Housing Stabilization Case Manager

Job description

Housing Stabilization Case Manager – Job Description

Job Title: Housing Stabilization Case Manager- Credent Care LLC

Location: 2719 W Division St Suite 9, St Cloud MN 56301

Company: Credent Care LLC

Job Type: Contract – Full-time

About Us: Credent Care LLC is a client-focused home and community-based service provider. Providing quality care and support to our communities. We are currently seeking a dedicated and versatile Housing Stability Case Manager to join our team. If you are passionate about assisting others, we want to hear from you.

Program Overview: Credent Care uses case management and housing support to move chronically homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and provides long-term rental assistance and case management support to help people stabilize in housing and not return to homelessness.

Position Overview: The Housing Case Manager maintains a caseload of 10 to 20 households in permanent supportive housing and works with clients to ensure long-term housing sustainability. Case management is specifically focused on housing maintenance and stability: paying rent, interacting positively with landlords and neighbors, managing behaviors that may accompany mental illness or substance use so that they don’t interfere with success in housing, developing crisis plans, connecting with appropriate community resources, and supporting clients’ individual housing goals.

Responsibilities:

• Work with each client to develop and progress on goal plans according to individual goals and objectives


• Maintain contact with all housing clients on a scheduled basis, appropriate to their particular status and needs


• Ensure that client interactions are person-centered, and goal-focused and reflect each client’s goal plan.


• Provide transportation to clients when required.


• Make referrals to supportive services in our community as appropriate and support the client in navigating this process.


• Effectively use HUD tools and ensure compliance with data standards and record-keeping as required by HUD and Company


• Document all client interactions and maintain accurate paperwork/reports


• Perform annual re-certifications and inspections for each client and accurately update files as necessary.


• Attend regular case management meetings and other specified meetings/trainings as required.


• Communicate effectively in oral and written forms with clients, their families, their significant others, coworkers, supervisors, other service agencies, and the community


• Operate proficiently a personal computer, fax machine, printer, and copier

Qualifications

• Prior experience with homeless populations or populations with high clinical needs


• Reliable vehicle/valid driver's license and ability to transport clients.


• Knowledge of benefit/assistance programs in Minnesota


• Experience working with vulnerable adults.


• Housing or Human Services experience


• Ability to quickly learn new software systems.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary: $19.00 - $22.00 per hour


• Comprehensive health and dental insurance coverage


• Professional development opportunities and training


• Generous paid time off and holidays


• Supportive and inclusive work environment


• Meaningful and rewarding work with a positive impact on the community


• Competitive 401(k) Retirement Plan