Housing Specialist I

St Vincent De Paul Cares • Clearwater, FL

3d

About The Position

The Housing Specialist I shall provide direct services to enable eligible clients to locate affordable, safe and sanitary housing. The Housing Specialist will network with property owners, managers of housing units, and maintain a list of landlords that can readily assist our veterans.

Requirements

• Able to speak, write and understand English
• Possess basic computer skills
• Must be sensitive to and respect cultural diversity amongst clients, staff and volunteers and able to work with diverse racial, ethnic and economic groups
• Flexible work schedule including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays
• Ability to set appropriate limits, work under deadlines and multi-task
• Ability to organize, prioritize, self-motivate, and deliver results
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Possess strong work ethics
• Successfully pass Law Enforcement background screening
• Valid Florida driver’s license if driving an agency vehicle or a personal vehicle for company business
• Must have reliable transportation
• Participate in Agency Performance Quality Improvement (PQI) program and Accreditation/Reaccreditation process
• Mission-driven attitude supplemented with integrity and passion
• Adherence to the highest ethical standards, personally and professionally
• A high level of openness and willingness to receive feedback/suggestions from superiors and others, and to learn new skills to improve job performance
• Evidence of deep alignment with the St. Vincent de Paul CARES Mission and Values.
• This position requires a Level 2 background screening through the Florida Background Screening Clearinghouse. For more information on screening requirements, process, and disqualifying offenses, please visit the official Clearinghouse Education and Awareness website. https://info.flclearinghouse.com [https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finfo.flclearinghouse.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CJake.Shanahan%40ahca.myflorida.com%7C4b82b03a51ad4f4b95a108de4232c2f0%7C583c5f193b644cedb59ee8649bdc4aa6%7C0%7C0%7C639020982980038846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xZdgpZEJ7lRUp18fRP71qweuFp0i1gIxOp6MWfK8zlM%3D&reserved=0]
• Knowledge of Business English, spelling and punctuation
• Knowledge of office practices and procedures
• Knowledge of general math pertaining to percentages, allocations and discounts
• Computer skills using current software
• Strong oral and written communications
• Sensitivity to the cultural diversity of clients in order to successfully work with diverse racial, ethnic, and economic groups
• Ability to work as a team member and establish effective working relationships with staff, supervisor and outside organizations
• Commitment to empowering others to solve their own problems
• Demonstrate a commitment to serve all people with respect and compassion
• Valuing a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person
• A conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change
• The ability to establish a respectful relationship with persons served to help them, gain skills and confidence
• Ability to work collaboratively with other personnel and/or service providers or professionals
• The capacity to maintain a helping role and to intervene appropriately to meet service goals
• Ability to work under deadlines, multi-task and set appropriate limits
• Respects diversity of all clients, staff, and volunteers
• This position requires a minimum a bachelor’s degree in social work or related field
• Minimum 2-years’ experience serving homeless or at-risk families and/or individuals in crisis

Responsibilities

• Responsible for identifying and engaging landlords through a variety of methods in order to develop sufficient affordable housing stock for Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) program
• Assists eligible families in locating and renting suitable housing; computing and preparing financing arrangements and monitoring owner/tenant compliance with standards
• Maintain linkage between Agency, landlord and client
• Develop and maintain (i.e., update) a database/listing of available housing stock for clients
• Responsible for coordinating and/or performing Housing Inspections
• Makes referrals to agencies and departments for the resolution of applicant housing issues
• Investigates tenant and owner complaints and conducts follow-up visits
• Makes appropriate referrals for assistance when client’s needs cannot be met
• Maintains required client, legal and administrative record and statistical data as required by St. Vincent de Paul CARES and program funders including use of HMIS
• Responsible for collecting all necessary documentation for client files
• Networks and collaborates with other agencies and represents the agency at community functions, which may include public speaking and presentations as directed by Program Manager
• All other duties as assigned
• Demonstrates a commitment to serve all people with respect and compassion
• Works in a spirit of cooperation with all external and internal stakeholders
• Will make a Commitment to Serve all people with Respect, Compassion, and Cooperation
• Comply with all applicable training requirements
• Comply with all company safety, personnel and operational policies and procedures
• Comply with work schedule to ensure effective operations of Agency programs
• Contributes positively as a member of a productive and cooperative team
• Performs other duties as necessary to fulfill the St. Vincent de Paul CARES Mission.

Benefits

• Health Insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• 120 hours of PTO accrued biweekly starting at day 1 of employment.
• 13 Paid Holidays to include Employee’s birthday and Date of Hire.
• 403(b) with employer match up to 3%.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level