What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housing Case Manager - Monte Vista position at RH Community Builders?
Position Summary
The Housing Case Manager assists with the housing search and placement along with leveraging supportive services that will assist the participant household to maintain housing. The Housing case manager will be responsible for assisting clients with document collection, completing assessments, and reporting on client progress.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Coordination of services for client
- Understand and support clients through the community’s Coordinated Entry System (CES)
- Identify and address barriers to housing faced by clients such as poor credit, criminal justice involvement, and pending evictions.
- Guide and support clients through the steps required to secure housing, e.g document collection, completing assessments, filling out applications, and signing a lease.
- Confirm a client’s eligibility for particular programs and services.
- Locate housing opportunities in the community
- Encourage clients to proactively search for housing through motivational interviewing and other forms of trauma-informed care
- Maintain appropriate client files and complete documentation within the required timeframe
- Collect program data, including but not limited to tracking all housing placements and case notes in the programs’ HMIS project, CES HMIS project, and any other funder required data.
- Complete training and maintain ability to enter data into HMIS Complete trainings and maintain ability to complete community required assessments such as VI-SPADT
- Develop and maintain working knowledge of available community resources and act as liaison.
- Maintain relationships with referring and supporting agencies and represent the agency at various community meetings including Case Conferencing.
- Advocate for the clients voice and choice in the housing process
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- 3 years experience in housing related social services
- Good documentation skills
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Adherence to the highest standard of ethical conduct, especially to standards governing confidentiality
- Must be culturally/linguistically sensitive to populations served;
- Valid driver’s license
- CPR Certification, First Aid Certification
Salary : $25 - $26
