What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual (Haitian Creole / Spanish) Housing Placement Specialist position at FamilyAid?
FamilyAid is Greater Boston's leading provider of solutions to family homelessness. Our mission is to empower parents and caregivers facing homelessness to secure and sustain housing and build solid foundations for their children's futures.
We prevent homelessness whenever possible; reduce harm if homelessness can't be avoided by getting families stably housed as quickly as possible and mitigating trauma, especially for children; and provide wraparound supports for children and parents that foster long-term stability.
FamilyAid provides children and parents with a path to permanent housing via educational programs, housing search and placement support, and connections to vital resources they need to return to their own homes. We employ a two-generation (2Gen) educational model that focuses on parents and children's needs, teaching families how to quickly overcome the barriers they face to return to stable housing.
We have quadrupled in size in the last five years and remain on an exciting growth trajectory to serve more than 5,000 children and parents this year. We have launched bold new strategies to reduce two-generation homelessness by deepening and increasing our prevention, housing, and supportive services for children and parents. Significant new funding powers our strategic vision of serving more families through a deepened 2Gen approach that reduces homelessness's cause, scope, and impact.
Our supportive, collaborative, diverse workplace of more than 120 professionals is ideal for a skilled, result-oriented Bilingual (Haitian Creole / Spanish) Housing Placement Specialist driven to help children and families thrive. FamilyAid has been recognized as a 2023 Top Workplace by the Boston Globe Media.
The Bilingual (Haitian Creole / Spanish) Housing Placement Specialist will provide housing search services to a caseload of homeless families, will work collaboratively with each family and their case manager to assess, and identify the family’s needs and barriers to safe stable housing and will conduct housing search with consideration to each’s family’s housing plan and will coordinate placement and moves as quickly as possible.
Job requirements:
Bachelor’s degree required.
3 years professional housing experience required.
Bilingual in English and Spanish / Haitian Creole required.
Experience with pre-tenancy and tenancy processes.
Experience working with Landlords and property managers.
Experience with subsidized/low-income/tax credits housing.
Strong understanding of the Boston and Metro rental market preferred.
Strong interest in working with families from diverse social, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, using a culturally sensitive, team-oriented, and strength-based approach.
Strong documentation and organizational skills required.
Valid driver’s license with the ability to operate a vehicle safely.
Our supportive, collaborative, and diverse workplace of more than 120 professionals is ideal for a skilled, result-oriented professional, driven to help children and families thrive.
Work Schedule and Conditions: This position is currently hybrid. FamilyAid’s headquarters is located at 3815 Washington Street, Boston, Ma 02130. Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM-5PM, 40 hours/week. Some evening availability is required, with the flexibility to best meet client and program needs.
FamilyAid Boston is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age.
