Bilingual; Spanish Case Manager, Via Vyse Supportive Program

Bilingual (Spanish) Case Manager, Via Vyse Supportive Housing Program

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. Who We Are: CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports, they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services.

We reach almost 80,000 individuals and families, including almost 13,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are living in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

Via Vyse is a building developed and operated by Dunn Development Corp., a private developer. It is a new construction approximately 102,000 square feet within a 12‑story elevator building located at 1812 Vyse Avenue in The Bronx. The project has 121 residential dwelling units, one of which will be a superintendent's unit. The unit distribution is 46 studios and the remainder being one and two bedroom units.

CAMBA, Inc. is the on‑site services provider at Via Vyse. Sixty‑one apartments, 51% of the units, will be master leased by CAMBA and will house chronically homeless single adults and families who are diagnosed with chronic health conditions. The remaining 59 units are occupied by community residents, who may require some services.

Bilingual (Spanish) Case Manager

Program Manager

1812 Vyse Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460

• Review all documentation establishing tenants' eligibility for program and make file copies.
• Create and maintain tenant files.
• Conduct initial intake and assessment of tenants and tenants' families' needs and periodic re-assessments.
• In collaboration with tenants, prepare initial and periodic revisions of independent living plans including short-term and long-term tenant goals.
• Assist tenants in attaining their goals by identifying and locating community resources for tenants and by making referrals to appropriate services both within and outside CAMBA.
• Work with tenants to break through barriers to tenant goals and to assist tenants in advocating for themselves and in moving toward self-sufficiency.
• Conduct group sessions and/or workshops to assist tenants with independent living skills.
• Recommend and implement strategies to persuade tenants to participate more fully in this process.
• Monitor tenants' progress toward their goals via regularly scheduled telephone contact and/or face‑to‑face visits, and document via progress notes.
• Participate in case conferences.
• Follow-up with tenants and with referral organizations regarding tenant contact and progress with referral organization.
• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
• May recommend closing of cases in which tenants have: (a) achieved primary goals and have maintained stability for a period of months; or, (b) have not demonstrated a willingness to participate in the process (lost‑to‑service); or, (c) have become ineligible for services (e.g. moved out of building).
• May schedule appointments for tenants with referral organizations.
• May assist tenants in completing applications for benefits and entitlements, and may process applications on tenants' behalf.
• May follow-up with tenants for a period of time after successful completion of their primary goals to assure tenant stability.
• May evaluate actual living conditions of tenants through home visits.

• Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.S.W.)
• Four years of relevant experience
• Associate's and two years equivalent experience

• Bi‑lingual English & Spanish

• Obtain “Criminal History Checks”…