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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Promote the full integration and functioning of Persons Served so they can live successfully in the community
- Identify housing needs and preferences and help Persons Served access and maintain housing
- Provide outreach to Persons Served in shelters, on the street, temporary housing/respite, or GLEs/SIEs
- Assess housing histories and requirements for subsidies and housing programs
- Complete and update housing profiles
- Help complete housing and subsidy paperwork, referrals, applications, and renewals
- Train and support Persons Served in housing searches and tenancy maintenance
- Locate and secure properties and conduct housing searches
- Develop individualized housing plans using Housing First principles
- Help Persons Served understand entitlement and subsidized housing benefits
- Assist transitions into and out of GLE/SIE settings
- Preserve tenancy and prevent homelessness by resolving tenancy issues and coordinating interventions
- Provide housing-related training, information, and expert advice to Persons Served and Team members
- Perform and model evidence-based clinical and recovery-oriented interventions, including Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, SBIRT, Housing First, Stages of Change, WRAP, Seeking Safety, and Cognitive Behavioral interventions
- Document Persons Served needs and services
- Educate and support families and friends regarding housing needs and preferences
- Manage Team-allocated subsidies, subsidy referrals, and databases
- Maintain lists of subsidized and affordable housing programs, properties, and resources
- Develop relationships with property managers, landlords, Community Development Corporations, and housing authorities
- Act as primary contact with housing entities to facilitate rapid placement
- Participate in Vinfen's Housing Coordinator Community of Practice Workgroup
- Attend residential staff meetings as needed
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
What you’ll need- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor's degree in mental health, social services, or business preferred
- Experience working with people with serious psychiatric conditions preferred
- Experience managing affordable housing and/or housing supports preferred
- Knowledge of housing subsidy programs
- One year experience in Real Estate brokerage or management preferred
- Must have access to an operational and insured vehicle and be willing to use it to transport PS
- Valid US driver's license required at employment; must maintain adequate insurance and a safe driving record if using a personal vehicle
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Must have maintained a valid US driver's license for at least one year
- Must pass a driver's screening background check
- CPR required within first two weeks of hire
- First Aid required within two weeks of hire
- MAP required within 150 days of hire
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb, and lift at least 25 pounds
- Ability to operate a computer and office equipment
- Ability to assist Persons Served with tasks of daily living
- Ability to communicate with Persons Served, staff, and external representatives
Benefits
Comp & perks- A fully funded 401(a), employer-sponsored retirement plan requiring no employee contribution
- Employee-funded 403(b) plan
- Medical, Dental and Vision plans for eligible employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more
- Employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance
- Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance for qualifying employees
- Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
- Voluntary Term Life, Whole Life, Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Generous paid time off for employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week
- Great training
- Career growth
- Job security