Housing Coord-Entitlement Spec-CS539103 at ICL

JOB SUMMARY:In the Transitional Residence for individuals experiencing homelessness the Housing Coordinator promotes theattainment of resident permanent housing goals by ongoing assessment of resident housing needs and preferences andthe development of housing opportunities in the community. They assist residents with obtaining and keeping anyentitlements for which they are eligible and managing their money to facilitate attainment of residents housing goals.ESSENTIAL TASKS: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.1. Develop and maintain relationships with housing providers HRA SSI and/or the Veterans Administration.2. Develop and maintain community resources guides for each of the five boroughs.3. Find suitable permanent housing in the community.4. Serve as a liaison between the residence and landlords regarding move-in schedules leases rent and utility issues;5. Collaborate with case management staff to understand the specific housing needs and preferences of residents andact accordingly when searching for housing options.6. Serve as liaison to the Veterans Administration to identify housing for residents that qualify for VA housing.7. Participate in ongoing reviews of existing linkages for their adequacy and seek to extend the programs and ICLslinkages as part of Continuous Quality Improvement.8. Document efforts to locate and secure housing for residents.9. Conduct a comprehensive review of the benefits eligibility and status of all residents admitted to the program anddevelop scenarios for residents that are consistent with their savings and money management plans as to what typeof expenditures are necessary what rate of savings of income would be desirable and how to accomplish this;evaluate resident needs for entitlements.10. Assist residents with establishing a representative payee when needed.11. Maintain Entitlement case records including the database that will enumerate the status of the individuals progressin obtaining and keeping the appropriate level of entitlements and to which system (VA SSI or HRA) the individual isapplying.12. Assist residents with contacting entitlement agencies.13. Coordinate and track the residents progression toward obtaining and keeping the maximum entitlement allocation;14. Provide entitlement counseling to residents and staff.15. Assure that each person residing in shelter is receiving or has applied for the appropriate level of VA HRA SSISSD Medicaid Medicare and other entitlements.16. Participate in the development of a resident savings and money management plan within the scope of Department ofHomeless Services and Veterans regulations.17. Offer and provide residents both group and individual instruction in budgeting banking resident skills such asshopping wisely from a price and product perspective credit and taxes; review individual resident budget plans inthe context of case management reviews.18. Collaborate with case managers and the vocational counselor to provide advocacy and technical counseling.19. Participate in reviews will occur on the first working day following intake and weekly thereafter until entitlementsissues are resolved.20. Assist in the orientation of new personnel when requested.21. Maintain up-to-date accurate individual paper and electronic case records as directed by the Program Director..22. Comply with attendance and timekeeping rules and report reliably and regularly to work on an on-going basis.23. Attend regularly scheduled clinical meetings staff meetings and supervision as well as in-service training anddevelopment activities.24. Review the staff communications log and make entries concerning essential elements of information designated byprogram management.25. Obtain and maintain CPR and First Aid certifications.26. May have on-call responsibilities.27. Comply and promote compliance with all applicable laws regulations and agency policies helping to strengthen andmaintain an ethical organizational culture.28. Immediately report serious incidents allegations of abuse incidents or sensitive situations and completes incidentreports in accordance with agency policy.29. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:ï Effective problem-solving skillsï Effective interpersonal skillsï Ability to work with diverse individualsï Ability to work as a member of a teamï Ability to make reasonable and sound evaluative judgmentsï Ability to create and compose written materialsï Ability to effectively and efficiently respond to questions from persons servedï Ability to read and understand lease rental and utility agreementsï Ability to present information to persons served and other employeesï Ability to speak Spanish preferredï Ability to Drive and stay in good standing with Dept of Motor VehiclesMINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelors degree plus two years experience providing case management or housing services or other relevant humanservice experience or bachelors degree that required a one-year practicum working directly with individuals with mentaldisabilities (e.g. BSW) and one year above experience. Or an associates degree in a health or human servicesfield (see above fields) and three years of direct care experience or a high school diploma/GED and four yearsof experience in providing direct services to individuals with mental disabilities (i.e. persons properlydiagnosed as suffering from mental illness mental retardation alcoholism or substance abuse) or tohomeless individuals. NYS Drivers license a plus. Veteran preferred for Veterans Shelter positions. Key Skills Arabic Speaking,Marketing & Promotions,Access Control System,Apache Tomcat,BI,Back Office Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1