Housing Support Specialist (Community, Rehabilitation, and Wellness Program)

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; Austell (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Flexible Benefits

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Public Student Loan Forgiveness

NHSC loan forgiveness

Pre-licensure supervision

Job summary

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is seeking a Housing Support Specialist to coordinate client interviews, manage housing transitions, and process rent determinations within the GHV/HCV programs. You will work with participants, case managers, and owners to ensure timely voucher issuance and successful housing placements.

Minimal qualifications include a 4-year degree in a related field and 1 year of mental health experience; bilingual skills and a Georgia Certified Peer Specialist credential

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Human Services, Criminology, or a related field.
• 1 year experience in the Mental Health field.
• Active Certified Peer Specialist credential (preferred).
• Bilingual English and Spanish is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform and complete all intakes, GHV/HCV applications, and provide participants and their case managers with required documentation to proceed in procuring housing.
• Regularly schedule interviews, obtain income verifications, compute rents and utility allowances, and notify participants and case managers of changes to the program.
• Explain policies and regulations to owners participating in or interested in the GHV and HCV Programs.
• Ensure that vouchers are issued timely and managed after issuance.
• Assist voucher holders and their case managers with finding acceptable units.
• Schedule and transition eligible GHV participants to HCV after the initial year or as requested.
• Explain rights and responsibilities of GHV/HCV Programs to Property Managers, Owners, and Managing Agents.
• Collect, compile, and submit data for program evaluation and grant reporting; maintain participant records.
• Track move-ins and transitions and provide monthly reports to RRSS Program Manager.
• Monitor regulatory changes and attend trainings as needed.
• Ability to be CPR and SAMA certified.
• Other duties as requested.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Human Services, Criminology, or related field

Job description

• Job Category Mental Health, Community Services, Housing Services
• Industry Public and Community Healthcare
• Employee Type Non-Exempt
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree
• Manage Others No

Contact information

Description

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.

Are you ready to make a Difference?

JOB SUMMARY:

The Housing Support Specialist performs a variety of duties. These duties include, but are not limited to: coordination of and conducting client interviews, managing eligible clients requesting to move, maintaining effective lines of communication, processing rent determinations, managing GHV/HCV applications

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Perform and complete all intakes, GHV/HCV applications, and provide participants and their assigned case managers with required documentation to proceed in procuring housing
• Regularly schedule interviews, obtain income verifications, compute rents and utility allowances, property notify participants and their case managers of any changes to program and perform all tasks related to the timely conduct of initial, annual, and interim recertifications in accordance with pre-established deadlines.
• Explain policies and regulations to owners participating in or interested in the GHV and HCV Programs.
• Ensure that vouchers are issued timely and managed after issuance.
• Assist voucher holders and their case managers with finding acceptable units.
• Schedule, interview, and transition eligible GHV participants to HCV after initial year of GHV is completed or when requested by DBHDD and DCA.
• Explains the rights and responsibilities of the GHV/HCV Programs, HUD, Owner and Participant, including Equal Opportunity requirements to Property Managers, Owners, and Managing Agents.
• Collect, compile, and submit data required for program evaluation and grant reporting under contract. Maintain accurate and detailed participant records.
• Tracks all move-ins and transitions and provides monthly reports to the Residential Recovery & Support Services (RRSS) Program Manager for analysis.
• Monitors regulatory changes and attends workshops, trainings, and seminars as deemed necessary for job description.
• Ability to be CPR and SAMA certified.
• Other responsibilities as requested.
• Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
• Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
• 10 paid holidays
• 1 personal day
• Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties.
• Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Human Services, Criminology, or a related field of study.
• 1 year experience in the Mental Health field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Certified Peer Specialist credential from the State of Georgia.
• Minimum 1 year of documented experience and demonstrated competency in behavioral health or crisis intervention.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is highly preferred.

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, age sex, religion, or disability.

Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment background investigation and a pre-employment drug screen. Employment is contingent upon passing the background and the drug screen.