Senior Housing Coordinator-EL539001

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Housing Coordinator provides day-to-day supervision to the Housing Coordinators and oversees the activities assigned to this unit. Guides the Housing Coordinators in achieving the goal of attainment of resident permanent housing goals by ongoing assessment of resident housing needs and preferences and the development of housing opportunities in the community.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)

Provides Clinical Services:
1. Provide administrative and clinical supervision to the Housing Coordinators in accordance with agency and division policy.
2. Establish and maintain department work schedules in accordance with agency policy and assignments of staff.
3. Responsible for managing the completion of time clock edits of department staff. .
4. Ensure department staff compliance with the agencys time and attendance policy; recommends disciplinary action for those out of compliance
5. Ensure department staff compliance with the agencys time and attendance policy; recommend disciplinary action for those out of compliance.
6. Manage the completion of department performance evaluations recommends department staff for the employee recognition award and promotions.
7. Administer department disciplinary actions in accordance with agency disciplinary policy conduct disciplinary counseling complete disciplinary action reports and recommend employee terminations as needed.
8. Review authorized department staff positions and personnel budget submit Requests for Personnel (RFP) on vacant staff position(s) interview candidates for employment in accordance with agency policy and employment law; recommend changes to authorized staffing patterns and personnel budget.
9. Ensure that department staffs have attended required in-service training and schedule employees to attend both in-service training and training provided by vendors; conduct training on clinical subjects charting fire safety plan fire drills emergency plans and procedures building security volunteers and interns and site specific exposure control plan.
10. Manage departmental employee accident reporting and initial submission of workers compensation claims.
11. Monitor department employee morale and the climate of the work environment to stop or eliminate sexual harassment or any form of employee harassment or employee discrimination
12. Monitor department employee accrual totals approve or recommend approval of employee requests for time off and notify the Department of Human Resources when an employee should be placed on or taken off Family and Medical Leave (FMLA); maintain contact with staff while out on FMLA.
13. Conduct department employment interviews that meet federal state and agency regulatory guidelines.
14. Inform staff at meetings and in memoranda of agency policies directives and guidelines affecting the facilities management operations and weekly meetings with Housing Coordinators to address: (a) length of stay including barriers to attaining employment and housing goals; (b) the clinical status of residents; (c) service plan reviews; and (d) coordination with other staff.

Can Perform all functions of a Housing Coordinator:
1. Develop and maintain relationships with housing providers and the Veterans Administration.
2. Develop and maintain community resources guides for each of the five boroughs.
3. Find suitable permanent housing in the community.
4. Serve as a liaison between the residence and landlords regarding move-in schedules leases rent and utility issues;
5. Collaborate with case management staff to understand the specific housing needs and preferences of residents and act accordingly when searching for housing options.
6. Serve as liaison to the Veterans Administration to identify housing for residents that qualify for VA housing.
7. Participate in ongoing reviews of existing linkages for their adequacy and seek to extend the programs and ICLs linkages as part of Continuous Quality Improvement.
8. Document efforts to locate and secure housing for residents.
9. Assist in the orientation of new personnel when requested.
10. Maintain up-to-date accurate individual paper and electronic case records as directed by the Program Director.
11. Comply with attendance and timekeeping rules and report reliably and regularly to work on an on-going basis.
12. Attend regularly scheduled clinical meetings staff meetings and supervision as well as in-service training and development activities.
13. Review the staff communications log and make entries concerning essential elements of information designated by program management.
14. Obtain and maintain CPR and First Aid certifications.
15. May have on-call responsibilities.
16. Comply and promote compliance with all applicable laws regulations and agency policies helping to strengthen and maintain an ethical organizational culture.
17. Immediately report serious incidents allegations of abuse incidents or sensitive situations and completes incident reports in accordance with agency policy.
18. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Effective problem-solving skills
Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to work with diverse individuals
Ability to work as a member of a team
Ability to make reasonable and sound evaluative judgments
Ability to create and compose written materials
Ability to effectively and efficiently respond to questions from persons served
Ability to read and understand lease rental and utility agreements
Ability to present information to persons served and other employees
Ability to speak Spanish preferred

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Effective problem-solving skills
Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to work with diverse individuals
Ability to work as a member of a team
Ability to make reasonable and sound evaluative judgments
Ability to create and compose written materials
Ability to effectively and efficiently respond to questions from persons served
Ability to read and understand lease rental and utility agreements
Ability to present information to persons served and other employees
Ability to speak Spanish preferred

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelors degree plus 3 years experience providing case management or housing services or other relevant human service experience or bachelors degree that required a one-year practicum working directly with individuals with mental disabilities (e.g. BSW) and two years above experience or masters in psychology social work or related field plus one year of the above experience. NYS Drivers license a plus.

Required Experience:

Senior IC