Housing Placement Specialist

Job Description

Compensation Range: $23/hr - $26/hr commensurate with experience

Benefits:
We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview:

The Housing Placement Specialist will serve as the primary connection between clients, case management staff, service providers, HIV/AIDS Service Administration/HASA case managers, landlords/property managers and brokers. The Housing Specialist works with clients in the Ryan White HPC housing placement program and serves as a role model and advocate in the areas of entitlements, self-advocacy, empowerment, health home, behavioral health, and housing.

Responsibilities:

• Attending information meetings to remain current on trends and entitlement system change.
• Assisting individuals and families with finding affordable housing.
• Developing relationships with landlords/brokers and real estate managements
• Track housing statistics and effectiveness of stably housing individuals that site housing as a barrier to achieving positive healthcare outcomes.
• Serving as a liaison between community partners, property managers and other participants to secure housing opportunities for consumers.
• Escorting clients to apartment viewings
• Conducting HQS inspections
• Tracking, monitoring, and reporting housing placement rates for all consumers.
• Assessing barriers to housing individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness to determine housing and service needs.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human services, Social Work and Psychology
• At least 2 years of experience working with populations diagnosed with chronic health conditions, HIV/AIDS.
• 2 years or more of housing experience.

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Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a “CBA”) between Housing Works and the RWDSU