Case Manager, Kensington Family Shelter

Who We Are:

CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in:
Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach more than 72,000 individuals and families each year at our 100 locations, including 10,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe.

Over 85% of our families live in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

CAMBA operates 6 single adult shelters and 6 family shelters and one drop in center. Each shelter offers clients a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility. Homeless (often mentally-ill and substance-abusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into to permanent and/or supported housing.

CAMBA’s The Kensington Family Shelter is funded by New York City Department of Homeless Services and offers families a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility. It provides comprehensive case management services to 64 families who are in a transitional residence program for homeless families with the goal of moving them to permanent housing. Each shelter offers clients a supportive, structured, therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility.

Homeless families are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into permanent and/or supported housing. The five story facility has 4 floors plus a basement with rooms of various sizes, common areas and provides on-site security and social services.

Case Manager

Assistant Program Manager

385 McDonald Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218

• Establish and maintain professional relationships with clients’ and client confidentiality in order to engage them in case management services.
• Review all documentation establishing clients' eligibility for program and make file copies.
• Create and maintain client files.
• Input client data and client progress information into CARES database.
• Conduct initial intake and psycho-social assessment of clients and clients' families' needs and periodic re-assessments.
• In collaboration with clients, prepare initial and periodic revisions of independent living plans including short-term and long-term client goals.
• Assist clients in attaining their goals by identifying and locating community resources for clients.
• Refer clients to permanent housing opportunities and appropriate services both within and outside CAMBA.
• Schedule appointments for clients with referral organizations.
• Escort clients to appointments (i.e.
  
  -housing, entitlements, educational, medical, social service, etc.).
• Assist clients in completing applications for benefits and entitlements, and/or process applications on clients' behalf.
• Work with clients to break through barriers to client goals and to assist clients in advocating for themselves and in moving toward self-sufficiency.
• Recommend and implement strategies to persuade clients to participate more fully in this process.
• Monitor clients' progress toward their goals (dates achieved) via regularly scheduled telephone contact and/or face-to-face home and office visits, and document via progress notes.
• Follow-up with clients and with referral organizations regarding client contact and progress with referral organization.
• Act as client liaison/client advocate with outside organizations regarding such matters as education, healthcare, housing, legal issues, etc.
• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
• May recommend closing of cases in which clients have: (a) achieved primary goals and have maintained stability for a period of months;…