Recreation Coordinator, Kings Inn 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 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’s The Kings Inn 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 100 families who are in a transitional residence program for homeless families.  The two story facility has rooms of various sizes, common areas and provides on-site security and social services.

Position: Recreation Coordinator
Reports To: Assistant Program Director 
Location: Elmhurst NY, 11369

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• 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.  

• Organize and lead recreational/ADL activities to enhance the social development of individual group members. 

• Facilitate and/or teach physical education, arts, music, or drama. 

• Plan and organize activities to maximize program contract's goals and performance targets. 

• Plan and organize activities within the facility and the community including volunteers, to maximize the program contract’s goals and performance targets. 

• Plan, coordinate and facilitate social/peer support events, including group facilitation for clients. 

• Design and produce aesthetic visuals for public spaces of the shelter which reflect cultural, seasonal and programmatic themes. 

• Maintain and post a weekly and/or monthly calendar of all client programmatic activities occurring internally and externally. 

• Input client data using the DHS CARES database, as needed. 

• Escort clients, as needed. 

• Communicate effectively with clients, direct reporting staff, peers, supervisors, and funders. 

• Encourage teamwork among direct reporting staff as well as among peers. 

• Troubleshoot client and direct reporting staff problems and make decisions in accordance with program policies, procedures, and protocols.  

• Work with direct reporting staff to improve work performance through client feedback, training, weekly documentation of one-on-one supervision of staff. 

• Motivate, coach and counsel direct reporting staff to excel. 

• Overcome resistance to change from clients, direct reporting staff, and supervisors/funders. 

• Administer constructive discipline to direct reporting staff, as needed. 

• Manage own time effectively and coordinate program activities to maximize time of direct reporting staff. 

• Monitor clients' progress toward their goals and document via progress notes. 

• Lead and participate in administrative and staff meetings as requested. 

• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/semester/annual reports to CAMBA management and/or to funders. 

• Review and sign timesheets. 

• Prepare performance appraisals for direct reporting staff. 

• May prepare marketing materials for the program. 

• May reach out and market the program to the community in order to develop additional resources for the program. 

• May conduct initial intake or assessment of clients. 

• May have direct client service/program responsibilities in addition to the above. 
• Task may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over a period of time. 

MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree (e. g., B.A., B.S.W.) and/or equivalent experience.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Complete pre-employment requirements such as the  State Central Registry (SCR) clearance, The Register of Substantiated Category One Cases of Abuse or Neglect aka Staff Exclusion List (SEL) clearance and Criminal history information checks via fingerprinting with New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services prior to start of employment.   

• TB test required.  

• Ability to maintain clearances throughout the duration of employment. 

• Required to become First Aid/CPR certified. 

• Required to become certified in overdose prevention. 

• Bi-lingual preferred.

Compensation : 46,350- 49,440 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 and CAMBA Housing Ventures are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.  We value a diverse & inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), or other applicable legally protected characteristics.