Program Specialist, Manhattan Supportive Apartment (MSA)

Acmh; New York (NY); On-site; USD 43,804 - 53,539; Full time

Job summary

ACMH is seeking a Program Specialist for Manhattan Supportive Apartment. The role provides direct services to clients, assisting with training in daily living skills, and is based in Manhattan with a consistent Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm schedule.

The position involves teaching personal care, budgeting, meal planning, safety, and medication management, while monitoring apartment conditions and client progress.

Qualifications

• Good organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Teaches skills for daily living and personal care.
• Monitors apartment maintenance and reports issues to supervisor.
• Teaches budgeting, shopping, and meal planning.
• Teaches safety, cleanliness, and self-preservation in living units.
• Administers safety-related tests and monitors medication administration.
• Documents services and client progress.
• Escorts clients on travel as needed.
• Attends required trainings and performs duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Verbal skills

Written skills

Education

High school diploma with psychology coursework

Job description

Position: Program Specialist, Manhattan Supportive Apartment (MSA)

Reports to: Program Director

Function: Provides direct service to clients, assisting with training in skills of daily living.

Location: Manhattan

Schedule: Mondays through Fridays (9:00am-5:00pm)

Tasks

• Teaches skills for maintaining personal hygiene, laundry and apartment cleaning.
• Monitors overall maintenance of apartments and alerts program director of maintenance problems.
• Teaches skills for budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation and clean-up.
• Teaches skills for self-preservation, monitors living units for safety and cleanliness.
• Administers the client cooking safety test.
• Monitors, documents and teaches self-administration of medication, according to program policy and procedures.
• Report incidents or behavioral changes in residents to supervisor.
• Teaches travel skills and escorts clients, where needed.
• Documents services rendered and client progress in a timely manner.
• Attends training as requested by supervisory staff.
• Duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

High school diploma with some undergraduate work in psychology or high school diploma with significant experience in human services. Experience working with adults with serious mental illness preferred. Good organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

Scattered Site Salary: $48,672 plus generous benefits

ACMH is committed to the mental and physical wellbeing of vulnerable New Yorkers and is a leader in the provision of outreach and engagement, care management, rehabilitation, crisis support, and supportive housing. ACMH is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and seeks to promote actionable change to create an intentional culture of equity at individual, interpersonal and institutional levels.

For more information, visit our website: www.acmhnyc.org

ACMH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment decisions based on race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, mental or physical disability, marital status, veteran status or citizenship status.