Position Summary

The right individual for this position has a passion for helping others, is nonjudgmental, and able to deal with difficult situations in positive and constructive ways.

Full time/Medical/Dental/Vision/401k/PTO/Paid Holidays. $18.90 per hour.

Supervise shelter activities to ensure the safety of participants.
Responsible for intakes, interviews, and after-hours referrals.
Ensure timely bunk assignments, dorm inspections, and property storage.
Maintain accurate logs, shift reports, and participant records, both manually and using a web-based program.
Perform urinalysis and breathalyzer testing of participants as needed.
Attend agency and program staff meetings.
Facilitate de-escalation, problem-solving and crisis intervention services as necessary.
The right individual for this position has a passion for helping others, is nonjudgmental, and is able to deal with difficult situations in positive and constructive ways.

Requirements

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee, with or without accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work both independently as well as part of a team.
Ability to appropriately assess a situation and de-escalate/take corrective action as necessary.
Good computer skills.
Hearing and vision adequate for interaction with participants, interaction with staff, and interaction with the general public.
Work is primarily performed indoors, occasionally accompanied by moderate noise levels and exposure to scents.
Frequently required to sit/stand at a computer or in a stationary position.
Frequently operates a computer and other office productivity equipment, such as copy machine, printer, and phone.

Preferred Qualifications

Direct or Lived Experience with homelessness, addiction, and/or low-income populations.
Understanding of the issues surrounding homelessness, chemical dependency, domestic violence, and sexual assault.

Helping Hands is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers was founded by Alan Evans, who was homeless for over 25 years. He was removed from an abusive home and sent to foster care at age 11, but when his circumstances didn't improve, he ran away and was homeless and addicted by age 13. Without adequate resources to address his childhood traumas and help him make positive changes to be able to reenter society, getting arrested meant getting rescued. But his arresting officer asked to hear his story and helped him find sobriety and sustainability. Evans started Helping Hands to give other homeless people what he himself had needed: a helping hand to a sustainable life. In 2002, Evans opened an 8-bed home for the homeless in Seaside, OR, and over the years Helping Hands has expanded to meet the changing needs for homeless services in surrounding communities. When more homeless seniors and families with children began needing Helping Hands' support, we began to offer Case Management with Individual Reentry Plans to guide each person in gaining skills and accessing the resources they need to rebuild self-sufficiency. With trauma-informed best practices, we collect our clients' stories, demographics, and needs in our proprietary database and use this to guide their treatment. We now operate 11 emergency homeless shelter and Reentry Program facilities, providing over 350 beds per night in Clatsop, Tillamook, Yamhill, Multnomah, & Lincoln Counties in Oregon. The most recent project to expand capacity to serve the homeless has been the Bybee Lakes Hope Center at the former Wapato Jail property in the Port of Portland, OR. The Mission of Helping Hands is to provide a helping hand to a sustainable life through Resources, Recovery, and Reentry.

Resident Advisor | Seaside

Resident Advisor | Seaside

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