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Full Time Housing Coordinator in Kingston, NY
$38k-56k (estimate)
Full Time
11 Months Ago
People USA is Hiring a Full Time Housing Coordinator in Kingston, NY Near Kingston, NY
Position Description:
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Perks/Benefits Full Time Employees
People USA Housing Coordinator
SUMMARY: The Full-Time Housing Coordinator staff will support the daily operations at the assigned Location. She or he provides peer support for each housing participant enrolled in the program. The Housing Coordinator is available to instill hope, support wellness and demonstrate that recovery is real and does happen. Staff model and utilize trauma-informed techniques and tools, help guests set goals and engage in community and social events. The Housing Coordinator position will be a peer (personal lived experience/s with mental illness) who implements PEOPLe, USAs Supported Housing programs (OMH, HUD), helping people with histories of mental health challenges to live independent, self-determined lives in the community.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides screenings to potential program participants identified through the local countys Single Point of Access (SPOA) process (Help directly link potential program participants not identified through SPOA with the necessary resources to become SPOA-identified)
- Educates potential program participants on who PEOPLe Inc. is, what the agency stands for (mission & core values), and how the agencys Supported Housing program operates.(Additional information on OMH or HUD Supported Housing guidelines and general housing rights)
- Assists accepted program clients with budgeting, incl. rental costs, utilities, program subsidies, personal finances, and other related personnel costs.
- Directly explores with clients housing rental options that suit their financial, environmental, and personal needs
- Assists clients in completing rental applications
- Assists clients in understanding all leasing contract components
- Assists clients in managing the moving process
- Assists clients in furnishing rentals
- Help clients to continuously budget their money sensibly to maintain their housing and other basic needs
- Regularly verify client's income and budgeted costs to ensure that rental subsidies are up-to-date and accurate.
- Maintains regular meaningful contact with clients (amount determined by clients), with no less than one (1) face-to-face and two (2) additional indirect contacts per month
- Educates clients on useful health & wellness topics, including but not limited to
- Peer/Self-help Resources
- Recovery from Mental Health Challenges (from a Psychiatric Rehabilitation perspective)
- Wellness & Whole Health (SAMHSAs Eight Dimensions of Wellness)
- Community Resources (across all domains of health, e.g.: physical, mental, substance use, socio-economic determinants of health)
- Trauma & Healing
- Wellness Planning & Prevention (e.g. WRAP)
- Natural Supports (developing/maintaining).
- Helps clients to identify barriers to their recovery journeys or personal wellness, including issues related to access, quality of care, peoples rights, lack of basic needs, and stigma & discrimination
- Advocates for clients side-by-side to overcome identified barriers, making sure their voices are heard, and their decisions are understood and respected.
- Builds peer-to-peer connections/relationships based on mutuality (shared lived experiences), empathy, and hope for recovery/wellness (peers-as-proof).
- Provides peer support, sharing stories, personal feelings, information, and strategies for living well.
- Coaches clients to identify & accomplish whole health goals related to the Eight Dimensions of Wellness (emotional, social, physical, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, spiritual)
- Directly connects people to the services and supports they need through direct bridging/linking (as opposed to referrals only)
- Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other provider agencies, and local housing providers (landlords) within the county and its surrounding environs
- Documents all meaningful interactions in electronic records software and maintain hard copies in clients files
- Regularly attend SPOA meetings, HUD Continuum of Care meetings, and other related meetings
- Consistently support PEOPLe, USA.s mission to instill a sense of hope, empowerment, and self-determination in people living with mental illness that fosters recovery and a transition to wellness.
- Align all behaviors with core values that promote trauma-informed care, customer engagement and satisfaction, mutuality & empathy, and a philosophical commitment that everyone can and will recover.
- Staff must document their time in Kronos effectively. Staff can not work over their positions alotted hours without Supervisor approval.
- Staff Assigned to work with individuals transitioning out of Rockland Psychiatric Center are responsible for providing more intensive case management services. Home Visits will be done weekly with participants rather than monthly*
Competencies:
- Technical Capacity
- Communication
- Thoroughness
- Customer/Client Focus
- Collaboration/Teamwork Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Computer Skills
- Organization & Time Mgmt.
- Mediation
- Resiliency & Flexibility
- Responsiveness & Calmness'
- Ethical Conduct
- Results Driven
Supervisory Responsibility: This operates mostly in community settings, including each program participants housing (scattered site). The job also operates in a peer-run non-clinical mental health care setting that includes professional office environments. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position, and expected hours are 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Some weekend and evening work may be required.
Travel: Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected. This position requires up to 75% travel.
- Required Education and Experience:
- High School degree or equivalency.
- Personal lived experience/s with mental illness or substance abuse.
Preferred Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree.
