Assistant Director, Safe Options Support (SOS)

Paycom - ATS; New York (NY); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bridge Inc. in New York is seeking an Assistant Director to lead the Safe Options Support (SOS) team and apply the Critical Time Intervention model to help street homeless individuals transition to stable housing.

You will supervise clinicians, care managers, a nurse, and a peer specialist while coordinating with partner agencies. This role emphasizes outreach, housing placement, discharge planning, and advocacy to address disparities in access to care.

Qualifications

• Licensed Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling, nursing, or psychology.
• Experience with homeless populations is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of counseling principles for mental illness and substance use disorders.
• Comfort with field-based work and coordinating with multiple partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the SOS team with the Program Director.
• Conduct outreach at transit hot spots and during hospital admissions.
• Collaborate with street outreach teams, police, hospitals, MTA, and DHS.
• Assess health and social needs using formal risk tools.
• Coordinate housing applications and moving-in processes with SOR Hub.
• Participate in hospital discharge planning and connect to community resources.
• Offer short-term counseling pre- and post-housing placement.
• Collect data and report outcomes to inform care strategies.

Skills

Counseling

Crisis management

De-escalation techniques

Leadership

Program operations

Community outreach

Data reporting

Spanish language

Education

MA/MS degree

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Bridge Inc. in New York is seeking an Assistant Director to lead the Safe Options Support (SOS) team and apply the Critical Time Intervention model to help street homeless individuals transition to stable housing.

You will supervise clinicians, care managers, a nurse, and a peer specialist while coordinating with partner agencies. This role emphasizes outreach, housing placement, discharge planning, and advocacy to address disparities in access to care.