Case Manager, Housing Support - Brooklyn, United States - Good Shepherd Services

Good Shepherd Services

Verified Company

Brooklyn, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About Us:

Good Shepherd Services is a leading multi-service agency with more than 85 programs that serve over 30,000 youth and families each year - and builds on their strengths to help them gain skills for success.

At Good Shepherd we respect the dignity and worth of every person and reject intolerance, inequity and injustice in whatever form it may take.

Voted one of the top 100 places to work in NYC by Crain's New York, Good Shepherd Services offers a fantastic work environment, a collaborative team dedicated to fulfilling our mission, and an amazing array of benefits.

Join our team and help make a difference

Benefits:

For Full Time Employees Benefits/Perks:

Tuition Assistance Program
Generous paid time off (Including 5 Self-Care Days/Floating Holidays, 12 Sick Days, 15 Vacation Days, and 11 Holidays)
Healthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Pet Care)
403(b) Plan (GSS contributes 3% of your salary to your 403(b) plan after 3 years of service, with contributions increasing over time)
Employees hired in this position will be able to work remotely one day a week based on program needs.

Overview:

Title:
CASE MANAGER, Housing Support

(Bilingual - English/Spanish Required)

Reports To:
SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Community Benefits Assistance

Program (CBAP).

Location:876 Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11207

Hours:35 Hours/Week; Non-Exempt (Mon - Fri, 10AM - 6PM)

Occasional evenings for outreach events.

Salary:
$45,000-$53,000/Year

Job Summary:
The Case Manager

***The Case Manager

Major Duties:

Direct Services:

Conduct respectful, accurate, and timely intake, assessment, and service planning with all assigned program participants, entering information into required databases as indicated.
Work in an ongoing manner with participants to provide housing benefits screenings, direct services, and referrals to address their immediate needs as well as longerterm concerns in order to help them achieve their goals and enhance their selfsufficiency.
Provide lowincome individuals and families in Crown Heights and the surrounding Brooklyn communities that are struggling with housing insecurity with a myriad of targeted housing support services so that they can achieve housing permanence and avoid placement in the shelter system.
Enhance housing supports through helping individuals and families access wraparound services like job placement assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, health insurance subsidies, SNAP benefits, and more to remove barriers that often lead to financial, life, and housing instability.
Provide advocacy, outreach, and referrals to entitlement agencies, social service providers, and other programs on behalf of program participants.
Refer participants to inhouse legal and financial consultants as needed, scheduling them in shared calendars.
Develop ISP plan with short

- and long-term goals for participants enrolled in the program.

Followups: biweekly followup required in the program

Outreach:

Conduct outreach in Crown Heights to promote the program and recruit new participants.
Distribute promotional materials; attend community board, police precinct, and other neighborhood meetings; and use participant and staff wordofmouth to keep their networks informed of services offered.
Develop partnership with local communitybased and city agencies to connect participants to needed housing services.

Pop-Up Events:

Host at least 12 popup events (including at least six in Crown Heights) to assist attendees with housing supports and other resources and services.

Workshops:

Schedule and facilitate at least 12 workshops annually (at least one per month) that focus on different housing related and other government benefit topics.
Collaborate with expert workshop presenters as well as interested workshop participants to achieve maximum utilization.

Database-data entry:

Use required tracking and reporting databases in order to document services provided, outcomes, and submit proof of goal achievement.
Provide program updates at internal meetings.
Maintain attendance and participation records and upload these into required databases in order to satisfy funder mandates.
Compile data and complete statistical and written reports as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required in relevant field; counseling credential preferred.
At least three years of case management experience in a communitybased setting preferred.
Bilingual English/Spanish OR English/Creole required.
Must have good written and verbal communication skills.

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_ Must be able to work evenings and occasional Saturdays_.
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_ Must be open to work in Crown Heights and being in the field at least two times a week or more_.