Nathan Lowry

Assisting those who live in uninhabitable locations though that is a vehicle, the streets, or having to go into encampments. Working alongside law enforcement, fire department, City officials, and different agencies in a multitude of cities in King county. Working with families, veterans, disabled, elderly, and individuals who are suffering from substance abuse or mental illness, and assisting them into getting into shelters, or permanent housing as well as assisting them into getting financial assistance or getting them in contact with agencies that can provide medical.

I worked night shift at Raybestos powertrain and the paper mill contracted by United steelworkers Union. My job was a mix operator in which I had to work with different aspects of machinery, troubleshooting and or fixing issues that arose with the machines, as well as working with different sets of chemicals to produce a layer of paper to go with the parts outside of the Mill area. Operating a forklift, lifting over 100 lb or more frequently, I operated the mill by myself.

As a shelter supervisor my job description was briefing with my fellow supervisors from the shift before getting substantial information that may affect night operations in the facility. Briefing my team which could number, depending on the facility, in between 4 and 25, Wellness checks with the guests inside of the facility/shelter, maintaining good radio contact with my staff, assisting staff with work issues mainly pertaining to security, fostering a positive atmosphere within the facility for both staff and guests, perimeter checks with staff, working with outside agencies, responding to emergencies inside and on facility grounds, which included overdoses, assaults with and without weapons, vandalism and arson. And giving my staff and open door policy to deal with traumatic situations that they had experienced through working in the facility in regards to things they have witnessed will that be violence or deceased.

As a street team supervisor I work with the team to walk around a set perimeter around the biggest hot spots in the city of San Francisco mainly the tenderloin, our main job was to assist those in need will that be handing out food or water, de-escalating violent situations with those who are on house and shop goers or owners, responding to overdoses, responding to emergency situations such as, but not limited to, victims of stab wounds, shootings, and or sexual assault, overdoses, and calling in bodies which were deceased inside the tents during wellness checks throughout the area.

Working with the individuals who are homeless and the San Francisco area, coordinating joint field operations with San Francisco PD and San Francisco fire department as well as the department of homelessness and supportive housing, to help tackle the pandemic in underserved areas. Working with multiple different agencies, and with the community to help individuals get into shelter and from there go towards permanent housing.