Housing Specialist - CBC SOS
Housing Specialist - CBC SOS
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Job Description
Job Description
Title: HLPS Housing Specialist
Department/Division(s): Housing and Location Placement Services (HLPS) Grant
Reports To: HLPS Team Leader
Purpose: The HLPS Housing Specialist is responsible for collaborating with Case Managers and clients to identify and secure permanent housing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain and update a database of available housing options and prepare and document status changes/findings/activities.
- Establish linkages and maintain solid working relationships with supportive housing providers real estate brokers managing agents and landlords to identify new housing opportunities for clients.
- Ensure uniformity in maintaining fair housing standards in securing apartments.
- Confirm landlord and management company compliance in meeting the established housing laws building codes and lease agreements.
- Inform Case Management staff of unit readiness and/or problems with client maintaining units.
- Work with case managers to identify and problemsolve barriers to permanent housing and assist with preparing clients for the housing process.
- Work with Case Management staff to resolve crises or conflicts with building owners landlords and management.
- Provide accurate complete and timely documentation of findings apartment unit status inspections readiness and as needed interactions and assessments with clients.
- Attend staff meetings case conferences group supervision and professional development activities such as inservice trainings seminars webinars and conferences as needed
- Support an environment that embeds diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA)
- Participate in workplace culture that inspires highlevel performance collaboration accountability and professional and respectful interaction.
- Employ best practices for effective feedback and communication at all levels of staff engagement.
- Perform all jobrelated tasks as required.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
- High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.
Skill and Experience Requirements:
- Work experience should include but is not limited to NYC voucher programs housing subsidies supportive housing programs negotiating lease agreements with landlords and/or realtor management companies providing housing for special needs populations.
- Knowledge of applicable state and city housing and disability laws and codes is essential.
- Computer literacy with advanced knowledge of Word Excel and Outlook.
- Prior experience using HOME CARES CAPS Housing Connect etc. databases.
- Willingness to travel throughout the five boroughs and make multiple visits to the community as needed. Sporadic evening or weekend hours may be required.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality and datadriven reporting as applicable.
- Excellent publicfacing customer service skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Actionoriented entrepreneurial flexible and innovative approach to housing availability search.
Additional Details:
- Salary Scale: $48000 $60000
Additional Information DEI Statement
CBCs enterprisewide commitment is to foster a more diverse equitable and inclusive workplace. We are focused on developing engaging and retaining a diverse workforce and leadership team because the more our workforce reflects the diversity of our participants the better and more authentically we serve them and improve enterprise operations.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
