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22nd Century Technologies, Inc. Housing Specialist / Case Worker / Counselor (Spanish) in Paterson, New Jersey
Job Title: Housing Specialist / Case Worker / Counselor (Spanish)
Location with zip code: Paterson, NJ 07505
Duration: 6 Months+
Payrate : $23/hr on W2
Job Description:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, seek supervision and communicate with supervisor regularly
- Bi-lingual (English-Spanish)
- Assists clients in accessing services available through public welfare and community agencies, needed for them to maintain self-sufficiency and housing.
- Develops resource files on community facilities such as social agencies, clinics, recreational facilities, or nursing homes.
- Completes home visits for updates on the client's current situation and creates plans for needed services.
- Keeps adequate records in the software for the assigned program.
- Prepares brief reports and recommendations for supervisor.
- Assists isolated individuals in finding satisfying social contacts and preventing homelessness.
- Coordinate services by managing continuum of care initiatives.
- Knowledge of social and economic conditions in the community and of welfare practices.
- Primary case manager for a caseload. Clients include individuals who were formerly homeless and have a disability (meeting HUD's definition of chronic homelessness).
- Duties include telephone, in-person, and home visit client contacts.
- Maintain client records in compliance with HUD standards. Income verification, identification of other service needs.
- Provide information, referral, and client education.
- Ability to establish relationships of mutual trust and respect with clients, especially with disadvantaged people of varying ethnic and social background.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions and work independently and make practical application of skills and knowledge acquired through training, experience, and education.
- Ability to Interview clients, conduct assessment, identify resources, assist clients through housing readiness to housing stability.
- Ability to enter case notes, complete HMIS data entry. Conduct telephone, face to face and in-home consultations with clients, and collateral contacts on behalf of the clients.
About our Company: -
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.