Housing Specialist

Housing Specialist Needed in Brooklyn

Full time position!

The Family Center provides comprehensive case management services to 160 families who are in a Tier II transitional residence program for homeless families.  The facility consists of eight (8) four (4) story walk up apartment buildings on the east and west sides of the street.  There will be two main entrances : one for the east side of the street and one for the west.  Each building contains 20 apartments of varying sizes, each fully self-contained.

What The Housing Specialist Does

• Establish and maintain professional relationships with clients’ and client confidentiality in order to engage them in case management services.
• Develop curriculum to address shelter residents’ Housing, Independent Living Skills and Entitlement related needs including, permanent housing search process and options.
• Develop a series of monthly Housing readiness workshops.
• Develop and maintain a Bulletin Board that serves to provide relevant Housing related information
• Provide individualized and group counseling on housing and entitlement related topics.
• Select appropriate instructional procedures or methods such as individual training, group instruction, self-study, lectures, demonstrations, simulation exercises, role play, and computer-based training.
• Conduct marketing and outreach presentations regarding the program to recruit clients and resources.
• In collaboration with the case manager(s), work with clients to break through barriers to client goals and to assist clients in advocating for themselves and in moving toward self-sufficiency.
• Monitor clients’ progress toward their goals (i.e., dates achieved) via regularly scheduled telephone contact and / or face-to-face home and office visits, and document via progress notes.
• Create and maintain client files and make copies of all client documents.
• Assist case managers to schedule appointments for client with referral organizations.
• Assist case managers to escort clients to appointments (apartment viewings, public benefits, educational, medical, social service, etc.).
• Assist clients in completing applications for benefits and entitlements, and may process applications on clients’ behalf.

Requirements

Salary : $47,000-$50,000 plus benefits

For more information and to apply, please contact :

Howard Newman

Account Manager, Bond Health Staffing

5824 12th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY, 11219

Office : 1-718-302-0040 ext. 204

Fax : 1-718-302-0070

Howard@bondhealthstaffing.com