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Consumer Advocate Outreach Jobs in Brooklyn, New York, USA at Breaking Ground
Position: Consumer Advocate, Brooklyn Outreach
Location: New York
S2HB Outreach, 90 Sands Street, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Req #2421
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
ABOUT US:
We believe that everyone deserves a home!
Breaking Ground operates nearly 4,000 units of housing across New York City, along with housing in upstate New York and Connecticut. Supportive housing – affordable housing paired with services designed to help people maintain their homes for the long-term – is widely recognized as a proven and cost-effective solution to chronic homelessness.
But we didn’t stop at providing housing. Breaking Ground’s programs and services help people experiencing street homelessness – especially those who have been on the streets the longest – to come indoors. Through our Street to Home outreach program and transitional housing resources, we help people get, and stay, on the path to a permanent home.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Consumer Advocate, Outreach works with people experiencing street homelessness and living with chronic medical conditions in Brooklyn with the objective of engaging individuals to connect them to appropriate social and medical services and, ultimately, to help improve their overall health and wellbeing and secure appropriate housing solutions.
The Consumer Advocate, Outreach will build a relationship with clients utilizing motivational interviewing to encourage the client to work towards self-identified housing, health, and other goals. The Consumer Advocate, Outreach will spend most of the shift in the field either in an automobile and/or on foot conducting street outreach, accompanying clients to appointments, and/or following up on service referrals. The incumbent will conduct necessary assessments, engage the client in self-directed service planning, and enter all required data into required database(s).
This position has a 35-hour work week and will work fully onsite at a program site/in the field.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engage with identified persons currently experiencing homelessness and living with chronic medical conditions in Brooklyn
Draw on lived experience of homelessness, mental illness, substance use, and/or immigration issues to build rapport with clients and develop appropriate service connections
Conduct required assessments
Attend clinical supervision and training
Maintain record keeping in compliance with agency standards as well as those of City and State agencies
Collaborate with Parks Dept., NYPD, DSNY, MTA, and other agencies
Accompany clients to appointments and follow up on service referrals
Perform other related duties as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Two years of related experience
Lived experience with homelessness, mental illness, substance use, and/or immigration issues and willingness to appropriately use lived experience as a tool for building client rapport and developing service connection
Knowledge of local benefit agencies (e.g., Public Assistance) and familiarity with substance abuse, mental health, immigration, and employment resources
Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders
Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and electronic record keeping
Valid NY, NJ, CT, or PA driver’s license with a good driving record, as defined by Breaking Ground, is a condition of employment
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Title: Consumer Advocate Outreach
Company: Breaking Ground
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Category: Social Work (Community Health, Substance Abuse Counselor, Crisis Counselor, Family Advocacy & Support Services), Non-Profit & Social Impact (Community Health)
