Job Title:                Clinical Coordinator
Job location:           Bronx, NY
Department:          Geel Bedford Park
FLSA :                               Exempt / Professional
Reports to:           Director of Supported Housing
Function:                 Provides direct supervision of two Senior Case Managers and six case managers in a scatter site supportive housing program

Hours:                      35 hours per week, Monday through Friday
Program hours:   Office is open from 10:00 AM-6:00 PM Mon.-Thurs. and 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Fridays
Salary:                      Annualized at $76,768.00 with comprehensive benefits package
RevisionDate :     November 15, 2024

Geel Community Services’ Mission

Our mission is to enable people with mental illness and co-occurring disorders to establish and maintain safety and stability in a supportive living environment. Geel's housing and support services combine a coordinated, self-directed approach that is individually tailored, and trauma informed. Our model promotes increased self-sufficiency, self-worth, recovery, and the ability for those we serve to live independently within their communities.

Program Description:

Geel Bedford Park Supported Housing is a scatter site supportive housing residence with 128 beds in studio and one- bedroom apartment units designated to house chronically homeless individuals and families living with serious mental illness (SMI), some with co-occurring disorders, and referred from the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA).

Supportive case management services are meant to assist individuals to deal with Daily Living Skill concerns as it relates to maintaining themselves and their apartments. The major goal areas are rehabilitation, mental health, physical health and socialization and the objectives may include budgeting, medication management, crisis intervention, prevocational training, entitlements, supportive counseling, group dynamics and referral to appropriate service providers.

Essential Responsibility and Role of a Clinical Coordinator

The Clinical Coordinator job has two major areas of responsibility. They are to assist and assume when needed the program responsibilities of the Director of Supported Housing and General Case Management responsibilities. The Clinical Coordinator should be able to assume the role of the Director of Supported Housing in the event of the Supported Housing Director’s absence and to assist the Supported Housing Director in the performance and duty of the Supported Housing Director’s job. The Clinical Coordinator will coordinate, supervise and monitor the overall work, responsibilities and caseloads of the senior case managers, case managers, direct-care workers, and any MSW student interns assigned to Geel Bedford Park, which include and not limited to:

• Provide and document individual staff
• Conduct Quarterly Chart audits and maintain regulatory standards for all case
• Co-facilitate weekly team

The Clinical Coordinator will also be responsible to supervise and ensure implementation of each recipient’s individualized housing support plan, which include monitoring of services provided by direct-care staff and services/treatment recipients receive from outside service providers, support-plan linked progress notes, progress reports and required periodic plan reviews. The Clinical Coordinator will also be responsible to jointly coordinate property maintenance in Geel Bedford Park  with the agency’s property maintenance handyman, supported housing direct-care staff, and Director of Supported Housing. The Clinical Coordinator reports to and is supervised by the Director of Supported Housing. Clinical Coordinator reports to the Quality Assurance Coordinator II or Assistant Executive Director in the absence of the Director of Supported Housing.

Qualifications and Requirements

Master’s degree in human services or related field with one year supervisory experience preferred or Bachelor's degree with three years of experience in social services and one year supervisory experience required.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to access apartments above first floor with or without elevator
• Must be able travel to different

A full job description is available upon interview. To apply for this position please go to agency web site and Career Page

https://geelcs.org/jobs/clinical-coordinator/

Geel Community Services is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer