Job Description

Who We Are:  CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports, they need to thrive.  We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 180 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach almost 80,000 individuals and families, including almost 13,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are living in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.

CAMBA operates 6 single adult shelters and 6 family shelters and one drop in center. Each shelter offers clients a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility.  Homeless (often mentally-ill and substance-abusing) men and women are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into to permanent and/or supported housing.

CAMBA’s The Kensington Family Shelter is funded by New York City Department of Homeless Services and offers families a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility.  It provides comprehensive case management services to 64 families who are in a transitional residence program for homeless families with the goal of moving them to permanent housing. Each shelter offers clients a supportive, structured, therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility.  Homeless families are provided with comprehensive services to stabilize their condition in order to successfully transition into permanent and/or supported housing. The five story facility has 4 floors plus a basement with rooms of various sizes, common areas and provides on-site security and social services.

Position: Shift Supervisor

Reports To: APO-Director of Security & Operations

Location: 385 McDonald Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11218

What The Shift Supervisor Does:

The person filling this position is expected, under general supervision, to ensure the smooth running of all facility/operations and services on a day-to-day basis, in order to ensure that all client goals, targets, and performance outcomes are met on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, including the following:

• Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality.
• Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures.
• Comply with any and all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually Identifiable health information.
• Input client data using DHS' CARES database, as needed.
• Communicate effectively with clients, peers, supervisors, and funders.
• Ensure regulatory compliance is met per NYS DHS, NYS 0TDA, NYC FDNY, NYC of Health, NYC Coalition for the Homeless, etc., is adhered to. (i.e., logbook entries, bed checks, client belongings, security, client care, medication, etc.).
• Ensure security and residential aide and social service staff conduct new client orientation within 24 hours of entry into the facility.
• Ensure the safety and security of operations of the facility by maintaining adequate staffing levels.
• Must remain on-site to provide supervisory coverage at all times, including lunch breaks, when working shifts as the only on-site Shift Supervisor.
• Ensure inventory of security equipment is up to date.
• Ensure security of valuables and medications in safe/cabinet.
• Retrieve, observe and document client's self-administration of medications, as appropriate.
• Manage and coordinate the day-to-day functions of the shift ensuring programming, rounds, and client care services are occurring.
• Professionally respond to complaints, incidents and emergencies and/or Incidents and interview all parties, analyze, collect data, document and report the situation.
• Resolve individual conflicts and disputes between staff or clients in a respectful and solution-based manner.
• Participate in program meetings as requested.
• Engage clients to address issues that arise on the shift and document and communicate via written logs, face-to-face meetings to ensure appropriate staff are aware.
• Monitor clients' safety and ensure safety policies and procedures are practiced daily.
• Overcome resistance to change from clients.
• Provide all required information for shift reports to CAMBA management and/or to funders.
• In the absence of adequate staffing, will have direct service/program responsibility in addition to the above.
• Enforce and adhere to the Good Neighbor Policy and respond to community concerns when appropriate.
• May conduct initial intake or initial and/or periodic assessments of clients.
• May reach out and market the program to the community in order to obtain resources for clients.
• Task may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over a period of time.

Education & Licenses Required:

• Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) in a related field

Minimum Education/Experience Required:

• Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualification:

• Bi-lingual English and Spanish

Pre & Post-Employment Requirements:

• If off-site or school-based, may require of Health, Dept. of Education fingerprint clearance; doctor's note certifying good health; proof of negative results from TB test; and State Central Registry (SCR) clearance.
• If off-site or school-based, ability to maintain State Central Registry (SCR) clearance and fingerprint clearance throughout the duration of

Compensation : $50392- $51904 annually
When salary ranges are listed, the range would represent the low and high end for the applicable position & program. The salary offered would be based on various factors unique to each program and candidate. This includes but is not limited to experience, education, budget and/or program size, internal equity, skills and other factors that may be required for the position and organization.

Status: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Benefits : CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time), and paid holidays.

CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, socio-economic status, marital or veteran status, pregnancy status or sexual orientation.

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