Housing Placement Specialist

Shareselfhelp; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A community housing organization seeks a Collaborative Housing Placement Specialist to connect individuals seeking housing with homeowners. This role involves maintaining relationships with various stakeholders, enrolling participants, and providing essential mental health and community resource linkages. Candidates should have strong documentation skills, a background in social work or similar fields, and preferably lived experience in support groups. The position requires flexibility for evening and weekend work.

Qualifications

• Experience working independently and collaboratively with diverse populations.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
• Minimum one year of sobriety or abstinence if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Connect potential residents to homeowners and conduct evidence-based referrals.
• Maintain relationships with homeowners and partner agencies.
• Provide linkages to mental health and other resources.
• Enroll and orient new participants.

Skills

Proficiency in documentation and record-keeping

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Cultural competency

Education

Higher education or certifications in social work, psychology, or related field

Tools

Buildium

Salesforce

Job description

The Collaborative Housing Placement Specialist places people seeking housing in SHARE! Collaborative Housing, an innovative solution to homelessness serving people in single-family homes throughout Los Angeles. This individual is responsible for connecting potential residents to homeowners and conducts evidence-based referrals to self-help support groups. Reports to the Program Coordinator.

Key Responsibilities:

• Takes calls and walk-ins from people seeking housing, partner agencies, referrals to Collaborative Housing
• Uses Buildium, Salesforce to connect residents to homeowners
• Develops personal recovery relationships with people seeking housing
• Maintains relationships with homeowners and partner agencies
• Enroll and orient participants and get informed consent for data collection
• Works with houses to develop a culture of recovery, establish policies, structure, schedule and activities
• Connects residents to SHARE! self-help centers, self-help support groups, Volunteer-to-Jobs program and activities
• Provides linkages to the mental health system and other governmental and non-governmental resources, including self-help support group meetings, volunteer opportunities, medical and mental health resources, money management, criminal expungement, benefits and other assistance as needed
• Enrolls new Collaborative Houses, develops relationship with new owners and place participants
• Finds new placements for residents who want or need them
• Submits program reports as needed
• Follow the protocol and timeline that needs to be taken to fill vacancies in new houses

Qualifications

Required:

• Proficiency in documentation and record-keeping
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse populations
• May be on call for problems that may arise after hours
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends
• Ability to normalize difficult situations
• Basic knowledge of cultural competency, implicit bias and microaggressions

Preferred Experience:

• Minimum one year of sobriety and/or abstinence if applicable, 2-5 years preferred
• Minimum one year of current personal experience attending self-help support groups, 2-5 years preferred
• Higher education or certifications in social work, psychology, or related field
• Bilingual any language a plus, especially Spanish