Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Housing Navigator

Location : New York, NY 10004 (Hybrid)

Duration : 2+ months contract (Possible extension )

Education : Bachelor’s Degree required

Shift Details : M-F schedule 9 am to 5 pm

Job Description:

• Engage in phone and field-based outreach to vulnerable members.
• Engage in phone and in-person outreach to landlords, brokers and community-based organizations providing housing and social services.
• Conduct thorough and comprehensive interviews to determine needs and appropriate services for the member/family unit.
• Assist members with the process of securing housing (i.e., application completion, records/documentation, interview preparation).
• Coordinate with providers to obtain the necessary clinical information (i.e., psychosocial, and psychiatric evaluation).
• Accompany members who need assistance to housing appointments.
• Work with representatives from HRA, DHS and ACT to facilitate established goal, advocate on members behalf.
• Significant experience working with clients on the issues of homelessness, addictions, mental health, entitlements, and housing including models of treatment and harm reduction as well as the key service providers
• Educate members/care giver (i.e., application process, resolving issues with landlords, rights, and responsibilities as a tenant).
• Serve as subject matter expert for the other members of the care management team. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

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