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The mission of
Emmaus Women's Shelter is to provide refuge, restoration, and reintegration
to homeless women and their children. |
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Position: House Mother
Purpose:
The position of the Emmaus Women's Shelter residential house mother has two critical roles:
- To offer spiritual and emotional support to our residents and their little ones, and;
- Through day to day management skills, to enforce the Emmaus
Women's Shelter. rules in the shelter with the residents in a restorative Christian residential program.
Requirements:
Emmaus Women's Shelter is seeking a minimum of one (1) year as Housemother. The candidate must have a valid
driver's license;
Responsibilities: The housemother selected to fill this position will:
- Listen to and be an emotional support person to the residents;
- As a good Christian Role Model, help the residents to understand that living by God's laws can lead to a more
peaceful and fulfilling life for them;
- Enforce the EWS (Emmaus Women's Shelter) rules in the EWS household;
- Provide a safe and clean environment for the residents;
- Counsel and advise residents on behavioral problems;
- Supervise and facilitate housekeeping duties such as preparing for daily departure
- Prepares light evening meals;
- Participate in case reviews, consulting with case manager to evaluate the resident’s need for continuing services;
- Reporting unruly resident behavior to manager or supervisor;
- Identify household repair problems and advise Director of Operations, so prompt corrective action can be taken.
Technical Competencies: The housemother selected to fill this position will demonstrate:
- Ability to observe and monitor residents’ behavior;
- Ability to supervise residents with daily living activities;
- Knowledge of agency confidentiality policies;
- Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
While this is a permanent position within Emmaus Women's Shelter, since it is somewhat difficult to find qualified
candidates, we will be willing to offer the position on a six-months to one year basis in order to meet our needs and
in order to give the qualified candidate experience in a challenging restorative Christian environment.
Currently, the Emmaus Women's Shelter has two residential homes in suburban locations which shelter up to 16 women
and children.
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