Resource Specialist

Well Power

Well Power envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Housing Resource Specialist helps People We Serve (PSW) find and maintain housing utilizing the Federal and State voucher systems. Assures that participants and landlords meet voucher guidelines. Assists participants in finding alternative housing as needed.

• Complete all paperwork required for HUD/Division of Housing or other programs in a timely basis.
• Act as liaison between tenant and landlord.
• Provide information on vacancies, help negotiate leases with landlords, fill vacancies in a timely manner.
• Assist in assuring housing quality standards by completing annual/biennial/special inspections.
• Maintain communication with case management staff concerning participant status. Assess participants’ potential for living independently and coordinate/monitor support systems as needed.
• Respond to issues raised by participants, landlords and clinical staff relating to housing issues.
• If working with a Project-based voucher caseload on-site at the project every week: two hours for 49 and less project-based voucher holders, three hours for 50 and over project-based voucher holders at site.
• Maintain familiarity with contract law as it relates to apartment leasing. Help participants facilitate resolutions of landlord disputes and evictions.
• Maintain the rental assistance caseload in accordance with Well Power standards and HUD/Division of Housing regulations, policies and procedures.
• Support the team by obtaining landlord resources, training, and client referrals.
• Maintain a trauma‑informed environment of wellbeing.
• Meet documentation and scanning expectations as defined by team management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, human services, or other related degree required.

Experience: Experience with Housing Vouchers, low‑income housing, or similar equivalent experience preferred.

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• Registered and proficient in the HUD Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) web‑based computer system.
• Certified to perform HUD Housing Quality Standards inspections.
• Upon one year of experience using the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH) Elite Super User computer system, employee base salary shall be increased by $1 per hour.
• One year experience using the Colorado Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) performing intakes, exits, updates and reports.
• One year experience administering the various Well Power rental assistance programs.

This is a hybrid opportunity open to folks residing in the Greater Denver Metro area.

Monday‑Friday opportunity observing standard business hours.

Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. May require lifting up to 50 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment. May require occasional evening or weekend hours. Local driving required.

Well Power is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Well Power is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.