Job Description

OVERVIEW

Portland Rescue Mission is seeking a  Women's Community Life Specialist.  This gifted servant will personify community building, order, and responsibility as they join a Christ-centered team with an award-winning culture and a commitment to serving others in their recovery from addiction, homelessness and other life traumas. 

Are you ready to transform and be transformed as you support women recovering from homelessness and addiction towards healthy relationships with God and others leading towards long-term success? If so, we invite you to thoughtfully consider this unique opportunity.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

• How to apply:  We ask all applicants to apply through the Portland Rescue Mission online application form found on our careers page:
• Status: Full-Time, Non-exempt
• Hours:  Combination of weekday evenings, weekends, and holiday shifts: Saturday/Sunday 7:00am-3:00pm or 2:00pm-10:30pm, Mon-Fri 2:00pm-10:30pm
• Pay: $19-20 per hour
• Benefits:  Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO, 10 paid holidays and matching retirement.
• Location: Shepherd's Door (13207 NE Halsey St. Portland, OR)
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THE PLACE  

Shepherd’s Door, Portland Rescue Mission’s women and children's facility, is set in a retreat-like setting located in East Portland, designed specifically to support the transformation and growth of women, and women with children, impacted by homelessness and addiction. This 42,000 square foot facility has the capacity to serve 40 women and 25 children. 

THE POSITION

The Community Life Specialist is part of a team of staff that provides Shepherd’s Door (SD) program participants   with continued growth in spiritual formation, addictions recovery, life skills and relationships in the evenings, weekends and holidays . The Community Life Specialist will ensure a Christ-centered , hope-filled atmosphere through relational connection and monitoring of all program participants behaviors and interactions (e.g. enforcing guidelines, resolving conflict, supporting moms as they parent); overseeing facility and program operation s and activities (e.g. dinner, meds, room checks, urinary analysis, overall safety); and  coordinating evening and weekend meetings, activities and events. The Community Life Specialist will also support Community Life Interns through training, general support , scheduling and being available for on-call questions.

THE ESSENTIALS

• Provide Shepherd's Door (SD) participants with a consistent programmatic experience and leadership in the evenings and weekends by maintaining program purposes, guidelines, and tone resulting in continued growth of all participants 
• Support program participant’s growth in spiritual formation, relationships and addictions recovery through one-on-one conversations, compassionate care, consistent invitations to participate and use of applicable growth tools for accountability as needed 
• Create a highly relational, Christ-centered and structured environment for SD program participants through robust activity opportunities, including ones that are volunteer-based such as Evening Meal Hosting or Bible Studies
• Partner with participants as they provide care  and structure for their children  
• Clearly share the Gospel in individual and group settings as women seek spiritual healing and discipleship 
• Maintain program and facility operations to PRM standards through supporting a variety of activities such as administering observed Urinary Analysis (UA’s), medicine call, facility lock up and walk-through as needed, evening meal, vocational duties, visitations, and attendance accountability 
• Inform daytime program staff of evening participant behaviors through Evening Shift Report, database notes, effective communication, and follow up around significant events 
• Support the program by being in contact with Millenium Health regarding orders; maintaining and updating UA (urinalysis) and checking UA results 

BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS  

• A personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and a testimony of continued growth in faith 
• A personal ethos and work ethic that reflects Portland Rescue Mission’s ministry culture – Highly Relational, Christ-Centered, Joyful Servant
• Agreement with Portland Rescue Mission’s Statement of Faith and Code of Ethics
• General awareness and knowledge of chemical dependency, addiction recovery and discipleship 
• Discipleship oriented with effortless ability to share personal testimonies of God’s love 
• Proficient in case-note documentation, organization, scheduling, and activity planning  
• Ability to support adults across a wide age range who are recovering from a broad spectrum of co-occurring problems, including those related to trauma, substance use disorders, chronic pain, medical problems, social determinants of health, and eating disorders  
• Ability to gracefully maintain boundaries and hold others accountable to community guidelines 
• Ability to lift at least 50 lbs. unassisted

MISSION AND DISTINCTIVES

OUR MISSION

To demonstrate the compassion of Christ

OUR UNIQUE APPROACH

From the first sandwich that was shared in 1949, to today's fully integrated emergency, recovery, and training services, Portland Rescue Mission is a highly relational ministry. The Mission builds supportive and caring communities, meets people at their point of need, equips them, and provides a path forward. In-depth partnership with churches and volunteers, multiple tiers of services and a focus on growing Christian disciples is fundamental to Portland Rescue Mission’s success.

OUR SUCCESS

New Life Ministries consistently sees an 80+% success rate of men and women who graduate the one-year comprehensive, New Life program

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