3-11 Residential Support Assistant - Brooklyn, United States - Diaspora Community Services

Diaspora Community Services

Verified Company

Brooklyn, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Founded in 1981,
Diaspora Community Services (DCS) is a Brooklyn-based multi-service and multi-cultural 501 (c) 3 nonprofit providing comprehensive supports to low income residents, immigrants, and the chronically ill.

DCS serves some 10,000 annually through three programmatic sites in New York City.

Staffed by seasoned professionals in the health and social service sectors and supported by a dedicated Board of Directors as diverse as the vibrant communities we serve, DCS provides robust programming that targets the most vulnerable of our communities.

DCS's programs address the very root causes of the challenges our clients face, empowering low income families and individuals to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency.

DCS continues to focus on the challenges and inequities that impact communities of color, women and the youth of our communities.

Using an anti-racist, gender, sexual orientation affirming lens, DCS has focused on ensuring clients have access to much needed benefits, counseling, education, housing placement and referrals to many qualified organizational partners.

DCS has implemented youth programs based on youth development principles of education, empowerment and focusing on the assets of our youth instead of deficits.

We are known for our expertise on HIV prevention at the community based level.

Current program services include access to quality health services, supportive housing, youth education, and the social support services critical to meeting basic needs while focusing on impacting poverty.

DCS meets each client where they are in terms of individual skills, finances, health and needs; providing one-on-one transformative support to help them succeed.

Job Summary:

Residential Support Assistant - Maintain interaction with residents, sign in and sign out residents, ability to complete a basic screening intake, support food distribution, support light maintenance, storage/inventory management, room searches and work with security to do programmatic rounds and room checks, documenting incidents.

Available Shifts:
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3:00pm - 11:00pm ( REDHOOK ) & PerDiem (weekend). _

Qualifications:

High School diploma with 5 years' experience required. Knowledge of DHS Space Cares system. Lift up to 25 pounds. Experienced driver with a clean NYS license a plus

Compensation:

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Diaspora Community Services offers a comprehensive benefits package including full health, dental and vision insurance benefits, voluntary flexible spending plan, 403b retirement plan, and eligible to accrue 10 vacation days, 3 personal days, 8 sick days and up to 12 paid holidays.

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Diaspora Community Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion (creed), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities, hiring practices or operations._

Pay:
$40, $45,000.00 per year

Benefits: