Housing Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $85,000 $95,000 Annually Depending on Experience

Department:Senior Housing Services (SHS)

Status: Full time, Exempt

Hours: Monday Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm.

Compensation:$85,000 $95,000 (MSW/ASW)

Reports To:Clinical Director of Housing Services

About Us

St. Mary's Center is a community of hope, healing, and justice dedicated to helping older adults age with dignity by addressing housing instability, poverty, food insecurity, and social isolation. Through our Aging with Dignity model, we provide a continuum of person-centered services, including street outreach, coordinated entry, housing navigation, transitional housing, tenancy sustaining services, aging in place supports, and a vibrant Community Center, while empowering older adults to shape solutions through leadership and advocacy.

This is an exciting time to join St. Mary's Center. We are growing our impact, strengthening our programs, modernizing our systems, and expanding affordable housing opportunities for older adults in partnership with community organizations. We are seeking passionate, collaborative professionals who are energized by innovation, committed to excellence, and inspired to make a meaningful difference in the lives of older adults every day.

Position Summary

The Housing Social Worker serves as the primary assessment and triage specialist for Senior Housing Services. This positionis responsible forHousing Clinic assessments, Coordinated Entry activities, participant prioritization, care coordination, crisis screening, and recommendationsregardinghousing interventions and supportive services.

The Social Worker serves as the primary entry point into housing services and ensures participants are appropriately connected to Housing Navigation, Transitional Housing, Tenancy Sustaining Services, healthcare, behavioral health, and community resources.

The position does nottypicallycarry an ongoing housing case management caseload and instead focuses on assessment, triage, care coordination, and participant access.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Coordinated Entry & Housing Assessments (35%)

• Conduct Coordinated Entry assessments and reassessments.

• Complete housing needs assessments.

• Evaluate participant eligibility for housing programs.

• Assess barriers to housing stability.

• Determinehousing intervention recommendations.

• Support participant prioritization and referral activities.
• Ensure compliance with Alameda County Coordinated Entry requirementsand contractual obligations.
  

Housing Clinic & Referral Coordination (20%)

• Manage referrals received through the Housing Clinic and Housing Services intake process.
• Review referral documentation and participant needs.
• Coordinate assessment scheduling and follow-up appointments.
• Educate participants on housing programs and available community resources.
• Coordinate referrals and warm handoffs following clinical review.

Triage & Care Coordination (20%)

• Conduct crisis screening and risk assessments.

• Coordinate referrals to healthcare, behavioral health, substance use, APS, IHSS, ECM, and supportive services.

• Facilitate warm handoffs to internal and external service providers.

• Assistparticipants in accessingappropriate communityresources.

• Support participant-centered service planning.

Case Conferencing & Clinical Consultation (10%)

• Participate inmultidisciplinary caseconferences.

• Consult with Housing Services staffregardingparticipant needs.

• Collaborate withtheexternalpartnersregardinghigh -risk participants.

• Assistwith complex participant situations and service planningto ensure closed loop referrals and quality follow-up

Community Partnerships & Systems Coordination (5%)

• Participate in Coordinated Entry and regional meetings.

• Maintain relationships with referral partners.

• Coordinate participant referrals across systems of care.

Documentation & Compliance (10%)

• MaintaintimelyHMIS and Salesforce documentation.

• Complete assessment and referral documentation.

• Support quality assurance activities.

• Ensure compliance with program requirements and documentation standards.

Performance Expectations

• Coordinated Entry assessmentscompleted timely.

• Housing Clinic operationssupportedeffectively.

• Appropriate referrals and service recommendations provided.

• Documentation standardsmaintained.

• Participant access barriersreduced.

• Compliance standardsachieved.

• Community partnershipsmaintained.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Social Work(MSW) or related field.

• Registration as an ASW or eligibility for registration preferred.

• Three years of experience in homelessness services, housing services, behavioral health, healthcare, or supportive services.

• Experience conducting assessments and care coordination.
• Experience working with vulnerable populations.
• Valid California Drivers License.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

• Experience with Coordinated Entry, HMIS, Housing First, andCalAIM.

• Experience serving older adults experiencing homelessness.

• Bilingual or multilingual skills.
  

General Staff Expectations

• Promote a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment.

• Support the mission and values of St. Marys Center.

• Maintain professionalism and confidentiality.

• Follow agency policies and procedures.
  

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, while performing the duties of this job, the employee is expected to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and communicate effectively throughout the workday.

• Ability to travel toparticipantsatcommunity sites.

• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• Ability to use computers, phones, tablets, and related technology for documentation and communication.

Equal Employment Opportunity

St. Marys Center is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an active Equal Employment Opportunity. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, geneticinformationor veteran status.

In compliance with the California Fair Chance Act, St. Marys Center will consider qualified applicant with a criminal historypursuant tothe California Fair Chance Act.