Housing Specialist The Landing Family Shelter

Who We Are:CAMBA is a community of staff volunteers clients donors neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development Family Support Job Training & Employment Support Services Health Housing and Legal Services. We reach more than 73000 individuals and families including almost 13000 youth.CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85 of our families are in living in poverty reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

CAMBA operates 6 single adult shelters and 6 family shelters and one drop in center. Each shelter offers clients a supportive structured therapeutic safe and drugfree facility. Homeless (often mentallyill and substanceabusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into to permanent and/or supported housing.

The Landing Family Shelter is funded by NYC Department of Homeless Services and offers families a supportive structured therapeutic and safe facility. It provides comprehensive case management services to 169 families who are in a transitional residence program for displaced families.

Position: Housing Specialist

Reports To: Director of Social Services

Location: 9400 Ditmars Blvd Queens NY 11369

What The Housing Specialist Does:

• Establish and maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality in order to engage them in case management services.
• Develop curriculum to address shelter residents Housing Independent Living Skills and Entitlement related needs including permanent housing search process and options.
• Develop a series of monthly Housing readiness workshops.
• Develop and maintain a Bulletin Board that serves to provide relevant Housing related information
• Provide individualized and group counseling on housing and entitlement related topics.
• Select appropriate instructional procedures or methods such as individual training group instruction selfstudy lectures demonstrations simulation exercises role play and computerbased training.
• Conduct marketing and outreach presentations regarding the program to recruit clients and resources.
• In collaboration with the case manager(s) work with clients to break through barriers to client goals and to assist clients in advocating for themselves and in moving toward selfsufficiency.
• Monitor clients progress toward their goals (i.e. dates achieved) via regularly scheduled telephone contact and/or facetoface home and office visits and document via progress notes.
• Create and maintain client files and make copies of all client documents.
• Assist case managers to schedule appointments for client with referral organizations.
• Assist case managers to escort clients to appointments (apartment viewings public benefits educational medical social service etc..
• Assist clients in completing applications for benefits and entitlements and may process applications on clients behalf.

Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• High school diploma or G.E.D and two years of applicable experience and/or equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

• Must obtain State Central Registry (SCR) clearance The Register of Substantiated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect aka Staff Exclusion List (SEL) clearance and Criminal history information checks via fingerprinting with New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services prior to start of employment.
• Ability to maintain clearances throughout the duration of employment.
• Must obtain Annual PPD Test.
• Bilingual preferred

Compensation:$47000$50000 annually
When salary ranges are listed the range would represent the low and high end for the applicable position & program. The salary offered would be based on various factors unique to each program and candidate.This includes but is not limited to experience education budget and/or program size internal equity skills and other factors that may be required for the position and organization.

Status: Fulltime 35 hours per week)
Benefits: CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance dental insurance 403(b) retirement plan with employer match paid time off (vacation personal and sick time) and paid holidays.

CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color people with disabilities and lesbian gay bisexual and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender gender identity gender expression national origin age disability socioeconomic status marital or veteran status pregnancy status or sexual orientation.