The Housing Wellness Coordinator provides on-site wellness services, including supportive counseling and group activities, to meet the behavioral health and social needs of senior residents in supportive housing. This role involves assessing tenants, developing and implementing individual and communal wellness plans to support aging in place, and coordinating care with various support agencies.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in a human services field such as Sociology, Psychology, or Social Work, along with two years of relevant experience working with housing, mental health, or elderly populations. Essential qualifications include excellent communication skills and bilingual proficiency in English plus Chinese, Korean, or Spanish.
For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness.
Supportive Housing provides housing and mental health services to those with documented history of homelessness, substance abuse, and chronic mental illness.
Counseling, case management, substance abuse rehabilitation, wellness, socialization, community integration and crisis management services are available for the residents.
STATEMENT OF THE JOB The Housing Wellness Coordinator works as an integral member of Supportive Housing Programs for seniors.
The Housing Wellness Coordinator is responsible for providing a range of on-site wellness services that meet the behavioral health and social needs of residents.
The Housing Wellness Coordinator is responsible for meeting & assessing building tenants and developing & implementing appropriate and effective communal and individual wellness activities that support residents as they age in place.
Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the Housing Wellness Coordinator will provide in depth supportive counseling and groups to residents.
The goal is to support residents in maintaining permanent affordable housing.
The Housing Wellness Coordinator will play an integral role ensuring that residents can age in place with dignity.
The Housing Wellness Coordinator ensures that the Agency Mission is met, and best practices are upheld in our work with the buildings’ residents.
The Housing Wellness Coordinator reports directly to the Clinical Director for day-to-day operations and social service interventions.
Conduct and prepare assessments, case logs, documents case notes, care plans for tenants.
Establish and maintain contacts with families, social service support agencies, and health facilities.
Assesses residents for their needs and develops and implements service plans.
Provide counseling, behavioral interventions, restorative services, assistance in negotiating community activities and crisis management services.
Assist residents in developing meaningful service plan goals and provide supports to assist residents in achieving their goals.
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance
Generous time off
Transit
Additional voluntary benefits
Retirement Savings with Agency Match
Public Loan Forgiveness
Qualified Employer Training Series
Develops wellness goals and activities with the input of residents and other staff.
Ensure the development of appropriate wellness, educational and social programming is consistently taking place.
Coordinates care for targeted critical/high need resident cases.
Assist Licensed Practical Nurse with medication management.
Work through team approach in partnership with building property management and maintenance staff to identify and respond to residents in need.
Respond to emergency situations on site and provide crisis intervention.
Maintain contact and follow-up with service providers put in place for residents such as Adult Protective Services and/or outpatient treatment services.
Strictly adhere to and enforce all the Agency policies regarding Confidentiality and Corporate Compliance regulations and maintain compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Accompany residents to face to face meetings as requested by the resident.
Attend staff meetings, agency meetings, workshops, classes, & in-service trainings on a regular basis to maintain current information on eligibility requirements for all basic entitlements.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in human services, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work or related field Two years’ experience working in housing, mental health, senior and/or elderly populations or related fields. Excellent organizational, verbal, & written communication skills. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Bi-Lingual Chinese/Korean/Spanish/English required. Regularly required to talk, hear, walk, stand, & sit. Able to operate a computer keyboard, mouse & office equipment. Ability to work flexible hours (evenings/weekends) as assigned. Able to travel throughout the five boroughs as needed. Ability to lift up to 10lbs.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including: Generous time off (Vacation/ Personal Days/ Sick Days/ Paid Holidays annually) Medical Dental Vision Retirement Savings with Agency Match Transit Flexible Spending Account Life insurance Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer Training Series and other additional voluntary benefits. For more information on our organization, please visit our website at: www.ccbq.org
