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7 people are interested
EOP Empowerment Workshop Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: The Partnership for the Homeless
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7 people are interested
The Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) at The Partnership for the Homeless is designed to help clients who are currently unemployed or underemployed find and maintain full-time, sustainable employment as a core part of the road to self-sufficiency.
The EOP Empowerment Workshop Coordinator plays a critical role at the beginning of the EOP. Focusing on personal growth and self-awareness in order to help our clients realize their educational and employment potential and discover a career path is the backbone of EOP's approach. EOP accomplishments this through a series of workshops that use art therapy interwoven with topics such as self-regulation, future orientation, self-efficacy, social intelligence, leadership, and others as they relate to employment. The EOP Empowerment Workshop Coordinator will work closely with our collegiate partners in the oversight of our outcome oriented, group art therapy workshops for our clients.
The EOP Empowerment Workshop Coordinator will work with master's level art therapy students as they create workshops to meet clients' stated goals; assist art therapy interns as they assess clients needs using drawing, painting, sculpting, or other artistic processes;communicate client assessment findings and recommendations; oversee art therapy sessions providing guided self-expression experiences to help clients recover from or cope with cognitive, emotional, or other impairments.
Candidates must have; New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); ability to accept and work with people of diverse backgrounds; superior presentation and communication skills;willingness to travel to multiple sites in NYC; ability to work independently; ability to structure time and manage a schedule in an organized, efficient manner; strong organizational skills and punctuality; belief in the mission of The Partnership for the Homeless along with a desire to give back to the community by fostering the personal and professional growth of others.
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About The Partnership for the Homeless
Location:
305 Seventh Ave, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001, US
Mission Statement
The Partnership for the Homeless was founded in 1983 as a response to the growing homelessness in New York City. Our work with individuals and families who are homeless is based on the principle that housing is the anchor for stability, wellness, and independence. These can truly be recovered only once a family is back in stable housing--or more to the point, in a home--and is once again connected to the surrounding neighborhood. Our goal is to move homeless individuals and families rapidly into housing, and provide them with wraparound services that will help them quickly to become integrated members of the community.
Description
Our Family Resource Center (FRC) in East New York, Brooklyn, where several New York City shelters are located, works with individuals and families who are either at risk of homelessness or are already without a home. In this neighborhood, 57% of residents pay more than 30% of their income (the federal benchmark for housing affordability) toward rent; half of those pay more than 50%. The neighborhood is overwhelmingly African American (60%) and Latino (35%). At the FRC 48% of clients rely on public assistance, and over 70% have annual household incomes below $20,000. Even a minor setback can lead to persistent and recurring homelessness.
Our services include advocacy vis-à-vis the shelter system, housing search assistance and negotiations with landlords, access to subsidies, benefits, legal counseling and representation, health and mental health care and protecting the educational rights of the children. In order to create best practice models based on data and to advocate for policy changes at city, state, and federal levels, we also conduct applied research projects, together with leading social science experts.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
305 Seventh Ave14th FloorNew York, NY 10001
DATE POSTED
October 19, 2017
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Counseling / Mental Health
- Social Work
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 5-10 hours weekly