The Safety Specialist promotes health, wellness, and safety in Bay Cove's low-threshold services for adults with histories of homelessness, most of whom are impacted by substance use and misuse, co-occurring mental health challenges, and complex health conditions.
Requirements
- Welcomes and logs in all guests, visitors, and community partners.
- Reinforces expectations and policies for tenants and guests that support the safety and benefit of all tenants, staff, and neighbors.
- Ensures that Narcan is administered in the event that a person overdoses and waits with the person until First Responders are on the scene.
- Monitors cameras with all staff to support tenants' needs.
- Ensures that health and safety systems are all in good supply and in working order.
- Intervenes in crisis situations using good judgment, communication skills, de-escalation techniques, and calling upon emergency services as needed.
- Demonstrates dependability and reliability.
- Must be able to work all shifts including weekend and holidays as scheduled.
- Attends all required training.
- Communicates in real-time with Program Director and staff at the CCC.
- Maintains privacy and confidentiality of tenants' personal and private health conditions in accordance with state and federal law.
