Case Manager (Housing Specialist), LGBTQ+ Housing Navigation

CAMBA, Inc.; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 54 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Dental insurance

403(b) retirement plan with employer

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Résumé du poste

CAMBA in New York City is seeking a Case Manager/Housing Specialist to provide counseling and intensive case management to LGBTQ+ homeless youth. The role focuses on securing affordable, permanent housing and navigating benefits and services.

You will work with CAMBA shelters and prevention programs, perform outreach, coordinate with partners, and help clients access public benefits while maintaining detailed records and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work required or preferred.
• Two years of relevant experience with housing/homeless youth.
• Experience with LGBTQ+ youth and group facilitation.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed care and harm reduction.

Responsabilités

• Provide counseling and individualized case management to LGBTQ+ homeless youth; assist in obtaining permanent housing.
• Assist clients with ACCESS HRA applications and necessary escorts.
• Collaborate with CAMBA shelters and prevention programs to engage youth and connect to services.
• Coordinate outreach via social platforms to inform youth about CAMBA services.
• Maintain housing resources and accompany clients to housing viewings and lease signings.
• Input client services data into the program database and participate in meetings.

Connaissances

LGBTQ+ competency

Housing placement

Outreach

Case management

Group facilitation

Microsoft Office

Trauma-informed care

Harm reduction

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work

Outils

Microsoft Office Suite

Description du poste

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 180integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach more than 72,000individuals and families each year at our 100locations, 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 Housing Navigation for LGBTQ+ Youth

provides case management and housing navigation towards permanent housing for LGBTQ+ youth. The program also provides Independent Living Skills (ILI) training for clients.

Position: Case Manager/ Housing Specialist

Reports To: Program Manager

Locations:

• 307 W 38th Street New York NY 10018

What Does the Case Manager/ Housing Specialist Do:

• Provides counseling and individualized case management to LGBTQ+ homeless youth, will the goal of obtaining affordable permanent housing. Conducts needs assessment, intake and public benefits eligibility screening.
• Assists individuals with access to public benefits by completing all necessary applications via ACCESS HRA. Offers support and guidance in completing all applications, as well as all necessary escorts.
• Collaborates with CAMBA shelters and prevention programs to actively engage young people on the street and at places where LGBTQ+ homeless, runaway and street-based youth congregate in order to connect them to services.
• Provides internet-based outreach by using social marketing websites to inform youth of CAMBA services.
• Formally collaborates in coordinating services with other agencies/organizations providing services to our clients.
• Cultivates relationships with schools, community-based organizations and coalitions by attending community events and by facilitating informational groups for our targeted population at other organizations.
• Completes 2010E Supportive Housing applications for those clients that qualify.
• Assists clients in identifying low income, affordable and market-rate apartments to successfully transition from street homelessness into more permanent housing alternatives.
• Accompanies clients to supportive housing interviews, housing viewings, independent housing viewings, and lease/program agreement signings.
• Develops and maintains housing resources to assist clients in securing appropriate permanent housing.
• Works with clients to ensure that they are appropriately equipped for the housing search and for maintaining the housing that they find.
• Identifies apartments for client placement that meet safety and health standards of the City of New York, and escorts clients to apartment viewings.
• Helps with negotiation of leases.
• Ensures that landlords outfit all apartments with requisite working equipment and appliances.
• Maintains up-to-date charts to reflect the client’s status in the housing process.
• Inputs all provided client related services into program’s assigned database
• Participates in administrative and staff meetings as requested.
• Provides all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports to CAMBA management and/or to funders.
• Helps co-facilitate ILI trainings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education/Experience Required.:

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A. or B. S.). Bachelor’s degree in Social Work (BSW) preferred.

Minimum Experiences and Skills Required:

• LGBTQ+ cultural competency
• Two (2) years of relevant experience, preferably in a mid-sized (250+ employees) organization working with persons with a history of homelessness.
• Experience in housing placement, outreach, entitlements, and case management.
• Experience working with LGBTQ+ youth.
• Experience facilitating groups.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed care and harm reduction

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bi-lingual English and Spanish.

Pre and/or Post Employment Requirements:

• Disclosure if they have been subject of a founded report to the State Central Child Abuse Registry.

Compensation: $54,000 annually

Status: Full-Time

Benefits:

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time)
• 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.

Help New Yorkers in need transform their lives

Each year, CAMBA reaches over 70,000 individuals and families, including over 11,000 youth. Without your support, we cannot continue to create and deliver our programs.