Program Specialist, Independence House

Acmh•New York, NY

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct service to clients, assisting with training in skills of daily living. The Program Specialist will teach clients skills for maintaining personal hygiene, laundry, and apartment cleaning, as well as budgeting, shopping, meal planning, preparation, and clean-up. This role also involves monitoring apartments for safety and cleanliness, administering cooking safety tests, and teaching/monitoring self-administration of medication. The specialist will document services, client progress, and report incidents or behavioral changes to the supervisor. Additionally, they will teach travel skills, escort clients as needed, and attend training sessions. 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.

Requirements

High school diploma with some undergraduate work in psychology or high school diploma with significant experience in human services.
Good organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with adults with serious mental illness preferred.

Responsibilities

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.