Family Support & Housing Service Coordinator

The Family Support and Housing Service Coordinator plays a crucial role in assisting a designated group of homeless or formerly homeless families. The primary responsibility involves delivering intensive case management and service coordination.

This position will provide home visiting to individuals/families needing specific supports to promote and strengthen parent resiliency. This position promotes optimal family health and wellbeing using the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework and through a trauma informed lens. The Family Support and Housing Service Coordinator will work collaboratively both internally and with community partners to provide resources, referrals, and tools that support program participants in developing life skills that will lead to an increased quality of life by providing high quality comprehensive community and evidence-based home visiting services to prenatal and postpartum families, infants and children.

Essential Functions:

• Case Management for Family Supportive Housing clients. Caseload size will vary based on referral source, capacity and complexity of family needs.
• Regularly meet with clients both inside and outside of Family Center of Washington County offices to assess housing needs and complete intake, following grant protocol guidelines.
• Provide training and referrals to clients regarding financial empowerment, life skills, tenant education, parent and child resiliency, and support towards addiction recovery.
• Assist clients in the preparation of Individual Service Plans (ISP) to determine their goals, including a case plan, and assist with self-advocacy with relation to housing and family services.
• Assisting individuals to gain access to needed medical, social, educational and other services as well as addressing barriers to care.
• Engage in advocacy and collaboration with agencies on behalf of families.
• Risk reduction, intervention and advocacy, with a focus on: nutrition and physical activity, management of illness, substance use/abuse, trauma, and abuse.
• Coordinate parent education with Parents as Teachers and Strengthening Families framework and support the development of family protective factors.
• Coordinate various plans among appropriate community partners, particularly in the areas Family Services, Reach-Up, and employment related supports. Engage in general advocacy with a focus on the goal of successfully obtaining permanent and safe housing for clients.
• Develop opportunities for employment for clients in collaboration with the local employment consultants and job coaches.
• Identify and access additional appropriate resources for families that have not yet been utilized.
• Attend all mandated training and be available for additional training opportunities as identified supervisor.
• Work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Perform any other duties as specified under the mandates of our grants.

Administrative Duties:

• Maintain appropriate records as needed.
• Data entry and preparation of reports as assigned.
• Review and development of needed additional programs.
• Attend local and state housing coalition meetings, and other meetings as assigned.
• Perform any additional administrative or other duties as needed.
• Maintain confidentiality consistent with the Agency’s policies and the law.

Desired Qualifications for Knowledge/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Human Services, Counseling or a related field. Years of relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
• Familiarity with housing/homelessness resources in Washington County.
• Knowledge of risk factors associated with domestic and sexual violence and their relationship to homelessness, as well as knowledge and experience working with issues of poverty and substance abuse.
• Experience working in home or community settings with families and children, home visiting experience preferred.
• Experience working with families with complex needs.
• Knowledge of resources in the community along with ability to teach simple life skills, including budgeting, healthy eating, and personal safety skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to work with a wide range of people, including professionals and consumers, while maintaining an awareness of each individual’s needs and strengths.
• Must be detailed oriented and be able to maintain accurate records and prepare comprehensive progress reports, as well as develop and track self-identified goals.
• A demonstrated commitment to a strengths-based intervention practice.
• Must demonstrate the highest ethical standards, be able to effectively communicate the goals of the programs and collaborate effectively with grant partners.
• Must display caring, respect, resilience, a willingness to adapt to change, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with regulations, laws, and procedures of the Vermont Agency of Human Services preferred.
• Must hold a valid Vermont driver’s license.
• Ability to pass any required background checks.
• Attends Agency events, public awareness activities, education sessions, and fundraising events as workload allows.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person

Salary : $26