Reentry Jobs in Edison, NJ (NOW HIRING)

Compensation Range: $23/hr - $26/hr commensurate with experience
Benefits:
We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.
Overview:
The Housing Works Inc. Reentry Services Program is a collaboration between Housing Works Inc. and The Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to provide comprehensive, holistic reentry services to individuals with criminal justice involvement reintegrating into the five borough communities. Reporting to the Community Program Manager, the Reentry Case Manager will be responsible for providing community-based case management services to client who meet the program eligibility criteria. These case management services include conducting psychosocial assessments, co-developing treatment plans, facilitate therapeutic soft skills groups, connections to health and wellness services, assistance with benefits and entitlements enrollment and ongoing outreach for the duration of program engagement. The Reentry Case Manager will be solution-focused, experienced in providing clients with wraparound case management services and knowledgeable of NYC resources and benefits available for justice-involved clients.
Responsibilities:
Primary:

• Provides supportive case management to MOCJ Transition and Community-Based Program clients.
• Conducts intake assessments and develops action plans based on the needs identified in the assessment.
• Refers clients for health care services through Housing Works and with external referral partners as needed.
• Conducts client outreach weekly, including but not limited to phone calls, text alerts, appointment reminders, letters and home visits
• Responsible for obtaining weekly client compliance reports from external referral or continuing education services.
• Maintains essential data for reporting and program evaluation in e ICare, including program enrollment, progress notes, care plans, referral activity, and updating contact information.
• Builds and maintains resource lists for external services and emergency services (i.e. housing, domestic violence, food pantry, etc.)
• Facilitates evidence-based groups weekly.
• Participates in weekly supervisions sessions with the Community Program Manager.
• Participates in monthly all-staff program meetings and bi-weekly team meetings.
• Promotes Housing Works' core values in day to day activities.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor

Secondary:

• Provide culturally competent services in accordance to Housing Works policies and practices.
• Promotes Housing Works core values consistently.
• Ability to work with clients with diverse clients with varying levels of service needs.
• Works collaboratively with other team members within the Justice Initiatives Department and cross-agency.

Other functions that may be required with this position include:

• Attend and participate staff meetings and trainings as scheduled.
• Responsiveness to emails, texts and phone calls.
• Ability to adapt and successfully uphold job functions in a full remote workforce or hybrid in-person remote workforce environment.
• Adhere to remote workforce policies, procedures and protocols.

Requirements:
Education/Skills Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required in social services, psychology, social work or other related field.

The following are qualifications and requirements of the position:

• Minimum 1 year experience providing case management or direct client service.
• Experience with criminal justice involved population, as well as substance use and mental health issues.
• Strong written documentation and communication skills
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to work autonomously
• Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, required
• Experience utilizing EMR systems.

The following additional competencies are viewed as important to success in this position:

• Preferably bi-lingual in Spanish.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent or proficient technical skills to perform tasks related to Microsoft Office, email and case management systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with the team.

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This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works' New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union ("RWDSU"). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a "CBA") between Housing Works and the RWDSU
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