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Senior Housing Outreach Specialist- Harm Reduction (HUD Uptown)

Job Details

Job Location

MOC: Outreach Uptown Team - New York, NY

Position Type

Full-Time

Salary Range

$41,987.00 - $41,987.00 Salary/year

Job Shift

9:00am to 5:00pm

Description

Organization Overview: The Goddard Riverside Community Center (Goddard Riverside) and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) are well-established Manhattan community-based agencies that support services to approximately 30,000 New Yorkers. We are two of New York City’s leading human services organizations meeting the needs of children, youth and families, homeless individuals, and older adults through-out Manhattan and New York City. We work every day for a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families. The Isaacs Center focuses primarily on the needs of children and low-income families, out-of-school and out-of-work youth, and aging New Yorkers. We operate at community centers located in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Yorkville, and seek to deliver programs that are impactful, innovative, and intergenerational.

Program Description:Goddard Riverside invests in people & strengthens community, serving more than 20,000 people throughout New York City with a variety of programs for all ages. We work within a social justice framework to create a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families. Goddard is a partner within the Manhattan Outreach Consortium (MOC) a borough-wide initiative to serve the unsheltered community. MOC collaborates with various community partners and healthcare agencies throughout Manhattan.

Purpose of Position: The Senior Housing Outreach Specialist works creatively and effectively in the community to engage individuals living on the street through outreach by utilizing a harm reduction approach and acting as a wealth of knowledge regarding harm reduction practices on the team. The position also serves as a case manager for adults experiencing street homelessness, with the goal of placing them into transitional and permanent housing. The position works collaboratively across teams and organizations to achieve this goal.

Schedule:Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Salary:$41,987

Roles, Responsibilities, and Essential Duties

Harm Reduction

• Perform targeted joint outreach and engagement in areas known to have high substance us within the unsheltered population

• Provide harm reduction supplies, education, and resources to unsheltered clients

• Assist with team trainings in harm reduction practices and serve as the Harm Reduction Champion for the team

• Work as part of an inter-disciplinary team to promote wellness

• Maintain an active resource directory of harm reduction resources in catchment area and act as liaison with these resources and the team

  Case Management

• Serve as case manager for homeless adults who use substances, with a goal of placing them in transitional and permanent housing

• Perform intake, assessment, service planning, advocacy, referral and escort services

• Maintain client case records and enter data in computer database using handheld and desktop computers

• Provide follow-up case management for clients placed in housing, to promote retention and document outcomes

• Attend staff meetings, case conferences, trainings and supervision meetings; participate in program evaluation and improvement

• Communicate with evening/weekend teams and with staff of other agencies to coordinate client services

• Participate in outreach trips to identify and engage with homeless clients

• Drive outreach vehicles and use public transportation as necessary

• Participate in the annual HOPE count and quarterly counts of homeless individuals living on the street, 4 overnight counts completed annually

• Assist with onboarding of new Housing Outreach Specialists

• Other duties as assigned

  Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

• Prior experience with the homeless , substance use, or mental health preferred

• Valid driver’s license and a driving record that meets the agency’s auto insurance guidelines (including at least one year as a licensed driver and no suspensions within the last 3 years)

• Flexibility in work hours; available to work evening, overnight and weekend shifts when required

  Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Experience in Harm Reduction preferred

• Ability to be flexible in a fast-paced work environment

• Strong written and verbal skills

• Team player

• Good judgement

  Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have/be:

• Able to work in the Microsoft Office Suite, should especially be proficient in Word and Outlook

• Able to use or learn other electronic databases, programs, and funder-related software, such as Mocapp, Streetsmart, HMIS, and AWARDS

  Physical Requirements

  Frequent walking and standing,

  Ability to lift up to 30lbs such as client belongings during moves

  Work Environment

• Indoors and outdoors; all weather

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace community grounded in respect for differences. We support hiring a broadly diverse team of qualified individuals who will contribute to our organizations.

Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of duties and responsibilities that will be required of this position and title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job related task other than those specifically presented in this description. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.