Residential Aide, 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 almost 80000 individuals and families including almost 13000 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 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 drug-free facility. Homeless (often mentally-ill and substance-abusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into to permanent and/or supported housing.

CAMBAs The Landing Family Shelter is funded by New York City Department of Homeless Services and offers families a supportive structured therapeutic safe and drug-free facility. It provides comprehensive case management services to 169 families who are in a transitional residence program for homeless families. The three story facility has rooms of various sizes common areas and provides on-site security and social services
Position: Residential Aide
Reports To: Shift Supervisor
Location: 9400 Ditmars Boulevard Queens NY 11369
What the Residential Aide Does:

• Update and inform clients of program changes (i.e. food services changes laundry assignments etc.) through individual and group meetings.
• Conduct room inspection to ensure client compliance with facility policies.
• Intervene and diffuse inappropriate client interaction as necessary.
• Monitor clients behavior and report client changes in behavior or personal care to Supervisor and/or appropriate social services staff.
• Ensure that clients receive personal care products and laundry products weekly and replace any personal care items as needed.
• Sort count and bag bed linens blankets and towels (may wash dry and fold).
• Distribute clean bed linens blankets pillows and towels to clients.
• Monitor clients use of laundry facilities including running new clients belongings through the dryer.
• Strip former clients rooms sort bag label and document belongings carry bags to storage area and store bags for safekeeping.
• Identify sort bag label and document valuable client belongings (i.e. electronics cash documents etc.) and give to Supervisor for storage.
• Follow client belongings policy and retrieve personal property of former clients upon their return.
• Escort clients as needed.
• Check food deliveries for quality and quantity of items and report any issues to Supervisor.
• Prepare kitchen and dining facilities for mealtimes and clean up after each meal.
• Heat and serve prepared foods according to Food Standards Policy (i.e. follow menu set portion sizes food service hygiene check temperature of meals etc.)
• Store food according to the Food Storage Policy (i.e. check temperature of refrigerators rotate food etc.)
• Prepare paper goods setups and condiments for mealtimes.
• Set up coffee and hot water urns before each meal.
• May collect garbage in bags and remove to appropriate storage location.
• May prepare and serve lunch.
• May plan coordinate and facilitate social and/or peer support events for clients.

• High school diploma or G.E.D. and/or equivalent experience

• Must sign NYC DOH/MH attestation stating that candidate has not been the subject of a founded child abuse report.
• Participate in Department of Health Food Protection 15 hour Course pass exam and become a certified Food Handler.
• Must obtain Annual PPD Test.
• May be required to become First Aid/CPR certified.
• May be required to become certified in overdose prevention.
• Bi-lingual preferred.

Compensation: $18.50 hourly
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 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: Full-time (35 hours per week) (Sun-Tues 8AM-4PM Fri & Sat 2PM-10PM)
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 socio-economic status marital or veteran status pregnancy status or sexual orientation.