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Case Manager (The Schermerhorn)

Center for Urban Community Services

Description

The Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS), a national leader in the development of effective housing and service initiatives invites applications for the following position at the Schermerhorn, a permanent supportive housing residence in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The Schermerhorn houses 116 tenants many of whom have histories of mental illness, homelessness, substance abuse and/or HIV/AIDS. CUCS social service staff collaborate with onsite partner agencies, including Common Ground and The Actor’s Fund to provide tenants with a full range of onsite social services to ensure that each tenant is able to work toward accomplishing meaningful personal goals, all the while maintaining housing and sustaining stability. CUCS using a recovery based orientation in service delivery, which includes the use of evidence based practices such as Supported Employment, Motivational Interviewing, and Wellness Self Management

Case Manager Responsibilities: The Case Manager provides a range of clinically grounded case management services to tenants to help them live full and satisfying lives in the community; helping their team and program to function well and meet their contractual obligations to various funding agencies. Services that the case manager will be expected to provide include, but are not limited to, supportive counseling, outreach, written assessments, case management, advocacy and crisis intervention. The case manager will have also the opportunity to facilitate tenant activities and groups that align with their personal interests and the needs of the site. The case manager will receive weekly supervision to support learning needs as well as have access to all CUCS agency trainings.

Qualifications

• Case Manager 2 – Bachelor’s Degree or HS Diploma and 4 years relevant experience.
• Case Manager 3 – Bachelor’s Degree and 2 years relevant experience or BSW and 1 year relevant experience or HS Diploma and 6 years relevant experience.
• Good verbal and written communications skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience working with mentally ill, HIV positive or homeless individuals is strongly preferred.
• Ability to work one late night shift, Thursdays, from 12:00pm-8:00pm

Contact

To apply online, please follow the link below:

https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit2/?id=11120851&t=1


• Please be advised that you must upload your cover letter and resume in one document.
• Applicants will only be considered for positions they apply for.

Posted on 10/14/14; CVMHA ID #8264