Employment Specialist
- Employer
- Physician Affiliate Group of New York
- Location
- Bronx, New York
- Posted Date
- Dec 2, 2022
- Reference
- 7211
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- Specialty
- Internal Medicine
- Position Type
- Permanent
Job Details
PAGNY is comprised of over 4,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the largest public health system in the United States. Our practitioners are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi , located in the Bronx, accommodates more than 325,000 outpatient visits, more than 100,000 emergency room visits and more than 20,000 inpatient admissions annually. The hospital is renowned for The Trauma Center, staffed to treat any traumatic injury or illness, the fully accredited Breast Health Center, and The Burn Center, with more than 40 years of work in burn care. The hospital also serves patients of many other needs.?The hospital maintains an academic affiliation with Albert Einstein Medical College of Yeshiva University .
Responsibilities:
- The SUV (Stand Up to Violence) is a gun violence prevention initiative run out of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi. The SUV program is an evidence-based, violence reduction initiative that treats gun violence as a disease by identifying its causes and interrupting its transmission. The program hires a community outreach team of credible messengers - individuals who are hired from the communities in which they work and have backgrounds similar to those with whom they aim to connect - mentor the highest risk youth with an emphasis on conflict mediation and violence prevention.
- In order to prevent violence, methods and strategies associated with disease control are implemented:
Detecting and interrupting conflicts Outreach Workers (OW) identify and mediate conflict between high-risk individuals and groups in order to prevent violence and ongoing acts of retaliation.
Treating the highest-risk individuals The OWs mentor and support high-risk youth and young adults (ages 14 to 28) and connect them to educational, vocational, recreational and social services changing social norms
Under the direction of the Assistant Program Director and/or Executive Program Director, the
Employment and Education Specialist will:
Assist participants in obtaining and maintaining employment that is consistent with their individual vocational goals
Assess participants' vocational functioning on an ongoing basis utilizing background information and work experiences
Conduct job development and job search activities directed towards positions that are individualized to the interests and uniqueness of the population
Provide outreach to employer contacts and serving as an advocate for participants and staff; providing necessary engagement with participants and staff to connect them to opportunities both within crisis management System and outside of crisis management system
Assist participants and community partners with the implementation of the Anti-Gun Violence Employment Program and other employment opportunities offered through the Crisis management system which may include but not limited to:
Helping participants with documentation requirements
Creating partnerships with local stakeholders, organizations, and businesses to serve as worksites for youth job placements
Attend meetings and trainings offered through agency partners to aid in the implementation of the employment program
Maintain required program documentation
Performs other duties necessary to further the goals of the SUV program
Qualifications:
- 2- 3 years' experience in a similar role
- BA/BS preferred but not required
- Experience working with people who have experienced trauma, peer led work and/or in the criminal justice field
- A sense of humor and a love for working with at-risk youth
- Those with a history of criminal justice involvement are encouraged to apply.
- Proof of Covid 19 vaccination required prior to hire
Benefits include:
- Competitive compensation package
- 10% 401K company contribution after one year of service
- Choice of a three-tiered nearly FREE medical plan
- Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage
- Generous paid time off program
- Salary $55,000
EOE M/F/D/V
Company
PAGNY is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City. PAGNY people do more than diagnose and treat; we uplift the spirits and dignity of patients because we love what we do, and it shows. PAGNY is committed to recruiting and retaining productive and enthusiastic physicians and promotes our health professionals’ wellness.
Our mission is to provide accountable, responsive, quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of our multicultural population throughout the New York Community.
Our vision is to set the standard for service through the provision of outstanding, patient-centered care and to create a legacy of healthcare excellence in the decades to come.
Our values are:
Compassion
Respect
Innovation
- Website
- http://www.pagny.org/
- Telephone
- 646-714-2123
- Location
-
55 West 125th Street
10th floor
New York
NY
10027
US
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