Housing Coordinator

Brilliant Corners

Sacramento (CA)

Hybrid

USD 33,000 - 36,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Brilliant Corners is seeking a Housing Coordinator in Sacramento County to support formerly homeless individuals through the housing process, prioritize unit stability, and collaborate with case managers and providers. The role focuses on scattered-site units, tenancy supports, and ensuring habitability through regular visits.

The position emphasizes housing retention, client well-being, and coordination with landlords to prevent tenancy issues while maintaining strong documentation and data

Qualifications

One year of work experience in nonprofit human services.
Experience working with people experiencing homelessness and/or behavioral health challenges is a plus.
Knowledge of housing models such as permanent supportive housing or rapid rehousing.
Valid California driver license and personal insured vehicle.

Responsibilities

Complete housing needs assessment and support plan to determine participant housing-related needs and goals.
Assist with housing placements and assignments with Housing Acquisitions team.
Coordinate move-ins into interim housing and scattered-site units.
Ensure unit habitability through regular inspections.
Assist participants with reasonable accommodations and ADA needs documentation.
Educate on tenant rights and responsibilities and life skills related to housing.
Conduct regular home visits to ensure housing stability and respond to emergencies.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written comms

Interpersonal & de-escalation

Willingness to travel Sacramento

Flexibility in scheduling

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Location:?Sacramento Salary:?$24.04?/ hour

Organization Overview?

Founded in 2004, Brilliant Corners provides innovative housing and housing-related services to California's most vulnerable individuals, with an emphasis on those transitioning from, or at risk of, homelessness or institutionalization. We develop, own, and manage multi-family supportive housing and licensed residential care homes. We implement a broad array of scattered-site, one-on-one supportive housing, and clinical case management programs through partnerships with developmental services, homeless services, veterans? services, and health care sectors. In short, we do?good work. We have offices statewide with a staff of passionate people. While we are growing rapidly, we are also selective:?We're'seeking?inspired, talented people who want to be?effecting?profound change and who have fun doing it.

Program Summary?

The Sacramento Flexible Housing Pool (FHP) is a?new?countywide initiative led by?Brilliant Corners in partnership with?the?Sacramento County?Department of Homeless Services and Housing (DHSH). The program provides a centralized system to help individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness quickly access and?maintain?permanent housing. In its first year, FHP will serve at least 250 households?prioritizing?adults experiencing homelessness who also live with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorder (SUD)?Through rental subsidies, housing navigation,?tenancy supports, and landlord engagement, FHP connects people to stable housing while offering the supports needed to prevent returns to homelessness.By braiding multiple funding streams,?including?CalAIM, BHSA, PATH CITED, and others,?FHP is designed to grow over time into Sacramento County's primary rehousing pathway, ensuring?equitable?access to housing and long-term stability for the community's most vulnerable residents.

Position Summary

Housing Coordinators provide direct services?to formerly?homeless individuals throughout?Sacramento?County?this includes support with all aspects of the housing process.The?Housing Coordinator will help formerly homeless individuals move into housing,?predominately scattered-site?units,?in?Sacramento?County and provide housing retention services after?move?in. The Housing Coordinator will work directly with?program participants?and work collaboratively with property providers, case?management?and/or service providers to ensure that participants successfully?retain?their housing over time. The Housing Coordinator will ensure program participants? well-being and unit habitability by conducting?regular?home?visits?and annual inspections. The Housing Coordinator will work creatively to prevent?eviction?and other housing-related issues.

Position Responsibilities?

Complete housing needs assessment and housing support plan?to?determine?participant's housing-related needs and goals??

Work with the Housing Acquisitions team to?assist?with housing placements and assignments.

Coordinate program participants' move-ins into?interim housing,'scattered-site units, project-based units, and/or residential facilities.

Ensure unit habitability through a regular schedule of unit inspections.

Assess the need for reasonable accommodations/unit modifications and ADA compliance and?assist?program participants through the process of obtaining the?appropriate information?and documentation, if applicable.

Provide education on tenant rights and responsibilities as well as life skills related to housing.

Routinely make home visits and phone calls to program participants?to ensure?housing stability.

Respond to housing and tenant-related emergencies.

Submit and follow up on tenant maintenance requests.

Collaborate?with case managers,'service providers, and property providers to ensure?any issues that threaten tenancy are?promptly addressed??

Maintain thorough and?accurate?progress notes, files, and correspondences while?maintaining?the confidentiality of program participants, staff, and organizational information?at all times.

Update multiple data systems with?appropriate participant?information.

Attend all agency staff meetings and?trainings, as well as department meetings and case conferences.

Other duties as assigned by the Program Supervisor or Program Manager.

Requirements

Professional Experience?

One year of work experience in non-profit human services?

Experience working with people experiencing homelessness?and/or people with a behavioral health diagnosis?a plus?

Knowledge of different housing models ? such as permanent supportive housing or rapid rehousing ? or?Housing First?preferred?

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities?

Excellent verbal and written communication skills?

Strong interpersonal?and de-escalation'skills?

Willingness?to travel all over?Sacramento County and make regular in-person visits in the community?

Possession of a valid California driver's license, a clean driving record, and automobile insurance?

Access to reliable transportation?

Basic computer knowledge, MS?Word?and Excel?required; PowerPoint preferred?

Flexibility is?required?regarding'scheduling and prioritizing tasks?

Ability to?utilize?critical thinking skills in decision-making situations, good organizational and record-keeping skills, and good independent judgment?

Core Competencies?

Approachability:?Is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious; is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others; builds rapport well; is a good listener; is an early knower, getting informal and incomplete information in time to do something about it.

Conflict Management:?Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities;?reads'situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.

Strategic Agility:?Sees ahead clearly, can?anticipate?future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans?

Organizational Values

Humanity: Putting people first: We are committed to meeting people where?they?re?at, honoring their dignity,?diversity?and experience.

Community: Building a better future: Sustainable housing solutions are fostered through partnership,?collaboration?and human connection.

Ingenuity:?Innovating for?transformation: Systems-change requires relentless determination,?thinking outside the box?and challenging the status quo.?

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations?

A valid, clean CA driver's license and a personal insured vehicle are?required.

Travel Requirements?

Travel throughout?Sacramento?County with?approximately 60-70% of the time'spent in the?community.

TB Testing

Position requires TB screening/clearance in accordance with applicable law and funder requirements; testing is provided at employer expense.

Labor Union

This position is part of the OPEIU, LOCAL 30, AFL-CIO, bargaining unit. As a member of the OPEIU, LOCAL 30, AFL-CIO, the incumbent will be subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the collective bargaining agreement

Physical Requirements?

Candidates should have physical mobility for tasks such as standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, twisting, and walking on uneven surfaces.They should be capable of performing stationary tasks like sitting for up to 6 to 8 hours a day. Additionally, candidates should be able to lift, carry, push, pull?light to moderate weights up to 15 pounds safely. Requires mental acuity for analytical reasoning and document interpretation.

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