Salary Range:$42,000 – $55,000 Salary range estimated by Zippia
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Description
Bay Cove Human Services’ mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts.
Bay Cove Human Services is committed to ensuring the representation and participation of candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We encourage all qualified individuals, particularly those from historically marginalized groups, to apply.
Job Summary: The Safety Specialist promotes health, wellness and safety in our low threshold services for adults with histories of homelessness, most of whom are impacted by substance use and misuse, co-occurring mental health challenges, and complex health conditions. The Safety Specialist directly supports Bay Cove’s mission by working on behalf of persons served, staff, and all community stakeholders in a proactive and professional manner. This staff member is critical to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for persons who live in our permanent housing programs and whose work reflects a commitment to health, racial and housing equity.
By providing respectful and responsive supports and by working collaboratively with all stakeholder, this staff member implements hare reduction and trauma informed supports to pesos who have often been marginalized and stigmatized by others. The Safety Specialist brings great value to our tenants and team members by offering practical assistance in a calm, positive, and respectful manner. In such environments, people can work to build or rebuild their lives, and enjoy the benefits of a safe and affordable home. The Safety Specialist severs as a community diplomat and represents the CCC and Bay Cove as a good neighbor and responsive community partner.
This is a non-except position.
Essential Functions of Position:
• Welcomes and logs in all guests, visitors, and community partners.
• Reinforces expectations and policies for tenants and guests that support the safety and benefit of all tenants, staff, and neighbors. Ensures that Narcan is administered in the event that a person over doses and waits with the person until First Responders are onthe scene. From the front desk, monitors cameras with all staff to support tenants’ needs. Ensures that health and safety systems (security camera, Automated External Defibrillator, door alarms, smoke detectors in common kitchens, First Aid kits, CPR masks, Narcan, fentanyl test strips, etc.) are all in good supply and in working order. Intervenes in crisis situations using good judgement, communication skills, de-escalation techniques, and calling upon emergency services as needed.
• Demonstrates dependability and reliability.
• Must be able to work all shifts including weekend and holidays as scheduled.
• Attends all required training.
• Communicates in real-time with Program Director and staff at the CCC.
• Maintains privacy and confidentiality of tenants’ personal and private health conditions in accordance with state and federal law.
• All other duties as requested by the Program Director.
Job Requirements:
• High School diploma or equivalent.
#BaycoveAHS
Bay Cove Human Services is committed to ensuring the representation and participation of candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We encourage all qualified individuals, particularly those from historically marginalized groups, to apply.
Job Summary: The Safety Specialist promotes health, wellness and safety in our low threshold services for adults with histories of homelessness, most of whom are impacted by substance use and misuse, co-occurring mental health challenges, and complex health conditions. The Safety Specialist directly supports Bay Cove’s mission by working on behalf of persons served, staff, and all community stakeholders in a proactive and professional manner. This staff member is critical to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for persons who live in our permanent housing programs and whose work reflects a commitment to health, racial and housing equity.
By providing respectful and responsive supports and by working collaboratively with all stakeholder, this staff member implements hare reduction and trauma informed supports to pesos who have often been marginalized and stigmatized by others. The Safety Specialist brings great value to our tenants and team members by offering practical assistance in a calm, positive, and respectful manner. In such environments, people can work to build or rebuild their lives, and enjoy the benefits of a safe and affordable home. The Safety Specialist severs as a community diplomat and represents the CCC and Bay Cove as a good neighbor and responsive community partner.
This is a non-except position.
Essential Functions of Position:
• Welcomes and logs in all guests, visitors, and community partners.
• Reinforces expectations and policies for tenants and guests that support the safety and benefit of all tenants, staff, and neighbors. Ensures that Narcan is administered in the event that a person over doses and waits with the person until First Responders are onthe scene. From the front desk, monitors cameras with all staff to support tenants’ needs. Ensures that health and safety systems (security camera, Automated External Defibrillator, door alarms, smoke detectors in common kitchens, First Aid kits, CPR masks, Narcan, fentanyl test strips, etc.) are all in good supply and in working order. Intervenes in crisis situations using good judgement, communication skills, de-escalation techniques, and calling upon emergency services as needed.
• Demonstrates dependability and reliability.
• Must be able to work all shifts including weekend and holidays as scheduled.
• Attends all required training.
• Communicates in real-time with Program Director and staff at the CCC.
• Maintains privacy and confidentiality of tenants’ personal and private health conditions in accordance with state and federal law.
• All other duties as requested by the Program Director.
Job Requirements:
• High School diploma or equivalent.
#BaycoveAHS
