What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housing Stabilization Specialist (Haitian Creole or Spanish) position at Activate Care?

Job Description

This is an onsite role where applicants should reside within the Raynham , MA area to be considered for this position.

About Activate Care :

At Activate Care, we’re on a mission to improve health equity and drive improved health outcomes across the country. Our Community Care Record platform enables healthcare and community organizations to coordinate care for populations challenged with health-related social needs. Path Assist is our tech-enabled community health worker program for HRSN utilizing an evidence-based, structured intervention. Our goal is simple : increase health confidence, improve self-efficacy, and reduce inappropriate healthcare spend.

Activate Care has partnered with Commonwealth Care Alliance & Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide supportive temporary emergency shelter to families under the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities’ Emergency Assistance program. To assist a rapidly growing number of unhoused families, including thousands of families migrating from Haiti due to natural disasters and civil unrest.

Role Overview :

The Housing Stabilization Specialist will act as a client advocate, and conduct housing stabilization activities to ensure tenancy preservation for families who have transitioned out of CCA-supported family shelter sites into permanent housing across Massachusetts. This role will conduct minimum monthly outreach to families and landlords and engage in tenancy preservation activities where appropriate. Additionally, they will support housing initiatives, including but not limited to medical resources, school progress, and connecting families to other resources as appropriate.

This position requires regular on-site presence at the designated housing hub and their assigned shelter location within Massachusetts. This position will require regular travel using their personal vehicle to travel to various client locations during designated working hours to ensure families and individuals address unique needs to maintain successful long-term housing.

Responsibilities :

Conduct housing stabilization activities to ensure tenancy preservation for families who have transitioned out of CCA-supported family shelter sites into permanent housing

Demonstrate integrity and empathy by working with passion, commitment and honesty in the best interest of colleagues and members in a collaborative manner.

Conduct at minimum, monthly outreach to families

Conduct at minimum, monthly outreach to the landlord

Medicate relationships between client / family and landlord

Intervene if tenancy is endangered

Advocate for client / family with housing court

Routinely assess client / families needs as they evolve

Assist with medical care connections

Monitor family and children’s school progress

Document and update the Stabilization plan as required in ETO online platform

Document progress with ETO touchpoints

Collaborate with case managers and housing navigation liaisons to ensure smooth transitions of family support

Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications & Skills :

Minimum of High School Diploma is required, Bachelor’s degree preferred

2 years of experience providing intensive housing placement services preferred

Must be fluent in Haitian Creole and English, fluency in Spanish is a plus

Valid Massachusetts Drivers License and consistent, reliable transportation with the ability to travel throughout Massachusetts during working hours is required.

Previous experience working within Emergency & Family Shelters settings is preferred

Experience working with individuals who have recently immigrated to the US, particularly from Haiti is preferred

Must be highly organized and self-directed with a proven ability to work with supervision on projects of a diverse nature

Requires excellent interpersonal skills to communicate and work with staff and external partners of all skill and experience levels

Experience in shelters, social services or related environments supporting people with housing navigation.

Strong in identifying problems and opportunities for improvement with plans for resolution.

Must be able to work collaboratively and create an atmosphere of trust and respect within project teams and with external partners

Intermediate Computer skills : including Excel, pivot tables, lookup functions, etc and other Microsoft Office products.

High sense of diplomacy to recognize politically sensitive issues

Ability to take personal initiative and work independently, as well as part of a team

Diversity & Inclusion :

At Activate Care, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military, and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Activate Care believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

The Company will not sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.

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