Housing Counselor

About the role

The Parole Support and Treatment Program at Project Renewal is a critical component of our mission to support individuals with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorders. This program provides temporary, supported housing and clinical services to help these individuals stabilize and transition into long-term community-based housing.

Responsibilities

• Provides clients with day-to-day assistance in handling their affairs and living in their apartments.
• Assists clients with shopping, cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, making and going to appointments, providing escorts, delivering their medication weekly, and monitoring their taking of their medications.
• Participates in the distribution of medications to the clients on a weekly basis and monitors their compliance with taking their medications.
• Documents client interactions weekly and collaborates with the clinical team to assess and monitor the client's ability to manage their housing situation.
• Maintains oversight of the clients' 3-month housing plans.
• Refers any issues with the apartment to the Housing Coordinator for corrective action and/or resolution with the landlord.
• Attends weekly staff meetings to discuss the status of each client with the Director and all other staff members.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisory staff.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid New York State Driver’s License preferred.
• Prior experience working with mental health consumers preferred.

Benefits

Project Renewal is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing the equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender (see separately issued Gender Discrimination policy for more detail), physical or mental disability, age (18 and over), military status, arrest record, marital status, domestic partnership status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, unemployment status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.