Housing Specialist

Community Bridges Inc.; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision

Disability

Life insurance

401K with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

Community Bridges, Inc. seeks a Housing Specialist to secure housing for individuals served by building knowledge of community resources and fostering partnerships with shelters, landlords, and housing providers.

The role involves community outreach, relationship-building with landlords, and ensuring privacy and rights of clients throughout the housing process, within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Highschool diploma or GED required.
• Associates degree (or higher) in behavioral health preferred but not required.
• 1–3 years of health care-related work experience preferred but not required.
• Current AZ Driver's License.
• Clear 39-month Motor Vehicle Record.
• Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) certification per A.A.C. R9-10-101.33 and CBI policies.
• Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of community resources related to securing housing for individuals served.
• Work in the community to establish appropriate intervention levels with members served.
• Cultivate relationships with landlords and explain the program to them; protect privacy of individuals served.
• Establish and maintain relationships with shelters, recovery homes, housing service providers, and landlords.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and provide cross-training on housing options.

Skills

Driver's License

Clean MVR

BHT certification

Fingerprint clearance

Education

Highschool diploma or GED

Associate degree or higher in behavioral health

Job description

Housing Specialist

Community Bridges, Inc. (CB I) is an integrated behavioral healthcare agency offering a variety of different programs throughout Arizona. CBI provides residential, outpatient, inpatient, patient centered medical homes, medication-assisted treatment, and crisis services to individuals experiencing crisis, opioid use disorder, homelessness, and mental illness.

CBI is the premiere non-profit fully integrated healthcare provider of substance use and behavioral health programs in Arizona, including prevention, education and treatment using cutting-edge, nationally recognized, evidence-based models.

Job Summary

The Housing Specialist is a specialty case management position, in addition to the roles and responsibilities of a case manager, the Housing Specialist is responsible for developing a deep understanding of community resources as it relates to securing housing for individuals served in the program. The Housing Specialist will work in the community to establish relationships with the appropriate level of intervention for the members served. This includes but is not limited to shelters, recovery homes, housing service providers, and landlords. The Housing Specialist will be responsible for cultivating friendly relationships with landlords throughout the area of service. This includes identifying new landlords and explaining the program to them, being responsive to the needs of existing landlords to ensure they desire to continue to work with the program, and protecting the privacy and rights of the individual served throughout the process. The Housing Specialist works within a multidisciplinary team and provides cross training around housing options on an ongoing basis.

Skills/Requirements

• Highschool diploma or GED is required. Associates Degree (or higher) in a field related to behavioral health is preferred but not required of this position.
• 1-3 years of full-time Health Care related work experience where his or her prior experience would provide adequate exposure to both behavioral and medical crisis situations is preferred but not required.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Current AZ Driver's License
• Clear 39-month Motor Vehicle Record
• Behavioral Health Technician (BHT) in accordance with A.A.C. R9-10-101.33 and CBI Clinical Policies and Procedures
• Arizona Fingerprint Clearance card, site specific

CBI Offers an excellent benefits package!

• Generous PTO accrual (5 weeks!)
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Supplemental plans
• Hospital indemnity/ Critical Illness,
• Pet Insurance,
• Dependent Care Savings, Health Care Savings,
• 401K with employer match - 100% vested upon enrollment,
• Wellness programs,
• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Programs, incentives, and more!
• Very Competitive pay rates

CBI is growing and expanding our services!

• We are experience tremendous growth in this time. As an essential service provider, we value all our employees and their careers in the clinical field.
• *For the past four years, The Phoenix Business Journal has recognized CBI as one of the top ten healthiest mid-size employers in the Valley! *

CBI Values your Career and have lots of growth opportunities!

Our staff experience tremendous professional growth through ongoing training and support. Our team is supported by strong and competent leadership. The leadership at CBI is committed to ongoing professional development for their Clinical Quality Audit staff. Come join our team of passionate individuals who are serious about making a difference in the lives of our patients and the communities we serve.

About our Culture, commitment to employees!

• We are looking for driven and compassionate individual’s that thrive in an upbeat and safe working environment. We dedicate a lot of thought and effort into work life balance as well as our competitive composition structure.
• We know life happens, that’s why we all start with a 5-week PTO plan as well as a wide range of unique benefits!

Our Facilities

Our 26 locations are all state-of-the-art facility that provides top notch integrated care. We are proud to adhere to a "no wrong door" treatment approach that allows our licensed practical nurses to dramatically improve the quality of life for the patients in their care.

CBI treats patients from all different walks of life and believes in maintaining the dignity of human life. Recovery is possible!