Housing and Residential Support Coordinator

Justice Resource Institute • Needham, MA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Housing and Residential Support Coordinator is responsible for ensuring youth in independent living programs have access to safe and stable housing. This position encompasses various responsibilities, including securing and coordinating housing placements, collaborating with landlords, planning move-in and move-out logistics, and conducting ongoing unannounced residential safety checks. This role effectively merges housing placement, landlord coordination, and apartment safety checks.

Requirements

• Must be 21 years or older.
• High School Diploma required.
• Prior experience in a residential program or mental health program required.
• Knowledge of affordable housing/housing issues faced by people with youth in foster care.
• Must have experience working with specialized populations of adolescents required.
• Able to work alone in an unsupervised environment.
• At JRI, you will learn to provide physical interventions and verbal de-escalations to provide the safest therapeutic atmosphere for our youth!
• Must have an active driver’s license.
• Background and driving record checks will be performed.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Supervisory experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Secure and coordinate housing for clients across regions.
• Conduct full safety inspections quarterly.
• Coordinate move-ins and move-outs.
• Perform weekly unannounced drop-ins for all apartments 2x week- with one of those drops being on a weekend evening.
• Monitor safety, cleanliness, and lease compliance.
• Communicate with landlords, clients, and staff.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation.

Benefits

• We offer a $2,000 bilingual bonus to new hires who speak a second language fluently, other than English, and will use it to serve our clients!
• Reimbursement is available for employees to cover the registration costs and annual fees for any professional license required for work such as LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, RN and more!
• Access to our excellent Blue Cross medical and Delta Dental benefits.
• Retirement benefits including 401K matched up to $800 a year and pension after 5 years of employment.
• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to almost $4000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities!
• Wellness benefits including access to employee engagement groups, self-care resources, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Generous paid time off up to 19 days for full time employees in your first year and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED