Housing Coordinator (Mental Health Services)

Socket.dev; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Healthcare coverage

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Referral Bonus

Vacation time

Holidays

Sick leave

Personal days

Educational assistance

Discount programs

Job summary

Vinfen is seeking a Housing Coordinator to promote community integration and independence for adults with psychiatric conditions. You will identify, access, and maintain suitable housing while building relationships with landlords and housing authorities to expedite housing support.

The role uses a recovery-oriented, person-centered approach, providing outreach across shelters, street settings, and residential environments to assess housing needs and preferences.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor's preferred.
• 1–2 years experience with people with serious psychiatric conditions.
• Experience managing affordable housing and housing supports.
• Knowledge of housing subsidy programs.
• One year of real estate brokerage or management experience.
• Must have access to an insured vehicle for transport.
• Bilingual/bicultural applicants preferred.
• Must be at least 21 and pass CORI, driving, references, and background checks.
• CPR, First Aid certification within 2 weeks; MAP certification within 150 days.

Responsibilities

• Assist Persons Served to identify, access, and maintain housing.
• Develop and maintain relationships with property managers and landlords.
• Provide outreach to Persons Served across shelters, streets, and housing settings.
• Use recovery-oriented, person-centered approach throughout housing process.
• Coordinate transport for housing-related activities using a vehicle.

Skills

Housing coordination

Real estate knowledge

Driving required

Bilingual preferred

Community outreach

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Schedule:Mon-Wed, Fri 8am-4pm, Thu 12pm-8pm, rotational weekends

Salary: $52,880 / year

The ACCS Housing Coordinator promotes community integration and independence among adults with psychiatric conditions by assisting with identifying, accessing, and maintaining suitable housing. The ACCS Housing Coordinator will work to with each Person Served to ensure housing support is expedient and will do so by developing and maintaining relationships with local property managers, landlords, housing authorities.

In the role you will use recovery-oriented, person-centered approach to help Person Served throughout the process of securing and/or maintaining housing. You will also provide outreach services to each Person Served whether they currently reside in shelters, on the street, in temporary housing/respite or residential Group Living environments to identify their housing needs and preferences.

Why Vinfen?

We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security!

Our comprehensive and generous benefits package includes:

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more. Plus, we offer a generous employer contribution toward the cost of medical insurance!
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance (no cost to you!)
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance along with the option to purchase additional, voluntary, Short-Term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week):
• 15 days of Vacation per year
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 10 Sick Days per year
• 3 Personal Days per year
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap!
• Other generous benefits including discounted YMCA memberships, access to discounted movie tickets and more!

About Us

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,200 dedicated employees are experienced, highly-trained professionals who provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services in 318 programs throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. For more information about Vinfen, please visit www.vinfen.org/careers

My Job. My Community. My Vinfen

Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Keywords: ACCSHC, outreach worker, social worker, mental health, psychology, human services, Real estate, Housing coordinator.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree in mental health, social services, or business is preferred.
• 1 to 2 years of experience working with people with serious psychiatric conditions preferred.
• Experience managing affordable housing and or housing supports preferred.
• Knowledge of housing subsidy programs.
• One year experience in Real Estate brokerage or management preferred.
• Must have access to an operational and insured vehicle and be willing to use it to transport PS.
• Preference given to bilingual/bicultural applicants and applicants with lived experience of psychiatric conditions.
• All candidates for this position must be a least 21 years of age and be able to pass a CORI, driving record, reference, educational and professional licensure check as well as a multi-state background check.
• All applicants must be able to become CPR, First Aid certified within 2 weeks of employment and MAP certified within 150 days of employment.