Program Specialist, St Hilda's House

ACMH INC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 46,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Single site

Job summary

ACMH INC in Manhattan, New York seeks a Program Specialist to support residents at St. Hilda's House.

The role focuses on teaching daily living skills, coordinating with the Program Director, and supporting clients in skills for hygiene, budgeting, meal planning, and safety. The position runs Sundays through Thursdays, 7:00am–3:00pm, with responsibilities including documentation, client progress notes, and reporting incidents.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Teach skills for maintaining personal hygiene, laundry and apartment cleaning.
• Monitor maintenance of apartments and alert supervisor to issues.
• Teach budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation and clean-up.
• Teach self-preservation skills and monitor living units for safety and cleanliness.
• Administer the client cooking safety test and monitor self-administration of medication.
• Document services rendered and client progress in a timely manner.
• Attend training as requested by supervisory staff.

Skills

Organizational skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Client services

Education

High school diploma

Undergraduate coursework in psychology

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: $45,760 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.

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.

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