Housing Stabilization Advocate

Objective: Provide advocacy to victim/survivors who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless by assisting them in maintaining or obtaining safe, stable permanent housing.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

· The Housing Stabilization Advocate coordinates housing stability advocacy assists survivors with applying for local public or income-based housing through Kansas City, Housing Authority or private landlords.

· Provide education and services to include, savings accounts budgeting, debt reduction, credit repair and other services to obtain financial sustainability and avoid returning to homelessness.

· Provide life skills education as well as coupon use, shopping skills, cooking, nutrition, housekeeping, and using public transportation as well as a housing plan to get them re-housed into safe permanent housing.

· Refer clients to other agencies and mainstream community resources and advocate directly with other agencies as needed to help client access necessary services.

· Maintain service partnerships with referral agencies.

· Conduct shelter client assessments and intakes. Orientate clients to shelter and shelter guidelines.

· Assure that appropriate shelter guidelines are practiced.

· Assist clients in identifying and fulfilling personal and service needs.

· Comply with all agency policies and safety procedures.

· Document shelter happenings and client activities, as necessary.

· Provide transportation to survivors for housing, medical, mental health, and court appointments to address immediate health and safety concerns.

· Maintain confidentiality of all participants’ personal information and identity.

· Oversee shelter environment and activities, facilitate problem solving for in-house conflicts and

crises encourage and model appropriate shelter interactions. Mediate on behalf of residential

clients when appropriate.

· Provide appropriate follow-up and documentation of emergency incidents or non-compliance of shelter guidelines.

· Attend staff meetings, staff development trainings and support staff in their development and training and submit reports as required.

· Provide any and all shelter support as directed by Supervisor Program Director, Executive Director or Chief Executive Officer.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Qualifications:

· A Bachelor’s Degree in human services or related field or equivalent work or volunteer experience and training preferred.

· Must work well with persons of varied sexual preference, racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic backgrounds, and with individuals who are differently-abled.

· Awareness of relationship violence, child abuse, stalking, and sexual abuse and assault preferred.

· Knowledge of counseling and advocacy techniques for people who have been victims of domestic violence, including crisis intervention and case management skills beneficial.

· Previous employment or volunteer work in human services, community agencies or other related nonprofit or social change organizations a plus.

· Good oral and written communication and computer skills are required.

· Bilingual (Spanish/English) speaker preferred but not required.

· Position requires the ability to work flexible hours including some evenings and weekends and on-call scheduling.

Friends of Yates, Inc. (FOY) is an equal opportunity employer. FOY does not consider race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or marital status in employment decisions. It is our policy to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment, or bias based upon these grounds

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $40,000 - $45,000