Part-Time Overnight SOTS Support Center Monitor

PartTime Overnight SOTS Support Center Monitor

About Us

CARITAS creates a safe space to heal and time to rebuild. Our five programs provide solutions for shelter recovery services workforce development and the furniture bank.

The Healing Place (THP) as one of the five programs of this thriving nonprofit is a longterm peerdriven residential recovery program serving the Greater Richmond community. Here at THP men and women suffering from Substance Use Disorder carve pathways to sobriety employment and spiritual wellness. This position provides supervision and guidance in the Safe Off the Streets (SOTS) center.

Position Summary

Monitors provide empathy and support to new participants as they enter our SOTS center 24 hour intake center into THP. As new participants stabilize from substance use disorder Monitors are responsible for orienting them into the Recovery Program and helping them feel safe and secure.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate supervision of participants during their stabilization process in SOTS.
• Ensure participants understand and are willing to adhere to proper policies and procedures.
• Implement CARITAS values with participants volunteers vendors and staff.
• Attend all scheduled mandatory meetings.

Primary duties

• Completes proper intake paperwork for SOTS participants with accuracy and attention to
  detail.
• Provides compassionate supervision of participants during their stabilization process in SOTS.
• Submit incident reports relevant to participants staff and facilities in the THP Incident Report
  Form
• Ensures participants understand and are willing to adhere to proper policies and procedures.
• Provides information on the Recovery Program and encourages participation and support.
• During evening and overnight shift monitors all recovery program participants activities to
  include scheduled AA meetings evening educational sessions and scheduled fresh air breaks.
• Performs scheduled rounds of the Recovery Program facility to assess and monitor for safety.
• Responds to emergencies appropriately and monitors security.
• Engages and oversees volunteers participating in program activities.
• Promotes a clean orderly and sanitary facility and grounds.
• Perform Intake/Random breathalyzer and drug screens. Document results.
• Ensures all participants adhere to the curfew regulations and are accounted for at roll call in
  all phases of the Recovery Program.

Qualifications

• Ability to work well with program participants.
• Skilled in conflict resolution and ability to calmly and professionally deescalate crisis situations.
• Ability to handle emergencies.
• Good oral and written communications skills.
• Valid T.B. test within 2 weeks of being hired.
• Current CPR certification required within 45 days of being hired.

More About CARITAS

Inclusion Statement:

CARITAS is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. In recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions that individuals bring in terms of their education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status color religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.

CARITAS Provides a DrugFree Workplace:

The unlawful manufacture sale distribution dispensation possession or use of a controlled substance or is prohibited in the CARITAS workplace. As such while on CARITAS premises performing CARITASrelated duties or operating any CARITAS equipment whether during work time or nonwork time employees are prohibited from being under the influence of or alcohol and are strictly prohibited from possessing illegal or excessive quantities of prescription or overthecounter .

Status: This parttime nonexempt position

Supervisor: Safe Off the Streets (SOTS) Coordinator

Hours: 12am8am

Hourly Rate: $17.75 per hour