Housing Specialist, Flagstone Family Center

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 more than 72,000 individuals and families each year at our 100 locations, including 10,000 youth.  CAMBA 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 live 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.

CAMBA’s Flagstone Family Center provides comprehensive case management services to 160 families who are in a Tier II transitional residence program for homeless families.  The facility consists of eight (8) four (4) story walk up apartment buildings on the east and west sides of the street.  There will be two main entrances: one for the east side of the street and one for the west.  Each building contains 20 apartments of varying sizes, each fully self-contained.

Position: Housing Specialist

Reports To: Case Manager Supervisor  

Location: Brooklyn, NY

What The Housing Specialist Does:

The person filling this position is expected, under close supervision, to: (1) assist case managers by being a client liaison with outside organizations regarding such matters as education, healthcare, housing, social services, legal issues, etc housing and public benefits; (2) assist clients in attaining their Housing and Entitlements related goals by identifying and locating community resources for clients and by making referrals to appropriate services both within and outside CAMBA; including the following:

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality.
• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures.
• Comply with any and all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with clients’ and client confidentiality in order to engage them in case management services.
• Develop curriculum to address shelter residents’ Housing, Independent Living Skills and Entitlement related needs including, permanent housing search process and options.
• Develop a series of monthly Housing readiness workshops.
• Develop and maintain a Bulletin Board that serves to provide relevant Housing related information
• Provide individualized and group counseling on housing and entitlement related topics.
• Organize and schedule presentations by local “housing experts” and/or landlords.
• Provide support, training and coordination of the peer counselors.
• Select appropriate instructional procedures or methods such as individual training, group instruction, self-study, lectures, demonstrations, simulation exercises, role play, and computer-based training.
• Establishing linkages with community-based organizations, realtors, brokers and landlords.
• Conduct marketing and outreach presentations regarding the program to recruit clients and resources.
• Follow-up with clients and with referral organizations regarding client contact and progress with referral organization.
• In collaboration with the case manager(s), work with clients to break through barriers to client goals and to assist clients in advocating for themselves and in moving toward self-sufficiency.
• Monitor clients' progress toward their goals (i.e., dates achieved) via regularly scheduled telephone contact and/or face-to-face home and office visits, and document via progress notes.
• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
• Create and maintain client files and make copies of all client documents.
• Assist case managers to schedule appointments for client with referral organizations.
• Assist case managers to escort clients to appointments (apartment viewings, public benefits, educational, medical, social service, etc.).
• Assist clients in completing applications for benefits and entitlements, and may process applications on clients' behalf.
• May follow-up with clients for a period of time after successful completion of their primary goals to assure client stability.
• May input client data and client progress information into automated database.
• Tasks may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over time.

Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• High School Diploma or GED 
• Two years of relevant experience.
• Bi-lingual English and Spanish preferred

Other Requirements:

As part of the onboarding process, obtain State Central Registry (SCR) clearance, Register of Substantiated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect (also known as the Staff Exclusion List (SEL)) clearance, and criminal history background checks via fingerprinting with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

• Submit medical Tuberculosis (TB) test results as part of the onboarding process
• Maintain all required clearances throughout the duration of employment

Compensation : $ 48,410 - $51,500 annually
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 candidate. This 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) 
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.