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Visitation Assistant
SCI Shared Resources, LLC • Whittier, CA 90602 • Posted 5 days ago
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In-person • Full-time • $20.00-$22.50/hr • Entry Level
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The Visitation Assistant at SCI Shared Resources, LLC is responsible for providing guidance, assistance, and answering questions for visiting families, guests, and vendors. This role involves a variety of tasks including greeting visitors, handling deceased personal belongings, assisting with visitation room set-up, and potentially helping with reception set-up and clean-up. The position requires a high level of professionalism, empathy, and the ability to work in emotionally distressing situations.
Responsibilities
- Promptly and professionally answer incoming calls and greet families, guests, or vendors.
- Screen callers or visitors and provide appropriate assistance or guidance.
- Provide verbal and/or written viewing/service information, driving/walking directions.
- Receive deceased personal belongings from family and log into software system.
- Assist with visitation room set-up including casket placement and floral arrangements.
- Assist with general set-up, serving, and clean-up of receptions at Garden View Reception Center.
Qualifications
Required
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- At least two (2) years reception, hospitality, or customer service experience
- Basic PC skills with MSWord and Outlook
- Exhibit warmth and compassion during situations of emotional distress
- Cultural sensitivity and tactfulness to interact with a variety of cultures and language barriers
- Excellent interpersonal relations skills
- Current Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV)
- CA Drivers' License and good driving record
- Ability to lift, pull, push up to approximately 75lbs
About SCI Shared Resources, LLC
Dignity Memorial, a subsidiary of Service Corporation International (SCI), is North America's largest provider of funeral and cemetery services. With over 2,000 locations in the United States and Canada, Dignity Memorial offers funeral services, cremation options, burial services, pre-planning, grief support, and cemetery services with a focus on respect and compassion for families during difficult times.
Full Job Description
Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.
Consider the possibilities of joining a Great Place to Work!
Demonstrating warmth and professionalism, provide guidance, assistance, and answer visiting families, guests, and vendor questions. May assist with reception set-up/clean-up and visitation set-up/removal.
**Essential Job Functions:** Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
+ Promptly and professionally answer incoming calls and greet families, guests, or vendors. With a calm voice, diplomatically screen callers or visitors and provide appropriate assistance or guidance. May provide verbal and/or written viewing/service information, driving/walking directions to various chapels or interment locations. May direct visitors to location of restrooms, beverages, or similar. May make copies and/or initiate faxes.
+ Receive deceased personal belongings from family. Prompt the family about special requests or return of particular belongings. Inventory personal belongings and log into software system. Package personal belongings and deliver to Quality Control. It is imperative that personal belongings are controlled precisely to procedures.
+ As requested by the Officiant or Services Director, assist with visitation room set-up including casket placement, casket viewing of deceased, floral arrangements,
+ As requested, assist with general set-up, serving, and clean-up of receptions at Garden View Reception Center. May greet and assist visitors. Other responsibilities as requested or assigned.
**Experience, Education, and Skills:**
+ High School Diploma or equivalent
+ At least two (2) years reception, hospitality, or customer service experience
+ Basic PC skills with MSWord and Outlook as well as data entry into company software
+ Exhibit warmth and compassion during situations of emotional distress
+ Cultural sensitivity and tactfulness to interact with a variety of cultures and language barriers
+ Excellent interpersonal relations skills exhibiting warmth, compassion, empathy and diplomacy under pressure
+ Current Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV)
+ CA Drivers' License and good driving record; safely drive Company vehicles
**Working Environment:**
Work mostly indoors and occasionally outdoors up to 40 hours per week and as needed, in all weather conditions, assisting with coordinating and conducting funeral events for grieving families. The atmosphere can be heavy with grief and sad emotions. Incumbent must be able to work effectively in this atmosphere by not letting it affect his/her ability to provide the level of professional service that families expect. Must be able to remain positive, calm, and composed during stressful situations; and present a professional appearance at all times. Must work daily with interruptions and changing schedules; be able to work a flexible schedule, depending on business needs; work in two- to four-hour blocks of time; work occasional evenings and/or weekends and holidays.
