MRT Housing Coordinator

People USA; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 47,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the supportive housing sector seeks an MRT Housing Coordinator in Chicago. This role involves providing peer support to clients, assisting them with budgeting, rental applications, and educating them about health and wellness. Ideal candidates should possess lived experience with mental health challenges and work toward relevant certifications. Join a team dedicated to empowering individuals on their journey to recovery and wellness.

Qualifications

• Lived experience with mental illness or substance abuse is required.
• Must obtain New York State Certified Peer Specialist within 6 months.
• Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) is also needed.

Responsibilities

• Educate clients on Supported Housing program and assist with budgeting.
• Provide peer support and help clients with rental applications.
• Verify income and maintain contact with clients to ensure wellbeing.

Skills

Peer Support

Budgeting Assistance

Empathy

Health & Wellness Education

Community Resource Management

Education

High School degree or equivalency

Job description

Work Schedule:Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Payrate: $22.66 per hour

Job Summary: The MRT Housing Coordinator provides peer support for each housing participant enrolled in the program.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides screenings to potential program participants and educates potential program participants on who PEOPLe Inc. is, what the agency stands for (mission & core values), and how the agency’s Supported Housing program operates.
• Assists accepted program clients with budgeting ( Examples - rental costs, utilities, program subsidies, personal finances, and other related personnel costs.)
• Directly explores with clients housing rental options that suit their financial, environmental, and personal needs
• Assists clients in completing rental applications, understanding all leasing contract components and managing the moving process
• Help clients to continuously budget their money sensibly to maintain their housing and other basic needs
• Regularly verify the client's income and budgeted costs to ensure that rental subsidies are up-to-date and accurate.
• Maintains regular meaningful contact with clients (amount determined by clients)
• Educates clients on useful health & wellness topics, including but not limited to
• Recoveryfrom Mental Health Challenges (from a Psychiatric Rehabilitation perspective)
• Wellness & Whole Health (SAMHSA’s Eight Dimensions of Wellness)
• Community Resources (across all domains of health, e.g.: physical, mental, substance use, socio-economic determinants of health)
• Helps clients to identify barriers to their recovery journeys or personal wellness, including issues related to access, quality of care, people’s rights, lack of basic needs, and stigma & discrimination
• Builds peer-to-peer connections/relationships based on mutuality (shared lived experiences), empathy, and hope for recovery/wellness (peers-as-proof).
• Provides peer support, sharing stories, personal feelings, information, and strategies for living well.
• Coaches clients to identify & accomplish whole health goals related to the Eight Dimensions of Wellness (emotional, social, physical, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, spiritual)
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other provider agencies, and local housing providers (landlords) within the county and its surrounding environs
• Documents all meaningful interactions in electronic records software and maintain hard copies in clients’ files

Job Requirements:

• High School degree or equivalency.
• Personal lived experience/s with mental illness or substance abuse.
• Must work towards or possess the following:
• New York State Certified Peer Specialist must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP)
• All other training assigned to staff must be done in a timely manner.

Report to - Director of Supportive Housing