CRISIS COORDINATOR

The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is the largest organization in the United States dedicated to preventing and addressing homelessness. In partnership with other City Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations, DHS works to prevent homelessness before it begins, reduces street homelessness, provide temporary shelter, and connect individuals and families to stable housing all with a focus on accountability, empathy, and equity.

DHS is committed to continuous improvement and employs innovative strategies to deliver high-quality services that support a swift transition from shelter to self-sufficiency. The agency manages hundreds of facilities and operates with a large team as well as a several billion-dollar budget to meet the diverse needs of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness.

Joint Command Center (JCC) conducts interagency rapid outreach deployment from a central location using precision mapping, client information, and rapid response to incoming notifications. This initiative partners existing homeless response and prevention programs with a series of new initiatives that have been designed to better identify, engage, and transition homeless New Yorkers to appropriate services and, ultimately, permanent housing.
Job Description:

The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is recruiting for three (3) Community Coordinator to function as a Crisis Coordinator who will:

- Guide inter-agency engagements with clients engaged on the street and subway level.

- Conduct canvases throughout the five boroughs both above ground and within the NYC subway systems.

- Engage clients, coordinate placements, complete reports.

- Triage with partner agencies and the DHS contracted outreach teams on clinical interventions.

- Offer services and aids all clients engaged on the street and provide real time strategizing with partner agencies to overcome client or resource challenges.

- Receive, review, and dispatch 311 Service Request as needed.

- Supervise the daily operation of the 311 Service Desk.

- Oversee subordinate staff, manage staffs time and leave, perform field supervision and all functions related to supervision.

- Manage the Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement Street Action Teams.

- Review completed observation tools of field canvassers for corrective action plan.

- Escort clients to shelter placements and/or other appointments/activities; secure and transport client belongings.

- Create and maintain standard set of reporting dashboards.

- Develop and maintain liaison relationships with key contact entities, such as City Department of Transportation, Department of Buildings, Parks Dept., DSNY, State Department of Transportation and others; community boards; faith-based organizations; community-based organizations; other organizations and individuals in defined areas to discuss and address neighborhood, community, and City-wide concerns and challenges regarding homelessness and homeless individuals.

- Provide timely and informative responses to external stakeholders.

Hours/Schedule: 4PMx12AM Sunday-Thursday / Tuesday-Saturday.

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