Housing Specialist (MESH)

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton is seeking a Specialist to advocate for adults with mental illness and chronic/serious medical diagnoses. This role coordinates medical, mental health, social services, and housing supports to help individuals establish independent living with specialized supports.

The Specialist works with the MESH team to define recovery goals, document plans in the clinical record, and provide ongoing counseling and crisis intervention.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all needed medical, mental health, social services, vocational/educational services are obtained & coordinated for each consumer.
• Provide supportive counseling using Evidence Based Practices (illness management & recovery, motivational interviewing, WRAP).
• Provide Crisis Intervention for consumers.
• Assist consumers in establishing positive interactions with family, neighbors, landlord, etc.
• Assist consumers in becoming familiar with their community & the resources available to them.
• Assist consumers with medical & mental health needs, providing transportation as needed, & linking health providers with consumers.
• Discuss recovery goals with the consumer and team; document the plan in the clinical record per regulatory time frames.
• Document progress/regression in attainment of goals & planned interventions on a monthly basis.
• Assist the consumers with budgeting & financial management.

Job description

JOB SUMMARY: The Specialist is the primary advocate for adults with mental illness & chronic/serious medical diagnoses. These consumers will be referred by the Division of Mental Health Services & from within our own contiuum of housing services to establish independent living situations which provide specialized supports. The Specialist must coordinate each individual's services with the rest of the MESH Team & participate in the direct provision of these services.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring that all needed medical, mental health, social services, vocational/educational services are obtained & coordinated for each consumer.
• Using Evidence Based Practices ( illness management & recovery, motivational interviewing, & WRAP) provide supportive counseling which assists each consumer in successfully living in community settings.
• Provide Crisis Intervention for consumers.
• Assist consumers in establishing positive interactions with family, neighbors, landlord, etc.
• Assist consumers in becoming familiar with their community & the resources available to them.
• Assist consumers with both medical & mental health needs, providing transportation,as needed, & providing a communication link between health providers & the consumers.
• As a member of the MESH team , the Specialist discusses with the consumer and other Team members what Recovery goals the consumer wants to work on & how to proceed with that goal. The Specialist is responsible for documenting this plan & putting it in the clinical record, in accordance with regulatory time frames.
• The Specialist is responsible for documenting progress &/or regression in the attainment of goals & what interventions are planned. This documentation is done on a monthly basis.
• Assist the consumers with budgeting & financial management.