Job description

Position Summary: **
Security Officers provide 24-hour security coverage to the facility to prevent theft and ensure the safety of both the facility staff, and residents.
Nature and Scope:
Entry level social services position. Although some tasks are meant to ensure the safety and security of clients and staff, Security Officers are the first staff seen by new clients or anyone entering the facility. They are on-site 24 hours a day, seven days per weekand so at times they effectively constitute the entire on-site facility staff. Thus, Family Care Monitors must be reliable, personable, professional, sensitive, and able to act as role models.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the general supervision of the Supervisor of Family Safety, Family Care Monitors are expected to perform the following principal duties and responsibilities:

• Maintain the safety and security of all residents in the facility through staff-specific posts, security rounds of the facility, enforcing facility rules and regulations for residents and visitors, and communicating to supervisory personnel all incidents, situations or conditions which might affect the safety and security of residents and staff or the orderly operation of the facility.
• Provide timely and effective responses to resident emergencies, including appropriate and effective response to physical or verbal altercations between clients, effective interventions in medical emergencies, appropriate and mandated responses to cases of neglect or abuse involving children, liaison with police and other emergency services, and acting as a designated fire safety coordinator for the facility.
• Develop and maintain appropriate helping relationships with residents, including the active encouragement of residents self-reliance and self-esteem, and always acting as an appropriate role model for residents, especially in conflict and crisis situations.
• Administer operational procedures to ensure access control, reception, fire patrol, surveillance, and documentation of compliance with government regulations. These include verifying departure of children to school, maintaining a fire drill log, testing alarm systems, assisting visitors, verifying supervision of children, maintaining a vehicle-use log, generating curfew reports, and answering the switchboard.
• Participate in training and staff-development activities to acquire and maintain both the interpersonal and operational skills necessary for successful job performance.
• Communicate effectively with other staff within an interdisciplinary context to contribute to the achievement of facility goals and objectives.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by supervisory staff.

Minimal Qualifications:
Degree Requirement: **

• High School Diploma or equivalency and at least two (2) years of related experience in a shelter setting.
• Valid Security Guard License
• Certified Fire Safety Coordinator (F02, F80)

Other Qualifications:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated knowledge, experience or capacity to work with the homeless populations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
AAPCI is an equal employment opportunity employer and understands that embracing our differences makes us a stronger, better agency. We appreciate the importance of having a workforce that reflects the various communities in which we work, and we strive to create an inclusive environment where diverse employees want to work and where they can flourish professionally. In furtherance of our culture, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.
AAPCI is subject to, and in compliance with, the New York City Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for City Employees and Certain City Contractors. AAPCI will consider requests for reasonable accommodations consistent with applicable law and the New York City Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for City Employees and Certain City Contractors.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $30,000.00 - $35,000.00 per year

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