

 ETS strives to achieve pay equity and transparency as part of our goal to create an equitable workplace.    

 *Sign on bonus is in addition to the base salary and will be paid out in increments (90 days, 180 days) with satisfactory performance. Please inquire with the Recruiter for more information.    

Work at Evergreen Treatment Services and make a difference in our community!

ETS has been working to transform the lives of individuals and their communities through innovative and effective addiction and social services in Western Washington for over 50 years. Learn more about our mission and values.

Change begins within. We strive to foster and sustain a diverse and inclusive community within our organization. Find out how we are working to achieve racial equity, health equity, and community justice.

Our Clinic Services and REACH teams bring critical professional expertise and heartfelt compassion to the work they do every day to serve our most vulnerable community members. Check out the compelling stories told by our patients, clients, and staff members that provide more information and a clear picture regarding our organization’s essential work. 

This important role helps ETS accomplish our mission! The Community Based Safety Specialist is responsible for the safety of the Mobile Medication Unit (MMU) and ETS/REACH staff. This position oversees safety and client engagement while out in the community while also being responsible for safely transporting staff both to and from the Treatment in Motion (TIM) location. This position oversees safety and client engagement while out in the community. This position will foster relationships and community building by providing patient-centered services from a harm reduction perspective utilizing motivational interviewing, therapeutic verbal de-escalation, and trauma- informed care approaches.  

What you contribute to this role – Responsibilities:

•  Help ETS succeed in carrying out our mission through working together with other staff to transform systems of harm and inequity to create different approaches to improving community health and safety through addressing substance use and homelessness. 
• Assist with the organization-wide initiative to reimagine our interconnectedness within our community to overcome the aspects of our society and organizational culture shaped by white supremacy and settler colonialism.  
• Carries out the safe operation and driving of a 20-foot RV-style vehicle in areas of high traffic.
• Drives large shuttle transport vehicle, transporting clinic patients to and from dosing appointments at local opioid-treatment clinics.
• Sets up and breaks down a mobile treatment facility in an urban environment.
• Develops professional rapport and trusting relationships with patients through respectful, person-centered engagement practices.
• Orients new patients to the remote TIM location and patient flow in and out of the space while maintaining a hospitable and friendly demeanor.
• Monitors patients’ activities within the immediate vicinity of the remote treatment location with the intent to address any potential safety risks or violations of program rules and regulations.
• Submits incident reports or other relevant documentation when appropriate, and monitors and reports hazardous materials and conditions.
• Works in collaboration with Counselors and Case Managers to support individual service plans for patients with challenging behaviors.
• Upholds strict patient confidentiality and safeguards sensitive security-related information, including logs and reports.
• Conducts twice-daily safety inspection of mobile treatment unit both in the check-out and check-in of the vehicle to its secured location through the completion of a verified checklist; also monitors security cameras and control systems. 
• Routinely maintains critical functions to the operation of the mobile treatment vehicle such as; fill-and-dump of gray water tank, tire pressure checks, fluid level checks, filling of the gas tank.
• Assists with receiving and stocking supplies for the mobile treatment unit.
• Assists police, fire, EMS, and all other emergency service providers in the performance of their duties while responding to the remote treatment location.
• Responds to all mobile treatment facility alarm activations including but not limited to security, duress, fire, and intrusion alarms.
• Helps implement systems to support patients with behavioral issues in a highly stimulating urban environment.
• Attends all required meetings.

Note: New and/or different duties and responsibilities may be assigned to this job at any time.

Requirements

What you bring to this role – Qualifications:

Education and/or Relevant and Lived Experience: 

•  High School graduation or equivalent
• Undergraduate degree desirable, preferably in social services. SUDP/SUDPT a plus.
• Previous experience in a safety-related role, especially with individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 
• Possession of a valid driver's license.

Knowledge and Skills:

• An understanding of racial justice and social equity and a commitment to helping create an equitable environment for all ETS clients and patients as well as fellow staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, patients, and staff from a wide variety of ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Customer service experience and/or training.
• Experience driving a truck, van, or RV in an urban environment with heavy street traffic highly desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills and verbal/ written communication skills. 
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize workload, work independently, and complete tasks timely and efficiently.
• Dependable, able to work under pressure, receptive to change, willingness to learn, cooperative approach to problem solving.
• Flexible team player, with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion when handling highly sensitive information.
• Ability to set boundaries, resolve conflict and de-escalate issues.
• Computer literate, with basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (or equivalent suites such as Google Workspace), as well as a high level of initiative in keeping current with technological changes.? Skills needed include basic functions such as utilizing MS Outlook email and calendaring programs (or equivalent) and sending attachments, using MS Teams or equivalent chat, call, and videoconference features, and navigating search engines such as Edge or Google and carrying out browser searches and website benchmarking steps.  

Additional Essential Information:

Physical Requirements:

The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear; frequently required to stand, walk, and kneel; occasionally to climb balance, or stoop; rarely to crouch or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, color, and peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Equipment Used:

• Computer, photocopier, fax machine, phone, cell phone and program vehicle

Salary : $54,080 - $57,200