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About the Role
CHI is looking for a full-time Housing Specialist for our Wading River location. You will be responsible for ensuring that all program participants are provided with the services necessary to locate, acquire, maintain, and retain permanent housing and are living in well-maintained units.
Responsibilities
- Adhere to and enforce program regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Ensure that all clients are receiving quality services that are in compliance with the program.
- Assist clients in locating housing within their specified budgets.
- Provide information, referrals, and advocacy services for local and out of state housing.
- Develop and maintain a resource network for referrals as related to housing including realtors, landlords, housing complexes, and Section 8 offices.
- Collaborate with DSS, property owners/brokers, and other service providers.
- Responsible for face-to-face meetings with clients – frequency is dependent on client and program needs, but no less than once a month.
- Inspect living spaces regularly in accordance with OTDA and local district policy.
- Evaluate, document, and inform supervisor of site needs.
- Assist with building positive relationships between clients and property owners or representatives.
- Responsible for collecting and reviewing housing logs, housing packets, housing program enrollment, and DSS paperwork.
- Provide knowledge to clients in maintaining permanent housing.
- Submit all internal and external reports in a timely and correct manner as required by funding agencies and/or CHI (housing logs, unit inspection sheets, progress notes, as required by DSS).
- Complete unit inspections and assist in bi-weekly extermination.
- Accompany clients to housing appointments, inspections, etc. when needed.
Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in English required, bi-lingual (Spanish) is a plus.
- Basic competency in MS Windows, MS Office, and internet usage.
- Ability to formulate simple financial budgets.
- Ability to make home visits (walk distances, climb several flights of stairs, etc.).
- Ability to prioritize, make appropriate decisions and judgment calls.
- Ability to relate to the underserved, homeless and disabled populations.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team, be highly organized, assume responsibility, work well under pressure, meet deadlines, multitask, be flexible, and maintain a high level of attention to details.
Skills
- MS Windows
- MS Office
- Internet usage
Location
- Wading River, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Two years’ experience working in a related field such as homelessness or housing preferred.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in human services or related field preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $21.64 - $52083.00Hourly
- $25.04 per hour, approximately $52,080 annually
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 2 personal days awarded annually
- Health insurance and health reimbursement account
- Dental and vision plans
- Flexible spending account
- AFLAC supplemental insurance
- Voluntary plans
- Dependent Care Spending Account
- Working Advantage- Employee Perks
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Monthly trainings and career development plans
About the Company
- Community Housing Innovations (CHI) is a not-for-profit housing and human services organization that aims to support social and economic independence.
- Our vision is to end generational poverty and foster upward mobility by ensuring that all families and individuals live in quality housing, have a home of their own, and a job to support them.
- We believe quality, affordable housing is the foundation for prosperity, personal fulfillment, and success.
Equal Opportunity
- Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)
- Community Housing Innovations, Inc. (CHI) respects diversity and is an equal opportunity employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
- Community Housing Innovations is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, compensation, training, assignments, benefits, employee activities, termination, access to facilities, and programs, and all other terms and conditions of employment as well as general treatment during employment.