Safety Officer - Congregate - Cardinal Medeiros Center

Bay Cove Human Services’ mission is to partner with people to overcome challenges and realize personal potential. Bay Cove pursues this mission by providing individualized and compassionate services to people facing the challenges associated with developmental disabilities, mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness at more than 175 program sites throughout Greater Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts.

Bay Cove Human Services is committed to ensuring the representation and participation of candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We encourage all qualified individuals, particularly those from historically marginalized groups, to apply.

Job Summary: The Congregate Case Manager provides onsite service coordination and activities to tenants of a housing site that serves men and women over the age of 62.

This is a non-exempt position.

Essential Functions of Position:

• Serve as leader of the multi-disciplinary assessment team (MAT), facilitate screening applicants.
• Assist residents with translation, or arrange for a translator, in order to facilitate daily activities such as making medical appointments, finance issues, housing, etc.
• Recruit applicants for congregate housing through community education and outreach.
• Develop and implement a supportive service plan for each tenant.
• Coordinate the delivery of supportive services to tenants of congregate housing.
• Support each tenant in making day-to-day adjustments to congregate housing.
• Integrate the congregate housing project into the community.
• Encourage the maintenance of self-reliance and foster the development of mutual support among tenants.
• Develop and implement a plan to handle emergencies.
• Participate in on-going evaluation of the congregate housing facility.
• Develop and implement social activities and programs which promote individual healthand community living.
• Work collaboratively with the property management company
• Maintain HMIS database and assist the housing manager with the annual progress report

Job Qualifications:

• BA in Social Work or Human Services, or 3-5 years’ experience
• Must be able to assess support service needs of elders homeless services
• Experience coordinating and integrating community resources
• Staff supervisory experience is helpful

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