Street Outreach & Housing Support Specialist

Start Corporation; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

disability and life insurance

paid time off

13 paid holidays per year for regular全

Job summary

Start Corporation seeks a Street Outreach Coordinator to support unsheltered individuals and families by coordinating entry services and case management. You will engage with clients in the streets, shelters, and designated gathering locations, providing advocacy and housing search assistance, daily living skills, and supportive counseling.

Work involves transportation of clients in a company vehicle and occasional non-regular hours to meet community needs.

Qualifications

• Open availability for late day shifts or weekends as needed.
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Be over 18 years of age.
• Possess a valid driver’s license.
• Personal experience of being homeless is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promotes recovery, independence, and personal choice for participants.
• Provides outreach to individuals in the streets, shelters, and designated gathering locations.
• Transports clients as needed using a company vehicle.
• Potentially works a non-regular schedule to better meet the needs of the community.
• Coordinates the care for individuals, providing advocacy, housing search, mental health education, daily living skill training, and supportive counseling.
• Accompanies individuals to appointments through the use of public transportation.
• Coordinates referrals and linkages to housing, mental health, substance abuse; medical and various social service providers as needed for the individual.
• Utilize evidence-based practices, including motivational interviewing and CBT skills, when engaging individuals with their recovery.
• Provides frequent face-to-face contact in order to engage and maintain individuals with services and housing.
• Mantains contact with service providers to encourage referrals and ensure effective coordination of services.
• Participates in weekly supervision to review cases and issues related to level of service.
• Engage in diversion and assessment activities to effectively help individuals resolve homelessness and get matched with appropriate services.
• Attend outreach and other community meetings to coordinate with other outreach workers and community service providers.
• Collaborate and coordinate services with appropriate community agencies.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with community partners and work together to identify and improve processes that enhance service.
• Maintain electronic records, reports, and statistics necessary for program functioning and evaluation.
• Accept responsibility for professional competency as appropriate.
• Is familiar with and liaises with hospitals and community agencies.
• Advocate on behalf of clients and/or support them to advocate for themselves.

Skills

Empathy

Active listening

Identifying risk

Behavioral health knowledge

Professional boundaries

Resource awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job description

Start Corporation seeks a Street Outreach Coordinator to support unsheltered individuals and families by coordinating entry services and case management. You will engage with clients in the streets, shelters, and designated gathering locations, providing advocacy and housing search assistance, daily living skills, and supportive counseling.

Work involves transportation of clients in a company vehicle and occasional non-regular hours to meet community needs.