Outreach Worker

OUTREACH WORKER

FLSA Status: Part-time, Hourly, Non-Exempt
FTE: .5
Salary Range: $24.00 - $26.00/hourly
Website: https://guildservices.org

**This position is time-limited and will end on 6/30/25**

This position involves providing direct support to long-term homeless households who are connected to Guild for services. Guild does Outreach in Dakota, Scott and Anoka Counties. The Outreach Worker will work in partnership and collaboration with social service and housing providers to ensure that homeless households decrease the time between referral and being housed, make connections with other services as needed, and remain engaged.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Coordinate intake and perform an individualized needs assessment for all clients to develop a Housing Service Plan. Provide on-going assessment of client’s progress and modify accordingly.
• Contact individuals experiencing homelessness daily or as required weekly, at all locations where they may congregate in the community.
• Provide transportation to the client for necessary services, including appointments and court proceedings, as required.
• Assist the clients with the housing application process, complete the necessary paperwork for supportive and subsidized housing, and survey the rental market for affordable housing options.
• Advocate for clients with prospective landlords and ensure that they complete a Coordinated Entry Assessment to be placed on the priority pool for potential housing opportunities.
• Attend monthly trainings offered by DHS and stakeholders or as needed.
• Document all interactions and communications within electronic systems.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Social service and community resources.
• Housing markets in service areas and barriers to accessing housing.
• The needs of people with mental health diagnoses.
• The needs of people who have histories of homelessness and available resources.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social services or related field
• Minimum of one year working, or personal experience related to the homeless population and/or with coordinated entry systems.

Preferred:

• Experience in either a housing-related field or social services, working with households with multiple barriers, such as mental illness, substance use, and histories of trauma is preferred.
• Qualified as a mental health practitioner/case manager or case manager associate is preferred.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be ambulatory and able to negotiate stairways.
• A valid Class ‘D’ Driver’s License, reliable vehicle, satisfactory driving record and necessary insurance.
• Ability to perform CPR and First Aid and respond to emergencies.
• Must not be actively receiving services from Guild Incorporated and must not have received services within the last two years.

Working Conditions:

• This position is based at Guild Paul Area; however, the majority of work is in the field as services are provided to individuals wherever needed. This position requires transporting individuals in personal vehicle regularly. This position has the potential to come into contact with bodily fluids and/or communicable diseases and/or tobacco smoke.

Physical Requirements:

• Walking and standing continuously for hours at a time.
• Prolonged periods at a desk, working on a computer.

Guild’s Employer Promise
We know you do your best work when you feel supported and have the flexibility to meet all of life’s demands, no matter what those demands might be. Guild is an environment where your emotional, physical, and social wellbeing matters. A place where we’re motivated to care for each other and to work together to make a difference in the lives of our clients. We show up for our clients and we show up for each other. And Guild shows up for you.

About Guild
Guild is a Minnesota not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that empowers those living with mental illness and/or experiencing long-term homelessness by helping them find the tools they need to lead stable, fulfilling lives in communities of their choosing.

Benefit Highlights

• Flexible work arrangements
• Autonomous managers
• Separate vacation, wellness, and sick time
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, and retirement benefits
• Modern technology (enables flexibility, communication and collaboration)
• Sick leave donation
• Supportive culture
• Investment in individual and group training and development

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)