People USA : Part Time MRT Housing Coordinator ( 20 Hours per Week)
SUMMARY: The Part Time MRT Housing Coordinator staff provides peer support for each housing participant enrolled in the program. The Housing Coordinator is available to instill hope, support wellness and demonstrate that recovery is real and does happen. Staff model and utilize trauma-informed techniques and tools, help guests set goals and engage in community and social events. The Housing Coordinator position will be a peer (personal lived experience/s with mental illness) who implements PEOPLe, USA’s Supported Housing programs (OMH, HUD), helping people with histories of mental health challenges to live independent, self-determined lives in the community.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides screenings to potential program participants.
- 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, incl. 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
- Assists clients in understanding all leasing contract components
- Assists clients in managing the moving process
- Assists clients in furnishing rentals
- Help clients to continuously budget their money sensibly to maintain their housing and other basic needs
- Regularly verify 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
- Peer/Self-help Resources
- Recovery from 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)
- Trauma & Healing
- Wellness Planning & Prevention (e.g. WRAP)
- Natural Supports (developing/maintaining).
- 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
- Advocates for client’s side-by-side to overcome identified barriers, making sure their voices are heard, and their decisions are understood and respected.
- 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)
- Directly connects people to the services and supports they need through direct bridging/linking (as opposed to referrals only)
- 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
- Consistently support PEOPLe, USA.’s mission to instill a sense of hope, empowerment, and self-determination in people living with mental illness that fosters recovery and a transition to wellness.
- Align all behaviors with core values that promote trauma-informed care, customer engagement and satisfaction, mutuality & empathy, and a philosophical commitment that everyone can and will recover.
- High School degree or equivalency.
- Personal lived experience/s with mental illness or substance abuse.
- Preferred Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree.
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Significant demonstrable experience in health & human services
- Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- 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
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of responsibilities, duties, or activities that are required of the employee for their job. Responsibilities, duties, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Reports to Director - Dominick Marino
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement People USA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. People USA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. People USA. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of People USAs employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
