Housing Specialist

BJC HealthCare; Farmington (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

BJC Behavioral Health in Farmington, MO is seeking a full-time housing program administrator to coordinate housing resources for clients. You will be the single point of contact for staff, clients, and service agencies, with a focus on identifying housing needs and building partnerships.

This role involves monitoring housing services, expanding safe housing options, maintaining contracted programs, guiding cross-system collaborations, and driving continuous improvement in service quality,

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
• Experience: No Experience.
• Licenses & Certifications: Valid Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Regularly monitors housing and Supported Community Living Program (SCLP) services to ensure that program roles, objectives and internal and external standards of excellence are met.
• Increases availability of safe, affordable housing for clients based on best practices.
• Maintains BJC contracted and operated housing and residential programs and services.
• Establish and maintain Community Development linkages within the mental health system and across non-mental health service systems by developing partnerships, collaborative relationships, and providing input to strategic planning initiatives.
• Provides oversight for the development of an infrastructure that enables continuous improvement for service and satisfaction, clinical outcomes and processes, financial viability, and regulatory readiness.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Full time

Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm

Location – Farmington, MO

Communicating with landlords & property managers on a regular basis

Managing a caseload of clients

Overseeing & educating others regarding the housing program

Conducting resident inspections on a routine basis

Overview

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provide a single point of contact for BJC Behavioral Health staff, clients, and community service agencies for all housing resources. The goal of the position is to identify client housing needs and develop/maintain community partnerships to maximize available resources.

Responsibilities

• Regularly monitors housing and Supported Community Living Program (SCLP) services to ensure that program roles, objectives and internal and external standards of excellence are met.
• Increases availability of safe, affordable housing for clients based on best practices.
• Maintains BJC contracted and operated housing and residential programs and services.
• Establish and maintain Community Development linkages within the mental health system and across non-mental health service systems by developing partnerships, collaborative relationships, and providing input to strategic planning initiatives.
• Provides oversight for the development of an infrastructure that enables continuous improvement for service and satisfaction, clinical outcomes and processes, financial viability, and regulatory readiness.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• Valid Driver's License

Preferred Requirements

Experience

• <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer