Outreach Housing Specialist​/Family Street Outreach- Bilingual SPN-ENG

Outreach Housing Specialist / Family Street Outreach – Bilingual SPN-ENG

Posted on January 12, 2026

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BR871 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311, USA

• On-site
• Travel Required:
  
  Yes
• Social Services
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: OUTRE
  002189
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Position Overview: High school Diploma required. Minimum 1 year of related work experience.

The Outreach Housing Specialist is responsible for coordinating assessment to individuals and families with homeless needs and subsequent engagement for shelters, rapid re‑housing, permanent support housing, and referral to medical, dental, mental health, substance use disorder care, pharmaceutical, treatment education, and other services needed by Care Resource clients. The Specialist provides housing assistance through available resources including the homeless continuum of care’s coordinated entry system.

The Specialist participates in homeless coalition meetings, coordinated entry case conferencing, maintains client data in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), and PATH‑specific data systems, including spreadsheets and grant‑prescribed data systems.

The Specialist moves homeless individuals and families into permanent rental housing as quickly as possible, in conjunction with case management, workforce, and support services being provided simultaneously. After rental assistance ends, clients move into after‑care case management to provide ongoing support and assistance to prevent homelessness in the future. The Specialist assists program participants in locating and securing permanent housing as quickly as possible and works closely with landlords and Case Managers to mediate landlord‑tenant issues and ensure successful tenancies.

• Serve as a liaison, coordinator, and/or advocate between the Homelessness, Housing case Management, Medical Care departments or other community medical or agency service provider to remove homelessness barriers to housing or care for clients.
• Accompany clients to housing, medical, mental health, substance use disorder treatment or social service appointments to improve housing stability and medical care; create rapport with clients to help progress in their housing issues and avoid homelessness.
• Interview prospective clients to determine homeless need, individual needs, and eligibility for various medical and social services, enrolling them into available community programs.
• Maintain an organized system of tracking client outcomes through the services point systems (HMIS) and follow up toward improvements in clients’ lives.
• Conduct initial interview/intake, assess client housing barriers, and gather and document all necessary information for program eligibility and case plans.
• Help participants identify potential neighborhoods, conduct housing searches in those areas, and negotiate with potential landlords on their behalf.
• Conduct research, outreach, education, and public relations to build a pool of landlords and property management companies willing to rent to program participants.
• Coordinate and follow up on medical treatments.
• Maintain an average annual active caseload as assigned by the supervisor.
• Assist in processing and submitting applications for housing (subsidized and unsubsidized).
• Input client information using electronic data entry according to agency and departmental guidance.

• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of community services to apply knowledge to individual client needs.
• Support billing through concurrent documentation of services provided and budget activities as required (reconciling billing across data systems including PCIS, Web‑based systems, CASEWATCH, HIMS, Next Gen and client electronic health records).
• Participate in staff training sessions within the specified time frames and as required by the agency and funding source.

• Participate in agency developmental activities as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

This work requires constant sitting, walking, hearing, talking in person and on the phone; occasional driving, stretching/reaching, and standing are required. Work is usually performed in an office setting.