Housing Liaison Specialist

Responsibilities

• Provides active outreach to individuals not currently engaged in services who are in a housing crisis or experiencing homelessness and connects clients to community resources as needed.
• Refers and transports individuals, as needed, to initial appointments to establish services for behavioral health, substance use, physical health, employment, benefits, or other unmet needs.
• Utilizes SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) with clients experiencing unstable housing due to needing disability benefits due to serious mental disorder, medical impairment, and/or a co-occurring disorder.
• Recruits landlords and builds rapport by directly contacting potential landlords to provide information and make referrals to their units. Follows up with landlords about referrals and problem-solves tenant issues to maintain collaborative working relationships.
• Promotes housing resources and train/educate staff on available avenues to help clients receive and/or maintain housing.
• Attends and actively participates in local Continuum of Care meetings related to coordinated entry/case conferencing; manages and receives referrals to/from Continuum of Care programs to assist individuals with housing stability.
• Develops and utilizes a variety of housing service delivery models to promote stable housing.
• Attends Housing Liaison meetings and submits data to DMH as required by DMH Housing Grant.
• Safeguards clients’ access to medical insurance benefits and available community resources based on client’s income eligibility.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Requires prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, squatting, kneeling, and reaching above shoulder level frequently.
• Requires a typical range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires repetitive use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulation.
• Requires standing, sitting, or walking for up to 8 hours or longer per workday.
• Requires regular use of a computer.
• Requires driving into the community, transporting clients, assisting with moving goods for clients, getting in and out of vehicle frequently.
• TB Test upon hire.