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Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org
Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.
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Benefits:We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.
Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a “CBA”) between Housing Works and the RWDSU
Compensation Range: $24/hr - $26/hr commensurate with experience
Overview:
The Housing Works/ Bailey House Short Term Housing Program provides emergency transitional housing services to Homeless or Unstably housing individuals living with HIV. Reporting to the Director of Short-Term Housing Services, the Data Specialist is responsible for leading data operations for the Short-Term Housing Contracts.
Responsibilities:
- Working closely with the case management team, the Data Specialist is responsible for registering service deliverables information from the client case file into eShare.
- Communications reminders to the case management team around important deadlines and service provision needs.
- Understand data requirements and deliverables for the funder and key stakeholders across contracts.
- Stay up to date on new funder/grant requirements related to data bases and data entry.
- Develop, implement and monitor data integrity policies and procedures.
- Present data analysis reports and trends at department and agency meetings.
- Troubleshoot technical issues or errors with databases which may include submitting tickets or coordinating with IT Department.
- Lead program audit readiness process.
- Responsible for updating data collection tools in response to funder changes or agency needs and coordinating these changes with program staff.
- All other tasks, or projects, as assigned by supervisor.
- Display Housing Works core values in all functions of the position.
- Provide culturally competent services in accordance with Housing Works policies and practices.
- Promotes Housing Works core values consistently.
- Bachelor’s Degree Required.
- Experience with eSHARE, AIRS, eClinical Works, or other case management data base preferred.
- Experience with social services preferred.
- 80% of the job is in the office.
