Housing Advocate - Grant - North FL

Housing Advocate-Grant

Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:

• Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5,250 per qualifying year to invest in your education.
• Health Insurance: Choose from four comprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered.
• Dental Plan: Enjoy an employer-paid dental plan for our valued employees.
• Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employer-paid life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): a free, confidential resource, available to assist employees and their families in dealing with lifes challenges, and the demands of work/life balance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan.
• Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!
• Well-Being Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive well-being program. Employees can earn three additional PTO days per plan year by simply participating.
• 401k Plan: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan with employer contribution of 3%.
• Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Vision Plan, Short & Long-Term Disability coverage, Employee Discounts, and more.

The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety, stability, and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.

Job Summary

Serve as a Housing Advocate to provide diversion/prevention assistance and rapid rehousing assistance (relocation and stabilization services) for child welfare involved families who are precariously housed, at-risk of homelessness or are unsheltered, including: rental application fees, security deposits, first/last months rent, housing search and placement, advocacy/mediation with landlords, legal services (eviction) and credit repair, short-term and/or median-term rental assistance. The Housing Advocate will assist in Parent Needs Assistance (PNAs) as needed. The Housing Advocate will keep track of and document all data related to families served. This is a grant funded position.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide crisis stabilization services, including hotel/motel, emergency shelter, community referrals, concrete needs (food, clothing, baby items, etc.), and advocacy to prevent family disruption.
• Assist families to obtain affordable permanent housing
• Provide housing stabilization services, including community referrals, concrete services, and advocacy to safely maintain families in current living situation.
• Track all referrals and data measures related to families served and monitor/document budget usage and tracking for the grant.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Sociology, Social Work, Psychology or Human Services from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• Candidate should have experience working with at-risk children and/or families and be familiar with area resources, especially related to housing.
• Valid drivers license.

Schedule & Hours

Flexible Schedule Monday-Friday typically 8:30am-5pm