Eliot Community Human Services

healthcare

HousingFirstCoordinator

$48–50k Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
The Brief

“Housing First Coordinator at Eliot Community Human Services. Skills: Housing First Model, person-centered, strengths-based case-management, coaching, education, tools and access to community resources, resource utilization, obtaining memberships and natural supports, daily independent living skills, health and wellness, medical care, HIV care resources, nutrition, exercise, trauma informed, verbal de-escalation techniques, autonomy, independence, self-advocacy, collaboration, problem solving, Co”

What You'll Achieve.

successfully maintain long-term sustained housing; financial independence; emotional well-being

Industry & Context.

healthcare
Problems you'll solve

problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

High school diploma/GED and at least one year of paid or volunteer experience working with adults with mental illness and/or substance abuse (for candidates with lived experience with substance use disorder who have 2 years sustained sobriety)

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in a human services field or social work or related field

What You'll Do.

Empower residents with exercising autonomy and independence in all aspects of their life and assists with identifying choices and developing skills in self-advocacy.

Conduct initial needs assessment and collaboratively develop a plan with the resident to obtain benefits/entitlements and other community-based resources.

Support new residents in all phases of transitioning into housing in collaboration with partnering organizations.

Assist clients in being fully integrated into their communities by supporting them with resource utilization and/or obtaining memberships and natural supports.

Provide practical help and mentoring/modeling

side-by-side individualized support

problem solving and direct assistance to help clients obtain skills needed for daily independent living.

Promote concepts of health and wellness by assisting clients with accessing information and services related to medical care including HIV care resources

and exercise as appropriate.

Intervene in potential crisis situations

utilizing trauma informed

verbal de-escalation techniques.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate across the staff team to ensure that resident perspective is always incorporated, that preferences are recognized and that choices are maximized.; Support new residents in all phases of transitioning into housing in collaboration with partnering organizations.

Communication Scope

self-advocacy; verbal de-escalation techniques

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