Housing Specialist

Center for Alternative•New York, NY

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Bronx Nathaniel Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a multi-disciplinary, alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) program that provides evidence-based, mobile, community mental health treatment to promote the recovery and community integration of individuals age 18 and up with serious mental illnesses, high rates of co-occurring substance use disorders, high utilization of emergency/crisis services, and criminal legal involvement in the Bronx courts. The Bronx Nathaniel ACT Team is a unique and pioneer program that focuses on providing intensive outpatient treatment to individuals with serious mental illnesses so that they can maintain stability in the community and successfully complete their ATI mandates. The Housing Specialist is a bachelor’s level clinician who outreaches clients in the community to provide treatment and services with high fidelity to the ACT model. The Housing Specialist provides psychoeducation and support for clients’ housing needs, including but not limited to: submitting HRA2010e supportive housing applications, coordinating with shelter or current housing provider for clients’ housing needs, assessing and promoting clients’ housing readiness, exploring clients’ skills and needs in obtaining and maintaining independent living, advocating for clients to receive the appropriate level of housing as well as supports in their living environments. Specific titles do not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff member provides as ACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders
Experience with HRA2010e supportive housing application and familiarity with housing resources for ACT-eligible population
A team player, highly organized and self-motivated
Proficient in computers

Nice To Haves

Experience working with individuals involved in the criminal legal system
Fluency in Spanish.

Responsibilities

Provide at least 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated
Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs
Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures
Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of helping clients obtain and maintain stable housing
Provide support and assistance for clients’ housing needs, including but not limited to: identifying housing risks and needs for clients, submitting housing applications and referrals, preparing clients for housing interviews, escorting and supporting clients in attending housing interviews
Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based
Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order
Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis
Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice