Safety Advocate

The role

Larkin Street Youth Services is seeking a Safety Advocate to provide a safe environment for clients, staff, volunteers, and guests of the organization. This role involves monitoring and responding to emergencies, maintaining safety, and supporting special events.

What you'll do

• Monitor and anticipate potential safety and security problems
• Maintain updated awareness of clients with restricted or modified access to services
• Redirect and ensure the exit of ineligible clients to secure the safety of the space
• Respond to emergency calls from assigned areas as needed
• Safely deal with or assist in dealing with any emergency situations
• Always maintain a high level of awareness of one’s surroundings

What it takes

• Passionate about the mission to end youth homelessness
• Skilled at being polite, diplomatic, and firm, especially in emergency and/or high-pressure situations
• Able to hold firm boundaries with staff and clients
• Able to work weekends and/or holidays as required
• Willing to complete guard card certification within three (3) months of hire
• Skilled at crisis de-escalation and willing to complete Crisis Prevention training within three (3) months of hire
• Certified in CPR/First Aid and/or willing to complete this training within three (3) months of hire
• Able to document situations in written reports
• Comfortable communicating using a variety of methods: computers, smartphones, iPads
• Self-starter and team player
• Proficient in a second language is a plus

What you'll bring

How we treat you

Hourly Rate of $25.00 + $1 per hour for overnight shifts worked + $1.50 per hour for bilingual incentive pay (Must be fluent in Spanish and English), Clipper Bay Pass - Commute for FREE!, Choice of Kaiser and Sutter medical plans, plus dental and vision, Generous 3 weeks of vacation annually, plus 11 Paid Holidays and 3 Floating Holidays, 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching, Flexible spending accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care expenses, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for counseling services, Health Advocate Service, Paid Sabbatical following 5 and 10 years of employment

How to apply

Apply directly on Larkin Street Youth Services's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.

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