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Significant demonstrable experience in health & human services
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Must work towards or possess the following:
- New York State Certified Peer Specialist must be obtained within 6 months of hire
- Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP)
- All other training assigned to staff must be done in a timely manner
People USA recruits, employee train and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. People USA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. People USA. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of People USAs employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. People USA promotes within no matter the race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
Perks/Benefits Full Time Employees
Medical
Dental
Vision
HRA Health Reimbursement Agreement
Flexible Spending Account
Voluntary Life
Long Term Disability
LifeLock Identity
LegalShield
Sick Time
Vacation Time
o 160 hours annually FT
Member Deals / Discount
o Theme Parks & Attractions
o Hotels
o Rental Cars
o Ski Resorts
o Movie Tickets
o Chose A City
o Shopping Deals
o Shows & Events
Job Advertisement:People USA Housing Coordinator
SUMMARY: The Full-Time Housing Coordinator staff will support the daily operations at the assigned Location. She or he provides peer support for each housing participant enrolled in the program. The Housing Coordinator is available to instill hope, support wellness and demonstrate that recovery is real and does happen. Staff model and utilize trauma-informed techniques and tools, help guests set goals and engage in community and social events. The Housing Coordinator position will be a peer (personal lived experience/s with mental illness) who implements PEOPLe, USAs Supported Housing programs (OMH, HUD), helping people with histories of mental health challenges to live independent, self-determined lives in the community.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides screenings to potential program participants identified through the local countys Single Point of Access (SPOA) process (Help directly link potential program participants not identified through SPOA with the necessary resources to become SPOA-identified)
- Educates potential program participants on who PEOPLe Inc. is, what the agency stands for (mission & core values), and how the agencys Supported Housing program operates.(Additional information on OMH or HUD Supported Housing guidelines and general housing rights)
- Assists accepted program clients with budgeting, incl. rental costs, utilities, program subsidies, personal finances, and other related personnel costs.
- Directly explores with clients housing rental options that suit their financial, environmental, and personal needs
- Assists clients in completing rental applications
- Assists clients in understanding all leasing contract components
- Assists clients in managing the moving process
- Assists clients in furnishing rentals
- Help clients to continuously budget their money sensibly to maintain their housing and other basic needs
- Regularly verify client's income and budgeted costs to ensure that rental subsidies are up-to-date and accurate.
- Maintains regular meaningful contact with clients (amount determined by clients), with no less than one (1) face-to-face and two (2) additional indirect contacts per month
- Educates clients on useful health & wellness topics, including but not limited to
- Peer/Self-help Resources
- Recovery from Mental Health Challenges (from a Psychiatric Rehabilitation perspective)
- Wellness & Whole Health (SAMHSAs Eight Dimensions of Wellness)
- Community Resources (across all domains of health, e.g.: physical, mental, substance use, socio-economic determinants of health)
- Trauma & Healing
- Wellness Planning & Prevention (e.g. WRAP)
- Natural Supports (developing/maintaining).
- Helps clients to identify barriers to their recovery journeys or personal wellness, including issues related to access, quality of care, peoples rights, lack of basic needs, and stigma & discrimination
- Advocates for clients side-by-side to overcome identified barriers, making sure their voices are heard, and their decisions are understood and respected.
- Builds peer-to-peer connections/relationships based on mutuality (shared lived experiences), empathy, and hope for recovery/wellness (peers-as-proof).
- Provides peer support, sharing stories, personal feelings, information, and strategies for living well.
- Coaches clients to identify & accomplish whole health goals related to the Eight Dimensions of Wellness (emotional, social, physical, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, spiritual)
- Directly connects people to the services and supports they need through direct bridging/linking (as opposed to referrals only)
- Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other provider agencies, and local housing providers (landlords) within the county and its surrounding environs
- Documents all meaningful interactions in electronic records software and maintain hard copies in clients files
- Regularly attend SPOA meetings, HUD Continuum of Care meetings, and other related meetings
- Consistently support PEOPLe, USA.s mission to instill a sense of hope, empowerment, and self-determination in people living with mental illness that fosters recovery and a transition to wellness.
- Align all behaviors with core values that promote trauma-informed care, customer engagement and satisfaction, mutuality & empathy, and a philosophical commitment that everyone can and will recover.
- Staff must document their time in Kronos effectively. Staff can not work over their positions alotted hours without Supervisor approval.
- Staff Assigned to work with individuals transitioning out of Rockland Psychiatric Center are responsible for providing more intensive case management services. Home Visits will be done weekly with participants rather than monthly*
Competencies:
- Technical Capacity
- Communication
- Thoroughness
- Customer/Client Focus
- Collaboration/Teamwork Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Computer Skills
- Organization & Time Mgmt.
- Mediation
- Resiliency & Flexibility
- Responsiveness & Calmness'
- Ethical Conduct
- Results Driven
Supervisory Responsibility: This operates mostly in community settings, including each program participants housing (scattered site). The job also operates in a peer-run non-clinical mental health care setting that includes professional office environments. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position, and expected hours are 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Some weekend and evening work may be required.
Travel: Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected. This position requires up to 75% travel.
Required Education and Experience:
- High School degree or equivalency.
- Personal lived experience/s with mental illness or substance abuse.
- Preferred Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree.
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Significant demonstrable experience in health & human services
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Must work towards or possess the following:
- New York State Certified Peer Specialist must be obtained within 6 months of hire
- Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP)
- All other training assigned to staff must be done in a timely manner
People USA recruits, employee train and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. People USA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. People USA. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of People USAs employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. People USA promotes within no matter the race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
Perks/Benefits Full Time Employees
Medical
Dental
Vision
HRA Health Reimbursement Agreement
Flexible Spending Account
Voluntary Life
Long Term Disability
LifeLock Identity
LegalShield
Sick Time
Vacation Time
o 160 hours annually FT
Member Deals / Discount
o Theme Parks & Attractions
o Hotels
o Rental Cars
o Ski Resorts
o Movie Tickets
o Chose A City
o Shopping Deals
o Shows & Events
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$38k-56k (estimate)
POST DATE
05/12/2023
EXPIRATION DATE
05/21/2024
WEBSITE
people-usa.org
HEADQUARTERS
Poughkeepsie, NY
SIZE
<25
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