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WHO IS CHI
Community Housing Innovations (CHI) is a not-for-profit housing and human services organization that aims to support social and economic independence. Our vision is to end generational poverty and foster upward mobility by ensuring that all families and individuals live in quality housing have a home of their own and a job to support them. We believe quality affordable housing is the foundation for prosperity personal fulfillment and success.
WHAT DOES CHI OFFER
CHI employs a team of hard-working compassionate people who want to give back to others in their community. We are proud to offer:
- Generous Paid time off
- Personal and Sick Days
- Health insurance and health reimbursement account
- Dentaland vision plans
- Flexible spending account
- AFLAC supplemental insurance
- Dependent Care Spending Account
- Commuter Transit and Parking Account
- Working Advantage- Employee Perks
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Monthly trainings and career development plans
JOB SUMMARY
The Social Worker is part of a human service team that develops and executes service and care plans for residents to provide a supportive and empowering environment that fosters stabilization independence and self-reliance and skills development. The Social Worker plays a key role in assessing resident needs providing direct services bridging residents to external service providers and promoting healthy behaviors and practices amongst residents.
Pay: $64350 annual salary.
FLSA: Exempt. Not eligible for overtime.
Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm except Wednesday and Thursday 1pm-9pm. (off Sunday & Monday).
Location: Eastchester neighborhood Bronx NY
JOB-RELATED DUTIES ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
These duties are essential and specific to the successful implementation of this position.
SERVICE AND CARE COORDINATION
- Ensure residents receive quality and appropriate services per organizational principles and program requirements.
- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment to identify immediate and long term needs in healthcare food and nutrition childcare and youth education employment and vocation immigration and citizenship status English language proficiency trauma care and recovery and other social need as disclosed by residents.
- Coordinate with Case Managers to design service and care plans that correspond to biopsychosocial assessments and address human health education and employment recovery and stability needs.
- Coordinate workshops and activities that enhance self-care and healthy habits cultural and social adjustment recovery and stabilization and English language acquisition.
- Collaborate with external providers and organizations to assist residents with social and cultural adaptation address social and human service needs access preventive and remedial healthcare and access to mental health services including trauma recovery and therapeutic counseling.
- Meet with residents in assigned caseload at least once a week to assess progress with service and care plans. Modify plans as needed.
- Coordinate with Case Managers to conduct weekly room inspections to ensure healthy hygiene and housekeeping practices.
- Coordinate with Case Managers on discharge plans to ensure needed service linkages and referrals to community-based organizations are in place.
INTERVENTION SERVICES
- Develop and facilitate workshops and activities with external service providers; monitor resident engagement and assess impact of activities and workshops to individual residents and the general resident population.
- Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation interventions as needed to ensure the safety of residents staff and visitors in the building. Follow-up with residents post Priority 1 and 2 incidents and bridge residents to services as needed.
GENERAL DUTIES
- Document interactions and communications with and on behalf of residents in CARES and AWARDS.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or Program Director.
Qualifications
ENTRY LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience: Masters Degree in Social Work LMSW preferred. Three (3) years of experience in case management counseling or direct advocacy for clients in social service settings. Experience with immigrants and immigration issues prioritized.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proficiency in English required multi-lingual and Spanish proficiency prioritized.
- Computer skills: Basic competency in MS Word Excel Outlook and the internet. Experience with CARES HOME CAPS and AWARDS prioritized.
- Math Skills: Ability to formulate simple financial budgets.
- Physical Performance: Ability to make unit visits (walk distances climb stairs etc.)
- Reasoning Ability: Ability to prioritize make appropriate decisions and judgment calls.
- Other Skills:
- Experience conducting biopsychosocial and needs assessment surveys.
- Experience in service and care plan design or trauma and recovery counseling.
- Experience working with homeless individuals and people living with health and/or mental health issues and substance use. Ability to engage residents.
- Experience facilitating workshops and group activities.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Must be highly organized be willing to assume responsibility work well under pressure meet deadlines multi-task detail-oriented and be flexible.
DIVERSTY EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Community Housing Innovations Inc (CHI) respects diversity and is an equal opportunity employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color creed religion national origin citizenship status age disability sex gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status partnership status veteran status genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Community Housing Innovations is committed to diversity equity and inclusion.
This commitment applies to recruiting hiring placement promotion transfer compensation training assignments benefits employee activities termination access to facilities and programs and all other terms and conditions of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
Employment Type
Full-Time
