Housing Specialist

Housing Specialist

• Requisition #
• Shift: Day
• Status:
  Full Time with Benefits

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better — advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Client Intake & Assessment:
  Conduct standardized housing intakes and needs assessments, verifying documentation and determining program eligibility (includes EPIC documentation).
• Housing Stabilization Planning:
  Initiate and maintain Service Agreements, develop individualized housing stabilization plans, and ensure timely documentation updates.
• Housing Search & Placement:
  Assist clients in locating, securing, and moving into affordable housing, including providing related support.
• Rental Assistance Acquisition & Management:
  Assist clients with obtaining/maintaining rental assistance (applications, landlord liaison) and administer related funds (security deposits, arrears, etc.).
• Case Management & Referrals:
  Provide ongoing case management, including referrals to internal (Community Health team) and external resources (legal aid, healthcare).
• Client Education & Advocacy:
  Educate clients on tenant rights, housing laws, and regulations, and mediate tenant-landlord disputes.
• File & Records Management:
  Maintain accurate client files and electronic records, documenting all service activities.
• Caseload Management:
  Manage assigned caseloads of assisted/applicant households.
• Outreach & Networking:
  Conduct outreach activities and attend relevant meetings.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adhere to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

• Bachelor's degree in a health related field or other relevant area of study, or High School diploma, GED, or equivalent with 3 years of experience.
• Minimum of 2 or more years of experience in the housing field.
• Experience with accessing social service resources available for New Jersey.
• Must be proficient in computer data entry.
• Reliable transportation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

• Prior experience as an outreach worker (or related title).
• Excellent time management skills.
• Bilingual/Multilingual.

• Valid Driver’s License from a USA state.

Minimum rate of $26.71 hourly.

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total rewards package.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.