Housing Stabilization Case Worker

Job Details:

Salary/hourly

· Starting at $22.00 per hour

· Full-time/Part-time

· Weekend

Housing Stabilization Background per DHS:

Minnesota supports people with disabilities to live, work, and play in communities of their choice. Various challenges and barriers can make it hard to find housing, budget, interact with landlords and neighbors, and understand the rules of a lease. Finding and keeping stable affordable housing is important to the health of Minnesotans. Housing Stabilization Services is a new Medical Assistance benefit designed to help people with disabilities and seniors find and keep housing. Housing Stabilization Services is a home and community-based service.

The purpose of these services is to:

· Support an individual's transition into housing,

· Increase long-term stability in housing in the community, and

· Avoid future periods of homelessness or institutionalization.

Housing Transition Job Responsibility:

· Developing a housing transition plan*

· Supporting the person in applying for benefits to afford their housing, including helping the person determine which benefits they may be eligible for*

· Assisting the person with the housing search and application process*

· Assisting the person with tenant screening and housing assessments*

· Providing transportation with the person receiving services present and discussing housing related issues

· Helping the person understand and develop a budget

· Helping the person understand and negotiate a lease

· Helping the person meet and build a relationship with a prospective landlord

· Promoting/supporting cultural practice needs and understandings with prospective landlords, property managers*

· Helping the person find funding for deposits*

· Helping the person organize their move*

· Researching possible housing options for the person*

· Contacting possible housing options for the person*

· Identifying resources to pay for deposits or home goods *

· Identifying resources to cover moving expenses*

· Completing housing applications on behalf of the service recipient*

· Working to expunge records or access reasonable accommodations*

· Identifying services and benefits that will support the person with housing instability*

· Ensuring the new living arrangement is safe for the person and ready for move-in*

· Arranging for adaptive house related accommodations required by the person*

· Arranging for assistive technology required by the person*

Housing Sustaining Job Responsibility:

· Developing, updating and modifying the housing support and crisis/safety plan on a regular basis*

· Preventing and early identification of behaviors that may jeopardize continued housing

· Educating and training on roles, rights, and responsibilities of the tenant and property manager

· Transportation with the person receiving services present and discussing housing related issues

· Promoting/supporting cultural practice needs and understandings with landlords, property managers and neighbors*

· Coaching to develop and maintain key relationships with property managers and neighbors

· Advocating with community resources to prevent eviction when housing is at risk and maintain person’s safety*

· Assistance with the housing recertification processes*

· Continued training on being a good tenant, lease compliance, and household management

· Supporting the person to apply for benefits to retain housing*

· Supporting the person to understand and maintain/increase income and benefits to retain housing*

· Supporting the building of natural housing supports and resources in the community including building supports and resources related to a person’s culture and identity

· Working with property manager or landlord to promote housing retention*

· Arranging for assistive technology*

· Arranging for adaptive house related accommodations.*

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:

· Must be 21 years old

· Ability to create and maintain caseload of clients

· Must have some college education background or 1 year of case manager experience

· Must have valid Minnesota Driver’s License

· Must pass the MN background study

· Must complete Minnesota DHS trainings and agency trainings

· Prefer experience in working with refugee clients

· Prefer culturally sensitive case worker that can work with underserved and underrepresented individuals and community

· Ability to work independently and build professional relationship with clients

· Ability to develop professional working relationship with clients and their support system

· Able to work collaboratively

· Good time management skills

· Good professional writing skills for documentations

Education/Experience Requirements:

· Associate degree

· Bachelors degree

· Case management experience

COVID-19 requirements:

· Case worker is required to wear face mask and practice the Minnesota CDC guidelines for practice social distancing while at work.

Work Location:

· Multiple locations in the metro area and Greater MN.

Work Remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: From $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Referral program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Minneapolis, MN 55428 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Minneapolis, MN 55428: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $21 - $22