Shift Supervisor, Rising Up Men's Shelter; Per Diem

About the Facility

CAMBA’s Rising Up Men’s Shelter is a 141‑bed men’s employment shelter located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The shelter provides an array of services focused on helping residents achieve stable employment and permanent housing.

Shift Supervisor (Per Diem)

Assistant Program Director

Brooklyn, NY

Per Diem

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and uphold client confidentiality.
• Must remain on-site to provide supervisory coverage, including lunch breaks, as the only Shift Supervisor during shifts.
• Practice Universal Precautions, Standard Protocol & Procedures.
• Comply with all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy policies to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.
• Input client data using DHS’s CARES database as needed.
• Communicate effectively with clients, direct reporting staff, peers, supervisors, and funders.
• Ensure regulatory compliance per NYS DHS, NYS OTDA, NYC FDNY, NYC Dept. of Health, NYC Coalition for the Homeless, etc. (logbook entries, bed checks, client belongings, security, client care, medication, etc.).
• Ensure security and residential aide and social service staff conduct new client orientation within 24 hours of entry into the facility.
• Ensure the safety and security of operations by maintaining adequate staffing levels.
• Ensure inventory of security equipment is up to date.
• Ensure security of valuables and medications in safe/cabinet.
• Retrieve, observe and document client’s self‑administration of medications, as appropriate.
• Utilize performance management systems to encourage ongoing communication with direct staff to develop, enhance, sustain, and improve employee work performance.
• Manage and coordinate day‑to‑day functions of the facility ensuring programming, rounds, and client care services occur.
• Implement strategies for effective team performance.
• Professionally respond to complaints, incidents, and emergencies; interview all parties, analyze, collect data, document and report the situation.
• Resolve individual conflicts and disputes between staff or clients in a respectful, solution‑based manner.
• Lead and participate in program meetings as requested.
• Engage clients to address issues that arise on the shift and document and communicate via written logs, face‑to‑face meetings, etc., to ensure appropriate staff are aware.
• Monitor clients’ safety and ensure safety policies and procedures are practiced daily.
• Overcome resistance to change from clients, direct reporting staff, and supervisors/funders.
• Provide required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/semester/annual reports to CAMBA management and/or funders.
• Prepare performance appraisals for direct reporting staff.
• Review and sign timesheets.
• In the absence of adequate staffing, have direct service/program responsibility in addition to the above.
• Enforce and adhere to the Good Neighbor Policy and respond to community concerns when appropriate.
• May coordinate and facilitate groups and trainings.
• May develop content for client programming to maximize contract goals and performance targets.
• May conduct initial intake or initial and/or periodic assessments of clients.
• May prepare marketing materials for the program.
• May reach out and market the program to the community to obtain resources for clients.
• Task may be modified, expanded, and/or assigned over a period.

• HS Diploma or GED and/or associate’s degree (A.A.) and 2 years applicable experience, or bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S.W.) and/or equivalent experience.

• 3 years applicable experience.
• Must obtain and maintain First Aid/CPR certification.
• Must obtain and maintain certification in overdose prevention.
• Must obtain and maintain F-80 Fire Safety Coordinator certification.

$25.75 hourly

CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time), and paid holidays.

CAMBA and CAMBA Housing Ventures are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse & inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), or other applicable legally protected characteristics.