Housing Navigator

Position Summary

The Housing Navigator is a full-time position serving Adults in Community Support Services. This role supports the Rural Set-Aside Grant and provides Medicaid Rehabilitation Option (MRO) services to support recovery from mental illness and substance use disorders. The Housing Navigator provides flexible community-based services to people with serious mental illness, including those with substance use disorders, who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

Job Duties

• Provides street outreach.
• Works with community partners to provide services to homeless individuals.
• Provides case management services and in-home oversight.
• Provides education in skills training.
• Affords clients in personal financial administration.
• Provides appropriate therapeutic interventions and crisis interventions.
• Completes electronic medical record documentation as required.
• Plans, organizes, and provides a variety of group skills training experiences congruent with treatment plans.
• Provides appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Drives and transports clients.
• Completes data entry into Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).
• Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) connects clients to available community resources and acts as an advocate for clients.
• Coordinates care with internal and external providers.
• Create group materials as needed.
• Attends staffings, clinical supervision, in-services, and staff meetings.

Core Responsibilities

• Therapeutic interventions for adults with a serious and persistent mental illness.
• Symptoms of psychiatric disorders.
• Locating, coordinating, and accessing appropriate services and entitlements for clients.
• Criteria for enrollment and appropriate regulations to assist clients in maintaining compliance with program guidelines.
• Activities of daily living.
• Formulation of treatment plans, ability to monitor progress, and ability to modify plans to meet client needs.
• Treatment interventions and crisis intervention for people who have a mental illness and substance use disorder.

Competencies

• Developing a rapport and ongoing relationship with adults who have a serious mental illness.
• Assessing the needs of adults with a serious and persistent mental illness.
• Documenting interventions.
• Built and maintained therapeutic rapport with assigned clients.
• Affords clients in personal financial administration.
• Affords clients in medication compliance through self-administration of psychotropic medications, or assisted administration.
• Advocating for client's needs.
• Group facilitation.
• Being a positive and supportive team member.
• Typing and basic computer usage.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related Human Services discipline is required.
• Previous related experience working in mental health or related discipline is preferred.
• Success completion of OBHP (Other Behavioral Health Professional) educational requirements is required within 3 weeks of hire date.
• Valid Indiana Driver's License and reliable transportation.