Housing and Community Support Specialist
Core
Provides intensive case management and stabilization support to high-risk patients with behavioral health diagnoses experiencing long-term homelessness, helping them obtain and maintain stable housing in congregate settings.
Role type
Senior IC housing and community support specialist
Builds
Housing placements and community-based support plans for unhoused individuals with behavioral health needs
Domain
Healthcare + Social Services (Homelessness/Behavioral Health)
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Case management, assertive outreach, motivational interviewing, interdisciplinary collaboration, resource navigation, tenancy stabilization, needs assessment, documentation management
Preferred skills
Lived experience of homelessness or behavioral health conditions, knowledge of Cambridge area resources, fluency in Haitian Creole or Spanish
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems
Responsibilities
Engage and enroll complex patients into services; facilitate access to social service resources; monitor patient progress; problem-solve to accelerate housing access; assist with housing applications and interviews; develop individualized service plans; coordinate with landlords and property managers.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC