Homelessness Prevention Specialist

Under the supervision of the HHPS Manager, the Homelessness Prevention Specialist(Temporary) is responsible for serving households who are at the highest risk of becoming homeless or who are experiencing homelessness. Is also responsible for ensuring households who received Housing Focused Case Management will have a successful connection to one or more community resources like legal services, mediation, public benefits and/or behavioral health services from program enrollment to program exit. Will also provide administrative financial and record keeping functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary Functions

• Conduct an initial problem-solving conversation with each household seeking services. • Identify creative solutions to prevent or quickly resolve homelessness.
• Develop and implement Housing Stability Plans in collaboration with the household.
• Follow up and refer non-eligible households to an Access Point of other type of financial, housing assistance, or other resource as appropriate.
• Refer and connect households in need of mediation or legal services and advocacy to relevant services, as appropriate.
• Provide Housing Focused Case Management to all households seeking services. • Provide translation and interpreter services as needed.
• Complete a Housing Stability plan, including basic household budget, for all households receiving Housing Focused Case Management services.
• Ensure households remain stably housed from program enrollment to program exit.
• Ensure households who received Housing Focused Case Management will increase their monthly income from program enrollment to program exit.
• Provide budgeting and money management assistance and/or connection to related services that support housing stabilization.
• Facilitate appropriate external referrals and serve as liaison to assure connections with support services that are consistent with client needs.
• Input data into required systems for reporting, including but not limited to the ONE system and CARBON and prepare monthly, quarterly and annual narrative program reports.
• Maintain all confidential eligibility documentation in appropriate systems as well as in hard copy. Provide outreach, engagement and follow-up with individuals referred to in the program to assure continuity of housing services.
• Conduct case monitoring to ensure participants remain stably housed, increase their monthly income, and are successfully connected with one or more community resources, from program enrollment to program exit.
• Provide means for the served population to provide input, using a written annual survey to gather feedback and assess the effectiveness of services and systems within the program.
• Provide monthly, quarterly and annual reports summarizing the contract activities, accomplishments and challenges encountered.
• Organize and provide relevant workshops.
• Enter required metrics in the CARBON database.
• Other duties as assigned.

Customer Service

• Provide exceptional customer service.
• Always represent the Company in a professional manner

Safety

• Maintain personal safety, use personal protection equipment (PPE) and follow Company policies.
• Report all and any safety issues, accidents or injuries to your manager as a matter of priority.
• Promotes the health and safety of participants and follows safety and emergency procedures.

Effective Team Member

• Ability to interact positively with team members.
• Ability to facilitate positive change.
• Partner with supervisor when necessary to address department issues or concerns.

Position Qualifications Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Human Services, Social Work, Psychology or related field or equivalent work experience.

Experience: Required 6 months experience working with clients from a low-income or impacted background, including but not limited to clients suffering from homelessness, domestic violence, and covid recovery.

Schedule Requirement: 40 hours a week Monday through Friday. Must be available periodically on evenings and weekends.

Requirement:

• Current CA Driver’s License, current auto insurance and a clean driving record.
• Fingerprint Clearance (DOJ/FBI)

Lannguage(s): Bilingual in either English, Spanish, Russian, Cantonese or Mandarin preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Independent thinker, possess excellent customer service skills, professional attitude, a high level of personal integrity, maturity, and business judgment required.
• Able to multi-task, prioritize task, meet deadlines, able to do presentations and to maintain confident information. Strong analytical skills and demonstrated attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Must be a well-organized professional who thrives in a team oriented environment.
• Ability to remain tactful under pressure and present a professional demeanor and communication style with co-workers in a multicultural setting.

Software: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer.

Decision Making: Set priorities and standards of performance; Develop plans by which work can be accomplished.

Tools and Equipment: Standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Confidential and Sensitive Information: Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality when dealing with client information.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to sit approximately 80% of the time, walk 10% of the time and stand 10% of the time. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to type or handle, feel, and operate objects. The employee is required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to speak and listen. Specific vision abilities of this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

What we offer

• Pay Rate: $33-$34 Hourly

• Location(s): MNC Wolfsohn Campus

If you are seeking an organization that values, promotes and develops leadership by delivering culturally sensitive, multi-generational, community-based services that empower families to build strong, healthy, and vibrant neighborhoods with the vision of a strong, healthier and more vibrant community that respects and celebrates its many rich, cultural traditions, please apply.

We are an equal-opportunity employer that welcomes diversity in the workplace and has a great company culture. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.

Salary : $33 - $34