**Physical Requirements:**
Work indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions; handle emotional situations with professionalism; be able to lift, pull, push up to approximately 75lbs (caskets, human remains); must be able to work with and around human remains.
**Compensation:**
$20.00/hr - $22.50/hr
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
**Benefits (dependent upon eligibility):**
Medical*Dental*Vision*Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)*Health Savings Account with Company Contribution*Sick Leave*Short-Term Disability*Long-Term Disability*Life Insurance*Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance*Dependent Life Insurance*SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match*Employee Assistance Program
**_Rose Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company's hiring procedures do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, age, sex, sexual-orientation, veteran's status or disability, or any other legally protected status._**
**_SCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. On request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities._**
Postal Code: 90601
Category (Portal Searching): Operations
Job Location: US-CA - Whittier
Job Profile ID: R00358
Time Type: Full time
Location Name: Rose Hills Company
Consider the possibilities of joining a Great Place to Work!
Demonstrating warmth and professionalism, provide guidance, assistance, and answer visiting families, guests, and vendor questions. May assist with reception set-up/clean-up and visitation set-up/removal.
**Essential Job Functions:** Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
+ Promptly and professionally answer incoming calls and greet families, guests, or vendors. With a calm voice, diplomatically screen callers or visitors and provide appropriate assistance or guidance. May provide verbal and/or written viewing/service information, driving/walking directions to various chapels or interment locations. May direct visitors to location of restrooms, beverages, or similar. May make copies and/or initiate faxes.
+ Receive deceased personal belongings from family. Prompt the family about special requests or return of particular belongings. Inventory personal belongings and log into software system. Package personal belongings and deliver to Quality Control. It is imperative that personal belongings are controlled precisely to procedures.
+ As requested by the Officiant or Services Director, assist with visitation room set-up including casket placement, casket viewing of deceased, floral arrangements,
+ As requested, assist with general set-up, serving, and clean-up of receptions at Garden View Reception Center. May greet and assist visitors. Other responsibilities as requested or assigned.
**Experience, Education, and Skills:**
+ High School Diploma or equivalent
+ At least two (2) years reception, hospitality, or customer service experience
+ Basic PC skills with MSWord and Outlook as well as data entry into company software
+ Exhibit warmth and compassion during situations of emotional distress
+ Cultural sensitivity and tactfulness to interact with a variety of cultures and language barriers
+ Excellent interpersonal relations skills exhibiting warmth, compassion, empathy and diplomacy under pressure
+ Current Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV)
+ CA Drivers' License and good driving record; safely drive Company vehicles
**Working Environment:**
Work mostly indoors and occasionally outdoors up to 40 hours per week and as needed, in all weather conditions, assisting with coordinating and conducting funeral events for grieving families. The atmosphere can be heavy with grief and sad emotions. Incumbent must be able to work effectively in this atmosphere by not letting it affect his/her ability to provide the level of professional service that families expect. Must be able to remain positive, calm, and composed during stressful situations; and present a professional appearance at all times. Must work daily with interruptions and changing schedules; be able to work a flexible schedule, depending on business needs; work in two- to four-hour blocks of time; work occasional evenings and/or weekends and holidays.
**Physical Requirements:**
Work indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions; handle emotional situations with professionalism; be able to lift, pull, push up to approximately 75lbs (caskets, human remains); must be able to work with and around human remains.
**Compensation:**
$20.00/hr - $22.50/hr
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
**Benefits (dependent upon eligibility):**
Medical*Dental*Vision*Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)*Health Savings Account with Company Contribution*Sick Leave*Short-Term Disability*Long-Term Disability*Life Insurance*Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance*Dependent Life Insurance*SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match*Employee Assistance Program
**_Rose Hills is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company's hiring procedures do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, age, sex, sexual-orientation, veteran's status or disability, or any other legally protected status._**
**_SCI Shared Resources, LLC is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. On request, we will seek to provide appropriate accessibility options to all applicants with disabilities._**
Postal Code: 90601
Category (Portal Searching): Operations
Job Location: US-CA - Whittier
Job Profile ID: R00358
Time Type: Full time
Location Name: Rose Hills Company
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