Housing Navigator: Path to Permanent Homes

LA Family Housing; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

403B Retirement Plan

529 Education Savings Plan

Long Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Paid Sick

Vacation and 13 Observed Holidays

Job summary

LA Family Housing in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Housing Navigator to provide direct assistance and intensive case management to participants facing homelessness, developing housing plans, budgets, and connecting to permanent housing and services.

The role requires strong clinical engagement, crisis intervention, coordination with landlords and service providers, transportation, and adherence to HIPAA; bilingual Spanish/English preferred but not required; requires valid CA driver's license and

Responsibilities

• Conducts regular in-person meetings with participants to develop and implement housing plans and budgets
• Discusses housing plan barriers and links participants to appropriate resources
• Provides field-based and street-based services
• Assists with crisis intervention and de-escalation of participants as needed
• Facilitates access to services needed to support housing readiness and reduce impact of barriers
• Strategizes and presents housing leads to participants that include listings from LAFH, housing authority, internet, and internal database of landlords/management firms/owners
• Provides psychoeducation to participants on how to complete housing applications, searches, and tenant rights and responsibilities
• Engages and assists program participants with applying for permanent subsidy or low-income housing assistance programs
• Transports participants as needed to housing viewing appointments, move-ins, housing authority appointments, and specific visits to relevant social service agencies that will support with meeting housing plan goals
• Drives personal vehicle in and around Los Angeles County and drive agency vehicles periodically to transport program participants
• Prioritizes and follows up with each participant as needed to ensure they are making progress towards their permanent housing goals
• Ensures a “warm” hand-off and transition to the housing stabilizer to provide ongoing in-home case management services

Job description

LA Family Housing in Los Angeles, CA seeks a Housing Navigator to provide direct assistance and intensive case management to participants facing homelessness, developing housing plans, budgets, and connecting to permanent housing and services.

The role requires strong clinical engagement, crisis intervention, coordination with landlords and service providers, transportation, and adherence to HIPAA; bilingual Spanish/English preferred but not required; requires valid CA driver's license and