Community Engagement Specialist/ Client Services Advocate.(Spanish)

22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
$23.00/Hour without benefits
United States, New Jersey, Paterson
Jan 24, 2025
Title: Community Engagement Specialist/ Client Services Advocate.(Spanish) Location: Paterson NJ 07505 Pay Rate: $23.00/Hour without benefits Duration: 6 Months Shift Timing (Day/ Evening/ Night): Day Job Description: Assists clients in accessing services available through public welfare and community agencies, needed for them to maintain self-sufficiency and housing. Develops resource files on community facilities such as social agencies, clinics, recreational facilities, or nursing homes. Completes home visits for updates on the client's current situation and creates plans for needed services. Keeps adequate records in the software for the assigned program. Prepares brief reports and recommendations for supervisor. Assists isolated individuals in finding satisfying social contacts and preventing homelessness. Coordinate services by managing continuum of care initiatives. Knowledge of social and economic conditions in the community and of welfare practices. Job responsibilities in Brief Primary case manager for a caseload. Clients include individuals who were formerly homeless and have a disability (meeting HUD's definition of chronic homelessness). Duties include telephone, in-person, and home visit client contacts. Maintain client records in compliance with HUD standards. Income verification, identification of other service needs. Provide information, referral, and client education. Knowledge, skills, education, and/or experience: Ability to establish relationships of mutual trust and respect with clients, especially with disadvantaged people of varying ethnic and social background. Ability to follow oral and written instructions and work independently and make practical application of skills and knowledge acquired through training, experience, and education. Ability to Interview clients, conduct assessment, identify resources, assist clients through housing readiness to housing stability. Ability to enter case notes, complete HMIS data entry. Conduct telephone, face to face and in-home consultations with clients, and collateral contacts on behalf of the clients. Mandatory skills/certification(s) Requirement: Excellent written and oral communication skills, seek supervision and communicate with supervisor regularly. Bi-lingual (English Spanish).