What are the responsibilities and job description for the HOPWA HINT Housing Specialist position at Positive Impact Health Centers INC?
Description
Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.
Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.
What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:
- 1 Health Wellness day per quarter
- Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility
- Competitive Salary & Benefits
- Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)
- 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employee's spouse/dependent
- Credit Union
*Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required*Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services. The PIHC model of care assures that persons with HIV have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop a housing procurement, financial and self- sufficiency case management plan with clients seeking assistance in the HOPWA HINT Housing Program.
- Assist in the development of and encourage adherence to a personal budget and budget counseling sessions; provide budget counseling and education to assist clients in establishing payment plans for past due bills and debts.
- Ensures that program deliverables are met or exceeded during the project period.
- Ensures that client records are maintained in compliance with Federal, State, and other grant requirements.
- Work in interdisciplinary teams to provide wrap-around services to program participants.
- Assist participants in the development of a strength-based/solution-focused individualized housing goal and action plan that promotes self-sufficiency.
- Work closely with community agencies and services to develop partnerships that will offer life skill training (e.g. employment training, financial literacy, job placement) for program clients.
- Acts as a patient advocate and liaison between the client and community service agencies.
- Assess housing-related requests efficiently.
- Ensures that program deliverables are met or exceeded during the project period.
- Ensure that client records are maintained in compliance with Federal and other grant requirements.
- Ability to translate federal housing regulations for client and landlord comprehension.
- Assist with completing project related reports and audits as needed.
- Document all client encounters appropriately and in a timely manner into HMIS and/or EMR systems.
- Attend regular PIHC staff meetings, trainings, and other meetings as requested.
- Attends and participates in regular HUD, HOPWA and associated conference calls for the HOPWA HINT program as needed.
- Attend project-related training sessions, meetings and conferences as assigned.
- Attends weekly team meetings.
- Complies with PIHC's policies and procedures.
- Learns the use of any data collection systems required by HRSA, HUD and/or HOPWA and can train project staff to utilize all required data collection systems.
- Participates in quality assurance reviews as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in social service specialty (e.g. social work, psychology, sociology, public health).
- Experience in housing, social work, or case management is highly preferred.
