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NYC VISTA - Adult Protective Services VISTA
 
 
 
Human Resources Administration (HRA)/ Adult Protective Services (APS) is a crisis intervention program that provides services to individuals who suffer from mental and/or physical impairment that results in clients inability to self-care, are at risk of harm and/or have unmet needs, and have no one willing and/or able to assist them. When APS is unable to reduce/remove the client’s risk, APS petitions the Supreme Court requesting for a community guardian to be appointed. A legal guardian is appointed by the Supreme Court to serve individuals declared incapacitated adults who are “at risk” – that is, adults who would require institutionalization if they did not receive this special assistance. The program’s services are essential for these adults to remain as independent as possible in the larger community. Services include financial management, social, psychiatric, medical and legal services, heavy cleaning, shopping, transportation and administration of the other benefits to which these adults are entitled. Currently, HRA/APS and the community guardian programs, including its vendor agencies, serve approximately 9000 of NYC’s most vulnerable population, who are characterized as underserved population, majority of whom are low income individuals living in poverty, who have medical and/or mental health diagnosis. The VISTA member will play a key role building capacity building by assessing current policies and procedures, develop data management and reporting tools to improve success in the agencies’ social service teams, providing services who are serving 4500 underserved clients, majority of whom are low income individuals living in poverty.
 
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Member Duties : The goal of this project is to improve the capacity of the Adult Protective Services unit to support the management and performance of partner agencies, identify areas of gap in services and developing and implementing tools to support agency efficiency.The VISTA member will: •Identify strengths and challenges of the current oversight process •Develop timeline for assessment and development of policies, procedures and tools •Develop/enhance policies and processes of vendors’ oversight process •Conduct focus group sessions in order to obtain and incorporate managers’ feedback into the new process •Develop a plan for improvement of current oversight process •Develop a plan for improvement of current oversight tools •Assess areas requiring oversight •Design oversight tools •Develop a process to address any abnormal findings •Review service delivery process and practice and identify gap in services •Develop process to assure no gap in service exists
 
Program Benefits : Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Unlimited Monthly MetroCard ,  Health Coverage* ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Homelessness ,  Community Outreach ,  Education . 
 
Skills :
Team Work ,  Community Organization ,  Computers/Technology ,  Teaching/Tutoring ,  General Skills ,  Social Services . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
NYC VISTA - Adult Protective Services VISTA
Program Start/End Date
08/03/2018  -   08/02/2019
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
High school diploma/GED
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations NEW YORK   New York City (inc. Long Island CT NJ NY)  
Accepting Applications
From  04/13/2018  To  06/30/2018 
Contact Aaron Miner
253 Broadway
New York   NY   10007
212-788-7550
NYCVISTA@CITYHALL.NYC.GOV
www.nyc.gov/service
Listing ID 80095

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