For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness.
Our residential housing programs serve clients with a variety of needs, including those who are formerly homeless and those struggling with mental illness.
One of every five families in the United States suffers from serious housing deprivation. They either live in physically inadequate buildings, suffer from severe overcrowding, or spend an excessive proportion of their income for shelter. Housing costs have increased to the point that millions of families cannot obtain decent housing unless they deprive themselves of other essentials of life. Our Catholic tradition insists that shelter is one of the basic rights of the human person.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters in Social Work or related field.
• NY State LMSW or LCSW preferred.
• Three + years demonstrated housing or related experience with formerly homeless population.
• 2-4 years’ experience training/supervising staff.
• Must be able to take initiative, work independently, and work as well as part of a team.
• Ability to appropriately assess/de-escalate/intervene in crisis.
• Able to travel throughout the five boroughs as needed.
• Ability to respond to 24-hour emergency by phone.
• Bilingual Preferred.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, & climbing stairs.

Please refer the Job description for details