Barrier Free Living Family of Companies.
Job Details :
Barrier Free Living (BFL) is dedicated to helping New Yorkers with disabilities live independently in the community. Through its various programs, BFL provides a broad range of residential and non-residential services to disabled survivors of domestic violence, transitional shelter to the disabled homeless, and outreach to physically disabled individuals with mental health and / or chemical addiction issues. Services include case management; housing placements; independent living skills training; occupational therapy; short- and long-term individual counseling; advocacy within the medical, mental health, child welfare, law enforcement, and criminal justice systems; and referrals to outside services.
Freedom House provides emergency shelter and domestic violence’s services for individuals, including those with disabilities and their children. As a crisis shelter for victims of domestic violence we provide comprehensive services to families and single individuals to assist them in recovering from their experiences of trauma. Services include individual and group counseling, advocacy, case management, assistance with housing and government benefits, on-site child care, occupational therapy, on site LPN and mental health referrals. This state-of-the-art facility is the first completely accessible domestic violence shelter for individuals with disabilities in the country.
Responsibilities :
Qualifications :
Start Date : ASAP.
Annual Salary : $59,000.
Hours per week : 35 – Monday through Friday with three days 10 : 00am – 6 : 00pm and two days 11 : 00-7 : 00 pm.
About BarrierFree Living :
Barrier Free Living (BFL) began its ground-breaking work with people with disabilities in 1978 as a Federally-funded Research and Demonstration Project first known as “Project Outward Bound”. Since then, BFL has gone on to work with thousands of people with disabilities, has launched several successful award winning programs and has become a leader in working with survivors of domestic violence with disabilities. To learn more, please visit our website at www.bflnyc.org
Service Coordinator • New York, New York, United States