Housing Coordinator - Worcester Integrated Team A
About The Position
Adult Community Clinical Services (ACCS) is a Department of Mental Health-funded service delivering evidence-based interventions within a clinically focused model. It serves people diagnosed with mental illness or dual diagnosis who live in their own homes, apartments, and group living environments. Services support transitions to more independent living while maximizing natural supports, building skills, and pursuing personal goals. ACCS teams are multidisciplinary and include clinicians, substance use counselors, nurses, peer staff, housing counselors, outreach counselors, and direct care staff. The ACCS Housing Coordinator works within Housing First principles to help establish a foundation for health and recovery goals. The role cultivates mutually respectful partnerships, sets appropriate limits, and maintains a helping relationship with people served and their family members. Housing Coordinators also develop and maintain relationships with private landlords and developers to expand housing opportunities.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
- Valid driver's license, reliable and insured vehicle, and acceptable driving record.
- Reliability, willingness to learn, and openness to new opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Engage with people served and develop relationships to establish treatment goals and identify barriers to housing.
- Assist people served in addressing CORI or legal issues that may prevent them from obtaining housing.
- Provide interventions that facilitate movement into permanent independent housing and support people in living in independent housing settings.
- Assist people served in securing rental subsidies through affordable housing programs.
- Collaborate with the ACCS Integrated Team to establish treatment goals, determine housing and service needs, and eliminate barriers to housing.
- Assist with site visits, applications, and lease negotiations.
- Educate and support people served in meeting and understanding lease terms, subsidy requirements, and related benefits.
- Support people served as they move, set up, and maintain their households.
- Collaborate with landlords to ensure apartments are ready for occupancy.
- Perform move-in and move-out inspections with people served and conduct ongoing safety and cleanliness inspections.
- Establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with private landlords and developers to maximize housing opportunities.
Benefits
- Excellent individual and group supervision, professional development, and training opportunities.
- Paid time off: 29 days in the first year, including 12 paid holidays; increases to 32 days in the second year, with a current maximum of 43 days.
- Tuition reimbursement and reimbursement for a variety of Human Services certifications.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with prescription plan.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
- Life insurance, 100% employer-paid.
- Eligible employer for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
