Shelter Advocate

MHM Support Services; Laredo (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition support

Matched retirement plans for team

Team member benefits

Job summary

Mercy in Texas is seeking dedicated staff to partner with administrative and direct services in developing and implementing emergency shelter programs, including crisis intervention, crisis counseling, intakes, assessments, orientations and cooperative living agreements.

The role requires education in human services or equivalent life experience, comfort with residential care settings, ability to work rotating shifts, lift up to 50 pounds, perform basic computer tasks, and communicate in

Qualifications

• Educational background in human services or equivalent life experience.
• Prefer knowledge/experience with residential care settings.
• Prefer knowledge/experience in crisis intervention and/or crisis counseling.
• Strong household management capabilities.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and extended hours as needed.
• Ability to lift and push 50 pounds.
• Basic computer skills.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Valid driver’s license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Overview: Responsible for working with administrative and direct services in developing and implementing emergency shelter services, incl. crisis intervention, crisis counseling, intakes, assessments, orientations and cooperative living agreements.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Crisis counseling

Residential care knowledge

Household management

Rotating shifts

Lifting 50 pounds

Basic computer skills

Bilingual

Driver's license preferred

Education

Experience in human services or related life experience

Job description

Find your calling at Mercy!

Overview Responsible for working with administrative and direct services in developing and implementing emergency shelter services, i.e. crisis intervention, crisis counseling, intakes, assessments, orientations and cooperative living agreements.

Position Details

• Educational experience in human services or equivalent life experiences.
• Prefer knowledge and/or experience with residential care settings.
• Prefer knowledge and/or experience in crisis intervention and/or crisis counseling.
• Strong household management capabilities.
• Ability to work rotating shifts.
• Ability to work extended hours as needed.
• Ability to lift and push 50 pounds.
• Basic computer skills.
• Prefer knowledge and/or experience with residential care settings.
• Prefer knowledge and/or experience in crisis intervention and/or crisis counseling.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Valid drivers license preferred.

Why Mercy?

From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits -

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• tuition support
• matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.

Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.

Transforming the Health of Our Communities

Our Mercy health system was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. But our heritage goes back more than 195 years. It began with an Irish woman named Catherine McAuley, who was determined to help women and children in Dublin experiencing poverty. Though Catherine had a modest upbringing, she received an unexpected inheritance that allowed her to fulfill that dream. In 1827, she opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, intending to teach skills to women and educate children. Many volunteers came to help. A few years later, Catherine founded the Sisters of Mercy, one of the first religious orders whose Sisters were free to walk among the poor and visit them in their homes. In 1843, the Sisters of Mercy came to the United States. In 1856, they traveled to St. Louis. In the years to come, they would establish hospitals throughout the Midwest. Many of these would join together in 1986 as Mercy.