• Job Description

  Req#: REF1375M

  Company Description

  The Nathaniel Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team is a multi-disciplinary, alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) program that provides evidence-based, mobile, community mental health treatment to promote the recovery and community integration of individuals age 18 and up with serious mental illnesses, high rates of co-occurring substance use disorders, high utilization of emergency/crisis services, and criminal legal involvement in Manhattan or Brooklyn courts. The Nathaniel ACT Team is a unique and pioneer program that focuses on providing intensive outpatient treatment to individuals with serious mental illnesses so that they can maintain stability in the community and successfully complete their ATI mandates.

  The Housing Specialist is a Bachelor’s level clinician who outreaches clients in the community to provide treatment and services with high fidelity to the ACT model. The Housing Specialist provides psychoeducation and support for clients’ housing needs, including but not limited to: submitting HRA2010e supportive housing applications, coordinating with shelter or current housing provider for clients’ housing needs, assessing and promoting clients’ housing readiness, exploring clients’ skills and needs in obtaining and maintaining independent living, advocating for clients to receive the appropriate level of housing as well as supports in their living environments. Specific title does not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff member provides as ACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest.

  All applicants must comply with CASES/NYC's vaccination policy. Individuals selected for employment cannot begin working until they provide verification that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (with an FDA-authorized vaccine) or submit and gain approval for a Medical or Religious Exemption. Individuals approved for exemption must submit weekly PCR test results.

  Location: 151 Lawrence street

  Reports To: Team Leader

  We believe that in-person operations are the best way to serve our clients, both directly and through essential operational support. This job requires work in our offices and or/ in the community.

  Job Description

  • Provide 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated;
  • Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs;
  • Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures;
  • Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of helping clients obtain and maintain stable housing;
  • Provide support and assistance for clients’ housing needs, including but not limited to: identifying housing risks and needs for clients, submitting housing applications and referrals, preparing clients for housing interviews, escorting and supporting clients in attending housing interviews;
  • Completes monthly and annual Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) reports and maintain tracking mechanisms to monitor clients’ access to housing;
  • Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
  • Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order;
  • Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis;
  • Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.

  Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree;
  • Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders;
  • Experience with HRA2010e supportive housing application and familiarity with housing resources for ACT-eligible population;
  • Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system preferred;
  • A team player, highly organized and self-motivated;
  • Proficient in computers;
  • Fluency in Spanish preferred.
  • Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

  Additional Information

  • Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted

  CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system. Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines

• About the company

  CASES aims to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, and promote recovery.

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