Shelter Resident Transition Service Associate - Lanier County

American Red Cross - Georgia Region; Lakeland (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

American Red Cross - Georgia Region is seeking a Shelter Resident Transition Service Associate to support residents in assessing resources and removing transition roadblocks, enabling individualized action plans for shelter exits.

The role involves helping households move from shelter to more sustainable living solutions and contributes to the organization's disaster recovery mission.

Qualifications

• Understanding shelter residents' resources and transition roadblocks.
• Empathy and communication skills to guide residents.

Responsibilities

• Assist shelter residents in identifying resources and creating an individualized action plan to transition from the shelter to stable housing.
• Support disaster relief efforts by facilitating smoother transitions for residents and jumpstarting longer-term recovery.

Skills

Disaster relief

Casework

Shelter operations

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