1 Housing Support Specialist - HDSC Job in Athens, GA
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems is Hiring a Housing Support Specialist - HDSC Near Athens, GA
Duties And Responsibilities
- The expectation is to have daily contact with each program participant to work on a variety of skills and coping mechanisms to support the success community re-integration and transition to independent living.
- Assistance with development of daily living skills to promote independent living to include but not limited to: maintaining personal hygiene, maintaining clean and livable residences, development of cooking skills, and general community re-integration
- Client medication management and skill building around the importance of developing good habits related to overall physical and mental health.
- Utilization of evidence- based practices such as Motivational Interviewing, WRAP, Wham, and intentional peer support to assist clients in successful daily living and independence.
- Provide proactive housing discharge planning which may include actively supporting the participant in the following activities: contacting prospective landlords to schedule initial application processes; schedule housing interviews for consumers; assistance with rental application process
- Assist with transportation and system navigation skill to assist with documentation necessary to qualify for housing.
- Transport clients as deemed necessary. Transportation requirements should be limited to housing and job searches and occasional visits to relevant social service agencies and/or health services.
- Help consumers understand and meet tenancy obligations such as timely rent payments and other lease requirements
- Provide referrals and care linkage to help clients maintain contact with services for disability applications and employment
- Provide information and referral assistance regarding available support from appropriate social service agencies and/or community programs
- Assist in the development of and encourage adherence to a personal budget through proactive housing and budget counseling sessions; provide budget counseling and education to assist clients in establishing payment plans for bills and past debts to assist clients in obtaining and maintaining housing
- Assist participants in development of a strength-based/solution-focused individualized goal and action plan that promotes permanent housing and self-sufficiency; develop an effective, timely referral network in order to ensure ongoing direction and support as needed.
- Identify participant strengths and barriers to stability and assist participants to reducing barriers and linking to resources and services.
- Provide pro-active follow-up home visits to ensure stability and further progress towards self-sufficiency; this includes support, advocacy, reducing isolation, listening, problem solving, and identification of resources to assist with reintegration of participants in the community.
- Apply knowledge of residential lease contracts to educate clients of their rights and responsibilities in order to promote successful transition to independent living
- Maintain accurate daily logs records, monthly outcome reports, and files for each client.
- Maintain a complete working file providing activity documentation and copies of all corresponding paperwork.
- Attend and participate in monthly staff meetings with program leadership and other community support programs, group supervision, and individual supervision as required by the program
- Attend and participate in trainings as required to promote ongoing professional growth and development
- Complete and submit incident reports to the Supervisor within 24 hours of an incident occurring as required by the program
Preferred Qualifications1-3 years working in homeless or residential services and/or working within the behavioral health field. Experience providing housing services and/or community mental health services. Knowledge of and/or proficiency with electronic health records and documentation of client services. A passion for connecting with people experiencing severe and persistent illness is a must.
Certificates, Licenses, RegistrationsNone
Job Summary
Full Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$30k-56k (estimate)
06/17/2023
07/07/2024
advantagebhs.org
ATHENS, GA
500 - 1,000
2000
SHARYN BORTLE
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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About Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems (ABHS) is a publicly-funded provider of behavioral health, developmental disability and addictive disease services for Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties. A Community Service Board (CSB) is the governing body for Advantage Behavioral Health Systems and is comprised of members from the counties we serve. We contract with the Georgia Department of Human Resources to provide the following services: * Community Outreach, Prevention & Education * Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health and Addictive Dise...ase Services * Adult Outpatient Behavioral Health Services * Community Intervention/Risk Reduction Program * Inpatient Detox Services * Outpatient Alcohol & Other Drug Counseling * Womens Services * Emergency Services * Offender Services * Assertive Community Treatment Services (ACT) * Community Support Individual * Day Habilitation for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities * Community Employment Services * Residential Services
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