Housing Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary Range: $42,500.00 To $50,000.00 Annually.

Department: Housing Services.

Reports To: Housing Program Manager.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt.

Supervisor: No.

Job Status: Essential Onsite at 421 Fallsway Main Clinic.

Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm.

Overview:

The SOAR Housing Specialist provides housing-related support and advocacy to individuals and families impacted by homelessness. The Specialist coordinates housing stability activities, provides referrals to needed community resources, develops housing plans, and delivers tenancy-based education that promotes housing retention. The Specialist also assists with grant monitoring and completes reports for the SOAR Housing First program. 

Key Role Responsibilities:

• Complete intake assessments for new clients referred to the SOAR Housing First program.  Ensure that all referral documentation is collected, reviewed, and validated to substantiate program enrollment.  
• Support clients in finding and securing safe, affordable housing and help families access resources for housing-related assistance (i.e. furniture procurement, utility assistance, etc.).
• Maintain a caseload to provide support identifying community resources.  Partner with clients to create housing plans and assist with community referrals and linkage as indicated.  
• Support the housing process by conducting pre-inspections for new unit move-ins and housing relocations.  Serves as liaison with housing inspector, helping to coordinate new, annual and other housing inspections to ensure compliance with program standards.
• Advocate with landlord and property managers regarding tenancy and negotiate move-in costs.  
• With direction from the Housing Program Manager, complete regularly scheduled grant reporting.  Ensure that services are accurately recorded and captured in data reports and the electronic health record.  
• Complete monthly budgets for clients enrolled in the agency’s representative payee program.
• Conduct social groups that promote community building, housing attainment, and housing retention.  
• Perform regularly scheduled chart audits to ensure that documentation meets standards set by grant funders.  Obtain verification documents annually to support the housing recertification process.  

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

Formal Education and Training:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Personal vehicle with current automobile insurance and valid Maryland driver’s license required.

Experience:

• Two years of experience in connecting individuals to essential services including healthcare, mental health, and addiction services.
• One year of experience completing intake assessments and developing treatment plans.
• Experience working in a health care setting preferred.

Skills:

• Knowledge of Baltimore City community resources for addiction, social services and mental health.
• Willingness to adopt Harm Reduction and Housing First principles and apply them to work with clients.
• Approaches change with a positive, open-minded attitude.
• Demonstrates personal integrity and has well-developed interpersonal skills necessary to engage clients and promote positive relationships with other community agencies and providers.
• Displays strong attention to detail and notices discrepancies easily.
• Able to be flexible and work as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Able to take initiative and problem solve.
• Able to work with ill, disabled, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile clients.

Key Agency Responsibilities:

In addition to role responsibilities, every staff member has the following responsibilities as a part of their employment: 

• Models and reinforces the core values of dignity, authenticity, hope, justice, passion, and balance.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and advocacy activities that support the mission.
• Protects clients’ personal health information by maintaining compliance with HIPAA and other relevant health care-related IT security regulations.
• Performs other duties on an as-needed basis.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a mission-driven team committed to racial equity, social justice, and community wellness.
• Work in a dynamic, people-first organization that centers compassion, authenticity, and hope.
• Receive training and support to grow in your advocacy and peer work.
• Help shape the future of housing and recovery services in Baltimore.

Read more and apply here: -a748-42d5-9892-8deaccf9d270& ccId=19000101_000001&type=MP&lang=en_US& selectedMenuKey=CareerCenter &jobId=533233.