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St. Paul Public Housing Agency · 1 month ago

Temporary On-Call CHSP Program Assistant

St Paul, MN

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

0+ years exp

St. Paul Public Housing Agency is one of the nation’s highest ranked housing agencies, dedicated to providing affordable, quality housing. The Program Assistant will assist residents in daily living activities, operate a meals program, and support the overall mission of the agency by ensuring residents can live independently.

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Responsibilities

Operates large scale meals program in commercial kitchens preparing and serving up to two daily meals 365 days/year for up to 80 participants according to city and HUD guidelines including: inventorying the amount and condition of food arriving from vendor in one to three-day shipments, reporting mistakes/shortages or spoiled food, ensuring sanitation procedures are implemented for all food, equipment and working surfaces; determine appropriate temperatures and length of cooking time; following directives and coordinating dishing up predetermined portions of each food item; ensuring proper diet requirements are met for participants needing special diets; accurately substituting food items for special diets or food shortages to comply with program standards; listening to and reporting residents specific comments and complaints about meals; seeing that meals are delivered to identified clients; cleaning spills on floors and appliances, sweeping and mopping Community Room floors after each meal; cutting food and other special adaptations for physically disabled residents needing dining assistance; providing assistance to participants at Title III senior dining meals each weekday noon; and checking on and completing wellness checks when participants fail to arrive at meals according to CHSP procedure

Performs various resident housekeeping duties including: laundry, changing and washing bed linens, mopping floors, vacuuming floors, dusting furniture, sanitizing sinks, toilet, shower; wiping down doors, woodwork, walls, sills, insides of windows, cupboards, mirrors, counters, mopboards; emptying trash and recycling ; cleaning inside/outside of appliances and equipment; assisting compulsive savers/poor housekeepers to organize clutter; prepping units for pest control treatment; notifying proper resources of suspected insect infestation, excessive clutter in units or needed repairs

Maintains daily records on services provided to include: inventorying food supplies; recording food temperatures; tracking the number of residents attending meals; completing resident housekeeping records; completing client logging; recording in the site communication book and completing the wellness check register

Assists residents with daily living activities including: checking and reporting any signs of change/decline in physical or mental functioning; providing re-direction regarding appropriate dress, time, location, and other areas; observing and reporting poor hygiene; observing and reporting when participants appear ill, depressed, or disoriented; escorting elderly/disabled residents requiring help to and from dining room

Responds to crises, life threatening accidents, illness and death when CHSP participants fail to show up for meals, fail to turn OK cards or, are found ill or injured including: appropriate calls to 911 or other medical resources and initiating prescribed safety response procedures when residents are found in medical crisis; letting paramedics, police or fire departments into building and providing correct information; using prescribed CHSP key system ; alerting the CHSP Coordinator of the emergency, followed by documentation of incident and remaining with client until crises is solved. Concerns of abuse or suspected abuse of a vulnerable adult are reported to Coordinator

Assists volunteers including: assisting in the recruitment and training of volunteers; providing direction to volunteers related to set up, serving and clean up of meals; and under supervision, providing guidance in handling sensitive issues

Participates in CHSP staff meetings, CHSP and PHA in-services workshops and other training opportunities, and social/educational CHSP functions

Must abide by all Board approved policies, policies prohibiting discrimination and harassment, executive communications, administrative procedures, and safety procedures established by the PHA

Must travel to various PHA sites and other locations that are required by the nature of the work

Performs other duties of a similar nature or level

Qualification

Food handling practicesSanitation techniquesEmergency responseMeal preparationConflict resolutionCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsProblem solving