What are the responsibilities and job description for the Camino Stabilization Specialist position at Heading Home, Inc?
Location: Lawrence & Boston, MA
Position Type: Full Time, Non-Exempt
Overview:
Camino a Casa, a subsidiary of Heading Home, Inc., seeks a talented, hard-working, and eager candidate to join our housing and stabilization team to provide housing placement and stabilization support to homeless and at-risk households. The Stabilization specialist will assist households to secure and maintain permanent housing and develop/implement an individualized housing stabilization plan to meet their own identified goals and remain stably housed.
Responsibilities:
- Provide Case/Housing management services to families transitioning to their own housing.
- Develop, input, and revise (as necessary) stabilization plan.
- Contact Stabilization clients at least once a month to review and update Stabilization Plan.
- Meet with families face to face quarterly as well as keep telephone monthly contact log.
- When necessary, identify other potential permanent housing opportunities i.e., public housing, low-income housing, lotteries, fair market rent
- Assist families in overcoming obstacles and barriers preventing permanent housing stability
- Maintain written documentation on housing and overall progress as well as enter monthly reports and case notes into State’s ETO touchpoint system.
- Coordinate stabilization services to families placed in housing to ensure safe, sanitary, affordable housing stability.
- Conduct regular home visits (when necessary) with participants to support them in maintaining housing stability.
- Assist families and /or individuals to connect with community services and make appropriate resource referrals
- Maintain confidentiality of client, employee and agency information in accordance with federal and state laws and funder requirements.
- Accompany participants when necessary to support them in obtaining housing and other community services.
- Establish landlord/tenant mediation and advocacy (when necessary): Follow up monthly with landlord on tenancy
- Knowledge of mandate reporting guidelines of child neglect and abuse under 51A requirements
- Establish a respectful relationship with clients
- Other duties as requested by the program director or supervisors.
- Ensure compliance with program/department/agency requirements
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Heading Home, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic data, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or other legally protected status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
Work Environment Cubicle space within large office building; prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer, requires equal amounts of sitting and standing, must be able to climb stairs
Salary : $25
