Ruth's House is hiring for overnight sleeping Family Advocates 11pm-7am, and weekend family advocates 7am-3pm and 3pm-11pm. This is flexible on what nights and what weekend days for the right candidate.
Who We Are
Ruth's House provides transitional shelter and support for women and children in crisis. Domestic violence, poverty, addiction, health challenges, or other issues can lead to homelessness or feeling unsafe in one's home. Ruth’s House mission is Empowering lives, offering hope through transitional housing and support.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
At Ruth’s House we are passionate about helping the women and children we serve, the work we do, and most importantly having fun while doing it.
As a family advocate said “I love being here and I love being able to interact with residents. I think that the impact they’ve had on me has been more significant than I have on them.”
Typical Day in the Life
A typical shift as a Family Advocate might include the following
- Getting resident supplies from the basement
- Playing peek-a-boo with a child
- Have lunch with a resident
- Answer the phone
- Help the resident fill out necessary paperwork
- Listen to a resident share their store
- Light housekeeping
- Recording donations
- Maintaining safety in the house
- Models healthy communication
No day is the same at Ruth’s House.
Who You Are
- Highschool Graduate
- Compassion for helping families in crisis find stability
- You are flexible and willing to adapt to change
- Self-motivated and willing to work independently
- You hold yourself to the highest professional standards and maintain strict boundaries
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $15.75 per hour
Expected hours: 8 – 24 per week
Benefits:
Patient demographics:
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Children
- Older adults
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Overnight shift
- Rotating weekends
- Weekends as needed
Application Question(s):
- Are you able to work Weekends?
Language:
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
Work Location: In person