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Warming Center Manager (Full-time, Seasonal)

Healthy Acadia, a non-profit community health coalition providing community health services primarily in

Washington and Hancock counties and as well communities across Maine, urgently seeks a full-time, seasonal

Warming Center Manager at our Overnight Warming Center in Ellsworth, Maine.

The Warming Center is a seasonal emergency shelter operated through Healthy Acadia and provides people who are

experiencing homelessness a warm place to stay nightly from November through April. The warming center staff

provide operations support throughout the shift to maintain a welcoming safe place that protects guests, volunteers,

and staff.

The Warming Center is a nightly operation, open seven days per week, including holidays, from 4pm to 7am. The

ideal candidate has experience in providing direct service to high-risk community members, however, we are

willing to provide all necessary training to the right person. The season is approximately November 15, 2024,

through April 30, 2025.

The ideal candidate has experience in providing direct service to high-risk community members, and in supervising

staff, however, we are willing to provide all necessary training to the right person.

? Position Term: November 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025

? Job Status: Full-time, temporary, seasonal

? Wage: \$24.00/hour

? Benefits include accrued paid time off and eligible paid holidays

The Warming Center is a nightly operation, open seven days per week from 4pm to 7am, including all

holidays. Various shifts are available:

? 15-hour shifts: 4pm to 7am

? 8-hour shifts: from 4pm to 12am

? 7-hour shifts from 12am-7am

Responsibilities

? Oversees warming center operations, including arrangement of the physical space, communication

with daytime staff of the recovery center, ensuring all center policies and procedures are adhered to,

etc.

? Supervises warming center support staff.

? Directly assists in center programming, including welcoming, intake, and orientation of guests;

coordinating meals; distributing supplies (bedding, hygiene, or food); laundry; sanitation; cleaning;

and other duties as assigned

? Responsible for filling missing shifts to ensure proper staffing each night.

? Ensures compliance with community expectations uniformly and consistently.

? Responsible for maintaining accurate nightly checklists and notes manually and electronically. All staff

are required to review past notes, electronically, as the shelter is dynamic and changes nightly.

? Effectively resolves conflict and de-escalates challenging situations.

? Creates and maintains a monthly schedule.

? Reports appropriate information to staff in a timely manner.

? Documents and informs appropriate staff of any items that need to be ordered, repaired, or replaced.

? Always adheres to a strict code of confidentiality regarding guests and fellow staff members

? Support and provide crisis intervention: identify, assess, and intervene as needed to maintain the safety

of guests, volunteers, and staff

? Provide guests with advocacy, education, and referrals for community resources and services.

? Responsible for knowing and following the Warming Centers policies and procedures.

? Works as a team with other colleagues and volunteers on shift and can work independently without

direct supervision.

? Attend all staff meetings and training as assigned.

? Always represent the organization professionally.

Core Competencies

? Demonstrates effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening

effectively, and asking questions when clarification is needed.

? Plans and organizes work effectively and en sures its completion.

? Demonstrates reliability by being present for work as scheduled, arriving and leaving on time, and

taking breaks within expected time frames.

? Interacts effectively and positively with persons of diverse economic statuses, ethnic backgrounds,

religious views, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, and more, and treats everyone with

respect and dignity.

? Demonstrates team behavior and promotes a team-oriented environment.

? Maintains positive relations with clients, volunteers, co-workers, staff from other agencies, agency

funders, and the public.

? Provides trauma-informed care.

Physical/Mental 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 with or without reasonable

accommodations.

? Ability to stay awake and alert for the entire shift

? Hearing and vision adequate for interaction with guests, staff, volunteers, and the public.

? Ability to walk, bend, st