NYU SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK JOB OPPORTUNITY: TRANSITION SUPPORT SPECIALIST (TSS) Location: Houston PART TIME (15-25 hours a week) This position is hybrid and requires the ability to travel to on-site visits with agency partners, team meetings and in-person duties in the Houston area as needed. Date of posting: 1.27.25 Salary: $19/hour Initial appointment term: 10 months Study title: Charge Up!: Adaptation of Critical Time Intervention for Young Adults with Mental Health Challenges in the Transition from Homelessness to Housing Principal Investigator: Dr. Sarah Narendorf Duties and Responsibilities ● Providing direct support to caseload of 8-10 young adults enrolled in the intervention ● Document interactions in RedCap system ● Assist in developing intervention manuals ● Attend regular check-in and team meetings ● Assist young adults in identifying employment and other community resources Performance evaluation procedure · The TSS will meet with the Principal Investigator individually on a bi-weekly basis and weekly with other team members to review completed tasks, staff cases and plan next activities. During these contacts the TSS will discuss professional and academic development goals. Required Education, Experience, and Skills ● Lived expertise with housing instability and mental health challenges ● Leadership development experience through mentoring or youth leadership program ● Experience providing support and mentorship to youth ● Interest in providing unconditional support to young adults transitioning to supported housing ● Excellent data collection, data entry and data management skills ● High level of attention to detail, flexibility, ability to work on a team ● Commitment to intervention guiding values of power sharing, authenticity, grace, culture of care, accountability, and systems change. Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills ● Post-secondary education including college credits or structured vocational training For people in the EU, click here for information on your privacy rights under GDPR: www.nyu.edu/it/gdpr NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. Sustainability Statement NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/sustainability