Housing Navigator: Help Families Secure Stable Homes

Paycom - ATS; Wheat Ridge, Arvada (CO, CO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Family Tree Homelessness Program in Wheat Ridge, CO is seeking a Housing Specialist to determine initial and ongoing participant eligibility and to provide housing navigation and placement.

You will lease up clients, build relationships with landlords across Denver Metro, calculate rental payments, and document everything in client files and HMIS, maintaining a caseload in a compassionate, trauma-informed approach.

Qualifications

• Experience with housing navigation and rent calculation.
• Ability to interview, assess and determine eligibility for homelessness programs.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with landlords and partners.
• Proficiency documenting in HMIS and client files; attention to accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Interview and determine initial and ongoing program eligibility per guidelines.
• Provide and document housing navigation and placement; lease up clients.
• Develop and maintain landlord/community partner relationships in the Denver Metro Area.
• Determine client rental payment amounts and submit payment requests with proper documentation.
• Enter documentation into client files, HMIS and tracking systems; maintain a caseload.

Skills

Initiative and Critical Thinking

Organizational Competency

Relationship Management

Numeracy

Flexibility and Adaptability

Strengths-Based Approaches

Teamwork and Collaboration

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Suite

HMIS

Elite system

Job description

Family Tree Homelessness Program in Wheat Ridge, CO is seeking a Housing Specialist to determine initial and ongoing participant eligibility and to provide housing navigation and placement.

You will lease up clients, build relationships with landlords across Denver Metro, calculate rental payments, and document everything in client files and HMIS, maintaining a caseload in a compassionate, trauma-informed approach.