Program Specialist, St Hilda's House

ACMH INC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Job summary

ACMH INC, located in New York, NY, is seeking a Program Specialist for St. Hilda's House. The role provides direct service to residents and assists with training in daily living skills at Manhattan site (Hamilton Heights).

The schedule runs Sundays through Thursdays, 7:00am-3:00pm, with duties including teaching hygiene, budgeting, meal planning, safety, and medication administration. Requirements include a high school diploma with psychology coursework or significant human services experience;

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• T each skills for daily living (personal hygiene, laundry, apartment cleaning).
• Monitor maintenance of apartments and alert supervisor to issues.
• Teach budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation and clean-up.
• Teach skills for self-preservation and safety in living units.
• Administer client cooking safety test.
• Monitor and document self-administration of medication per policy.
• Report incidents or behavioral changes to supervisor.
• Teach travel skills and provide escorts as needed.
• Document services rendered and client progress timely.
• Attend training as requested by supervisory staff.
• Duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Experience in mental health services

Education

High school diploma with some undergraduate work in psychology

High school diploma with significant experience in human services

Job description

Program Specialist, St Hilda's House

ACMH INC New York, New York, United States

About this position

Description:

Position: Program Specialist, St. Hilda's House

Reports to: Program Director

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

Location: Manhattan (Hamilton Heights)

Schedule: Sundays through Thursdays (7:00am-3:00pm)

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.

Single Site Salary: $45,760plus generous benefits

Please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for 3 professional references.

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.