Shelter Resident Transition Service Associate - Crisp County

American Red Cross - Georgia Region; Cordele (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Red Cross - Georgia Region seeks a Shelter Resident Transition Service Associate to assist shelter residents in identifying resources and overcoming obstacles on their path to an individualized transition plan. The role supports rapid displacement recovery and longer-term stability.

This operational, temporary position typically serves in disaster relief operations, contributing to the mission of shortening time in shelters and jumpstarting residents' longer-term recovery efforts.

Responsibilities

• Work with shelter residents to understand their resources and transition roadblocks to help households create an individualized action plan.
• Support the mission of the American Red Cross by helping individuals transition from shelter to longer-term recovery.

Job description

The Shelter Resident Transition (SRT) Service Associate (SA) is an operational position and is assigned temporarily, typically on level 4 and above disaster relief operations (DROs). SRT Caseworkers work with shelter residents to understand their resources and transition roadblocks to help households create an individualized action plan so that they can transition from the shelter to a more sustainable living solution. This position supports the mission of the American Red Cross by helping individuals and households more quickly transition from a shelter, thus alleviating human suffering by shortening the time of their disaster-caused displacement and jumpstarting their longer-term recovery.

Watch our video to learn more: Red Cross Disaster Action Team