Homeless Prevention Navigator

BRIDGEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES•Clinton Township, NJ

4d•$65,000

About The Position

Under the direction of the Team Leader, provides low-barrier, trauma informed assistance from intake through discharge. The HPP Navigator will work closely with the Resource Navigators, community partners to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis from becoming homeless by providing intervention services. Additionally, the Navigator will spend considerable time with clients in immediate need to complete an assessment, work to develop creative, alternate housing solutions and connect them to needed mainstream resources.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human services or social work or related area.
2 years additional paid work experience in human services may substitutes for a bachelor’s degree
Master's degree in human services may be substituted for the 2 years paid work experience requirement
Valid driver’s license required
No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months
Vehicle required

Responsibilities

Conduct coordinated assessment and screening across OEHP, HPP, SRAP, TRA and local/county programs
Prevent eviction judgements for nonpayment;
Stabilize households by paying arrears or facilitation relocation, provide up to three months’ rental arrears security deposit (up to 1.5x monthly rent) or Frist and Second months’ rent.
Serve as the first line of financial support before flex funds are deployed
Develop creative housing solutions unique to the individual such as family mediation, roommate agreements,
Act as a liaison between individuals or families experiencing a housing crisis and supportive services, landlords, and community agencies.
Enter, update, and maintain data in Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and track and report progress.
Create and sustain community partnerships to ensure mainstream resources are being utilized by households.
Identify and establish partnerships with local landlords.
Provide mediation and advocacy with landlords, as needed.
Maintain accurate daily records, reports, and files for each household
Provide information and assistance with access to mainstream resources
Track outcomes related to diversion and record data
Attend trainings and meetings as requested
Maintain membership and be active on local committees specific to homelessness as requested,
Participate in the Point in Time Count
Link individuals to all needed community-based services, and accompanies individuals to all initial appointments and provides transportation when necessary.
Provides supportive counseling, legal advocacy, medication education, mental health education, community living skill assessment and monitoring, and early crisis intervention wherever the person is located
Provide assessment of the need for crisis intervention, and assistance to providers of psychiatric emergency services in resolving crisis.
Supports individuals with training in the areas of linkages, community resources, advocacy, housing search, mental health education, daily living skill assessment, and supportive counseling.
Provides frequent face-to-face contact, monitoring and on-going support in order to engage and provide service monitoring for each household to remove barriers to needed services.
Provide supportive counseling, education and ongoing support services for the individual and may include support within the person’s natural support system including family, friends and employers and typically occurs where the person resides or frequents. Frequency of support services is coordinated with the individual’s risk status and assessed individualized needs.
Provide direct clinical intervention using evidenced based practices, including Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Techniques,), Trauma Informed Care, Housing First principles, Permanent
Maintain a culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws and high ethical standards.
Coordinates and integrates services from multiple providers, via service delivery monitoring, case conference, other collateral contact and systems review.
Coordinates referrals and linkages to housing, mental health, substance abuse, medical and various social service providers as needed for the individual. Provides monitoring of service providers including routine follow-up with service providers to assess provision of services per the individuals housing plan
Attends all scheduled team meetings and participates in community meetings related to services for homeless individuals such as Continuum of Care to End Homelessness.
Fosters relationships with homeless resource agencies and/or attends county(s) meetings and sub- committees as assigned.
Completes all statistical reports related to services provided to include: a daily report of face-to-face contacts and linkages provided, monthly hospitalization domain form completion, and tracking of program evaluation data related to annual program goals.
Maintains individual’s records according to policy and procedures and completes documentation in a timely manner

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
403b
basic life and AD&D
flexible spending accounts
EAP
Eligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment
Flexible work schedules
clinical training series
leadership development program
10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time