Housing Liaison (Personal Services)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Housing Liaison position is a responsible position that involves program support service. This position assist consumers with housing in accordance with an individual treatment or community transition plan to maximize adjustment and functioning within the community. The purpose of this position is to reduce burden on current direct service staff to resolve housing crisis issues. It is expected that the work of this position will improve client outcomes for those clients who experience multiple barriers to housing, improve institutional knowledge around housing resources, and leverage the existing strengths of the agency to implement effective outreach and engagement of clients experiencing housing crisis. This position will be responsible to access specialized training and support while creating a powerful network to assist with resolving housing related problems in the community. This position entails a working knowledge of housing, employment, utilities, and housing first approaches to assisting consumers to achieve stable housing. The person in this position must have the knowledge and ability to work with criminal justice system involved persons in these areas.