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SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of the Program Supervisor the Housing Navigator works with community service providers to build relationships with the community, provide advocacy, and linkage to benefits and housing. The primary goal is to identify unsheltered homeless and other individuals through community referrals from homeless service providers and social service agencies. In identifying highly vulnerable homeless and other individuals, the Housing Navigator will administer assessment tools, facilitate referrals and resources, and connect to social services and permanent housing. The Housing Navigator will also assist individuals in obtaining housing readiness documentation and enter data into the homeless management information system (HMIS) and/or CRM software. The Housing Navigator will work as part of a larger team within the Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative (BKRHC).
Full Time
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
$37k-62k (estimate)
02/07/2024
05/12/2024
capk.org
WASCO, CA
25 - 50
1965
YOLANDA GONZALES
<$5M
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
Established in 1965, Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) administers close to a dozen programs aimed at meeting children, families and individuals at their point of need, for those who have had difficulty engaging the American Dream. The Promise of Community Action Community Action changes peoples lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other. Our Mission Community Action Partnership of Kern shall provide and advocate for resourc...es that will empower members of the communities we serve to be self-sufficient. The work of CAPK touches the lives of more than 150,000 of your neighbors, co-workers, family and friends annually, by: Distributing 12.25 million pounds of food for the food insecure; Delivering nutrition to 20,000 women, infants and children; Serving more than 900,000 meals to Head Start and Summer Meals Program children; Providing utility assistance for 9,400 families; Offering after school and summer programs for 389 at-risk youth; Delivering early childhood education and preschool to some 3,000 children; Answering over 101,000 calls for human and social services referrals. The Community Action Partnership serves Kern County by providing an integrated network of services including: VITA- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Head Start/State Child Development East Kern Family Resource Center WIC- Women, Infants & Children Shafter Youth Center 2-1-1 Kern County Migrant Childcare Friendship House CAPK Food Bank Energy Program Central Kitchen
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The following is the career advancement route for Housing Navigator positions, which can be used as a reference in future career path planning. As a Housing Navigator, it can be promoted into senior positions as a Top Community Development Executive that are expected to handle more key tasks, people in this role will get a higher salary paid than an ordinary Housing Navigator. You can explore the career advancement for a Housing Navigator below and select your interested title to get hiring information.