Mobile Community Services

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Mobile Community Services provides free, mobile laundry and shower service for individuals in Denver experiencing extreme poverty and homelessness. We currently have 2 laundry trucks, one shower trailer and two combination shower/laundry trailers in operation; each offers services 5-6 days a week. Applicants should be reliable, compassionate, and have a safety mindset.

Hourly wage $22.00

Primary Duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. These duties and responsibilities will be rated on the Annual Performance Review.

• Thoroughly clean and organize shower & laundry facilities in accordance with training.
• Safely operate a modified 20-foot box truck in the Denver-Metro area, including downtown.
• Safely operate a F350 or 16-passenger van with a 20-foot or 28-foot trailer attached in the Denver-Metro area, including downtown.
• Navigate traffic and parking of all company vehicles in a busy urban environment.
• Perform vehicle inspections, notifying manager or manager of any necessary maintenance or repairs.

Additional Responsibilities

• Follow directions as provided by manager.
• Represent Service Source professionally with customers and partner service providers.
• Provide empathic and thoughtful customer service to all clients.
• Use a trauma informed approach when offering support to participants and customers.
• Engage community members about broader SSI services.
• Track all personal laundry, utilizing procedures in place, ensuring nothing gets lost, and belongings are returned to the correct individual.
• Kindly, tactfully, notify shower occupants when they have 5 minutes remaining.
• Purge grey water, fill propane and gasoline to ensure flawless operation of vehicles.
• Train and monitor transitional employees in set-up, operation, cleaning/sanitization, and troubleshooting of the laundry truck and shower trailer.
• Work outdoors in all-weather conditions, year-round.
• Provide all documents and receipts to the manager daily.
• Alert manager to any inventory needs.
• Coordinate with other drivers within Mobile Community Services to ensure all sites are covered.
• Practice excellent interpersonal dynamics, solid team collaboration, and conflict resolution.
• Keep a safety mindset, maintaining a safe workspace clear of hazards.
• Lift up to 10 pounds repeatedly, and 50 pounds occasionally.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications: Education, Experience, and Certification(s)

• Able to provide verification of current auto-insurance and have full use of automobiles during work hours.
• Confidence operating and parking a large truck and trailer in an urban environment.
• Excellent interpersonal dynamics, solid team collaboration and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrated lived and/or work experience with vulnerable populations.
• Ability to tend to distressed and/or demanding clients and employees in an effective manner.
• Ability to function in a positive manner in a demanding work environment, to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, to respond to priorities and schedules that change frequently.
• Demonstrated experience with crisis-intervention and de-escalation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a team environment.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information without breach.
• Adapt to unexpected situations and shift roles and expectations without prior notice.
• Clear, efficient, transparent communication skills (oral and written).
• Basic plumbing, and auto maintenance experience a plus.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years' experience working with vulnerable populations.
• Must have a valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by SSI's automotive carrier.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Safety and Health Responsibilities

ServiceSource is committed to providing and maintaining a safe, secure and healthy work environment for all employees, persons-served, volunteers and visitors. As part of this commitment, ServiceSource has developed safety, security and occupational health policies, practices, guides and standards. With this understanding, all employees are required to:

• Adhere to all local, state and federal safety and environmental codes, ordinances, standards and laws.
• Adhere to all corporate and local safety plans, policies, practices and standards.
• Be aware of and follow all safety rules of your work site.
• Report any unsafe conditions or accidents to your supervisor.
• Practice standard precautions (formerly universal precautions) always.
• Participate in mandatory or available safety training.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands. The employee frequently is required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand for extended periods of time; walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently climb and descend small step ladders, boarding and disembarking vehicles. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. Physically able to do laundry and be on your feet for the majority of workday.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is an outdoor position with limited shelter from seasonal weather.

Travel: Daily driving to and from locations, mostly with company vehicles. If you must use your own vehicle for company business, mileage costs will be reimbursed at the approved rate.

What We Offer - for Benefit Eligible Employees May Include:

Because ServiceSource hires the best people, we work hard to provide benefits that make their lives better, so we offer a comprehensive benefit program which features:

• Health coverage for you and your family through Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Financial protection with 100% company paid Disability, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance.
• A 403(b)-Retirement plan in which the company matches dollar for dollar on a generous percentage matching up to 3% of your contribution.
• Tax advantages through Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts that allow you to pay for specific healthcare and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
• To help you manage your work and life needs, we offer an Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Program, and Tuition Assistance.
• A generous paid time-off program in which the benefits increase based on your tenure with the company.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, making employment decisions without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and transgender status), national origin, age (40 or older), veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are an E-Verify Employer and a drug-free workplace. Pre-employment background checks are required for all employment positions.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, making employment decisions without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and transgender status), national origin, age (40 or older), veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are an E-Verify Employer and a drug-free workplace. Pre-employment background checks are required for all employment positions.

PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT:

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information