Job Description

• Assess housing needs and develop objectives and recommendations for ACT treatment services to support consumers to secure housing. 
• Coordinate with ACT Team Intake Specialist to identify housing risk and needs of incoming participants prior to their release from jail.
• During the assessment obtains information: a) to establish the participant’s housing needs and preferences; b) to prepare consumer to access appropriate and available supportive housing
• Complete ACT comprehensive assessment and six-month updates
• Act as advocate and liaison for participant in securing supportive housing 
• Complete housing applications (2010e) and establish tracking mechanisms to monitor consumer access to housing and ensure at least 10-15 consumers admitted to the program each year achieve supportive housing within 3-4 months of release from jail
• Identify the treatment services consumers should receive in the program  based on problems, strengths and preferences and immediate needs
• Assist participant in the development of housing goals and modify the goals in the light of feedback from recipient, family members and the team
• Develop comprehensive service plans and 6-month service plan reviews in collaboration with the consumer and the consumer’s support system
• Build in review and evaluation points, and modifies the service plan in the light of feedback from recipients and relevant others
• Provide individual supportive counseling and problem-solving as needed to consumers and supportive housing providers to ensure consumers are retained in housing.
• Involve family and significant others in the consumer’s treatment with the ACT team
• Complete 6-month comprehensive assessment and crisis intervention and relapse prevention plans, progress notes and significant data
• Work effectively with community housing providers, education and vocational training providers, and self-help groups providing services to ACT consumers.
• Update and track data for participants receiving housing related services
• Complete monthly and annual PATH reports
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis
• Provide 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies

Qualifications

• At least three years of experience working in human services with homeless adults with serious mental illness and those with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders and involvement in the criminal justice system.  
• Experience understanding various evidence-based models and theories pertaining to treatment of substance abuse, mental illness, and risk, need, responsivity to criminal behavior
• Extensive knowledge of Assertive Community Treatment, community treatment, support services, and resources 
• Highly organized and self-motivated
• Proficient in computers 
• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Additional Information

SALARY: Competitive and commensurate with experience 

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system. Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines