Shelter Residential Aide - Chamberlayne Emergency Shelter

Job Details

Job Location

PMC-Central Virginia Area Command - Richmond, VA

Position Type

Casual

Education Level

High School Diploma / GED

Salary Range

$13.00 - $15.00 Hourly

Job Category

Housing

Job Posting Date(s)

Start Date

11 / 24 / 2025

End Date

12 / 08 / 2025

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Schedule / Hours : Varying Schedules, including weekends and evenings. Seasonal and Regular schedule availability.

Pay Rate : $13-$15 per hour

This position is responsible for :

Performs a wide variety of support functions to ensure the safety, security, comfort and wellbeing of Salvation Army emergency shelter clients. Ensures shelter clients adhere to house rules. Monitors building security. Performs light housekeeping duties to ensure orderly, clean common areas. Maintains the daily shelter log. Typically works a non-traditional schedule of evening and overnight shifts.

Key Responsibilities :

• Monitors the activities of shelter clients, ensuring their safety, comfort, and compliance with house rules.
• Supports inclement weather shelter operations, to include preparing sleeping and dining areas prior to shelter opening; maintaining an orderly client check-in waiting line; conducting the client intake process; distributing items for clients' personal use like blankets; cleaning the sleeping and dining areas as needed throughout the shift.
• Regulates lights out / curfew / quiet hours for the safety and comfort of shelter clients.
• Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions :

Work is performed in a shelter facility where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Employee Benefits :

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU

Licenses and Certifications :

CPR / First Aid Preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer : Veterans | Disabled