Position Description : People USA Housing Coordinator
Location : Poughkeepsie, NY
Schedule : Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pay Rate : $21.15 per hour Summary : The Full-Time Housing Coordinator staff will support the daily operations at the assigned Location. The Housing Coordinator provides peer support for each housing participant enrolled in the program, instilling hope, supporting wellness, and demonstrating that recovery is real and does happen. Job Duties and Responsibilities : Provides screenings to potential program participants identified through the local county’s Single Point of Access (SPOA) process. Educates potential program participants on who PEOPLe USA is, what the agency stands for, and how the agency’s Supported Housing program operates. Provides additional information on OMH, MRT, or HUD Supportive Housing guidelines and general housing. Assists accepted program participants with budgeting, including rental costs, utilities, program subsidies, personal finances, and other related personnel costs. Directly explores with participants housing rental options that suit their financial, environmental, and personal needs. Assists participants in completing rental applications. Assists participants in understanding all leasing contract components. Assists participants in managing the moving process. Assists participants in furnishing rentals. Helps participants to continuously budget their money sensibly to maintain their housing and other basic needs. Regularly verifies participants’ income and budgeted costs to ensure that rental subsidies are up-to-date and accurate. Maintains regular meaningful contact with participants, with no less than one face-to-face and two additional indirect contacts per month. Educates participants on useful health and wellness topics, including Peer/Self-Help resources, Recovery from Mental Health Challenges, Wellness and Whole Health, Community Resources, Trauma and Healing, Wellness Planning and Prevention, and Natural Supports. Helps participants to identify barriers to their recovery journeys or personal wellness. Advocates with participants 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, empathy, and hope for recovery/wellness. Provides peer support, sharing stories, personal feelings, information, and strategies for living well. Coaches clients to identify and accomplish whole health goals related to the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. Directly connects people to the services and supports they need through direct bridging/linking. Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other provider agencies and local housing providers. Documents all meaningful interactions in electronic records software and maintains hard copies in participants’ files. Regularly attends SPOA meetings, HUD Continuum of Care meetings, and other related meetings. Consistently supports 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. Aligns all behaviors with core values that promote trauma-informed care, customer engagement and satisfaction, mutuality and empathy, and a philosophical commitment that everyone can and will recover. Supervisory Responsibility : This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Work Environment : This job operates mostly in community settings, including each program participant’s housing. The job also operates in a peer-run non-clinical mental health care setting that includes professional office environments. Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Position Type and Expected Hours of Work : This is a full-time position, and expected hours are 40 hours. Travel : Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected. This position requires up to 75% travel. Required Education and Experience : High School degree or equivalency. Personal lived experience/s with mental illness or substance abuse. Clean and valid driver’s license. Preferred Experience : Significant demonstrable experience in health and 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. Benefits for Full-Time Employees : As part of our commitment to supporting those who support our mission, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including: Medical, dental, and vision insurance. 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution. Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Supplemental insurance options. Generous paid time off (PTO) and recognized holidays.
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Location : Poughkeepsie, NY
Schedule : Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pay Rate : $21.15 per hour Summary : The Full-Time Housing Coordinator staff will support the daily operations at the assigned Location. The Housing Coordinator provides peer support for each housing participant enrolled in the program, instilling hope, supporting wellness, and demonstrating that recovery is real and does happen. Job Duties and Responsibilities : Provides screenings to potential program participants identified through the local county’s Single Point of Access (SPOA) process. Educates potential program participants on who PEOPLe USA is, what the agency stands for, and how the agency’s Supported Housing program operates. Provides additional information on OMH, MRT, or HUD Supportive Housing guidelines and general housing. Assists accepted program participants with budgeting, including rental costs, utilities, program subsidies, personal finances, and other related personnel costs. Directly explores with participants housing rental options that suit their financial, environmental, and personal needs. Assists participants in completing rental applications. Assists participants in understanding all leasing contract components. Assists participants in managing the moving process. Assists participants in furnishing rentals. Helps participants to continuously budget their money sensibly to maintain their housing and other basic needs. Regularly verifies participants’ income and budgeted costs to ensure that rental subsidies are up-to-date and accurate. Maintains regular meaningful contact with participants, with no less than one face-to-face and two additional indirect contacts per month. Educates participants on useful health and wellness topics, including Peer/Self-Help resources, Recovery from Mental Health Challenges, Wellness and Whole Health, Community Resources, Trauma and Healing, Wellness Planning and Prevention, and Natural Supports. Helps participants to identify barriers to their recovery journeys or personal wellness. Advocates with participants 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, empathy, and hope for recovery/wellness. Provides peer support, sharing stories, personal feelings, information, and strategies for living well. Coaches clients to identify and accomplish whole health goals related to the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. Directly connects people to the services and supports they need through direct bridging/linking. Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other provider agencies and local housing providers. Documents all meaningful interactions in electronic records software and maintains hard copies in participants’ files. Regularly attends SPOA meetings, HUD Continuum of Care meetings, and other related meetings. Consistently supports 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. Aligns all behaviors with core values that promote trauma-informed care, customer engagement and satisfaction, mutuality and empathy, and a philosophical commitment that everyone can and will recover. Supervisory Responsibility : This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Work Environment : This job operates mostly in community settings, including each program participant’s housing. The job also operates in a peer-run non-clinical mental health care setting that includes professional office environments. Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Position Type and Expected Hours of Work : This is a full-time position, and expected hours are 40 hours. Travel : Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected. This position requires up to 75% travel. Required Education and Experience : High School degree or equivalency. Personal lived experience/s with mental illness or substance abuse. Clean and valid driver’s license. Preferred Experience : Significant demonstrable experience in health and 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. Benefits for Full-Time Employees : As part of our commitment to supporting those who support our mission, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including: Medical, dental, and vision insurance. 403(b) retirement plan with employer contribution. Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Supplemental insurance options. Generous paid time off (PTO) and recognized holidays.
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