Service Coordinator

Nevada County Programs:

NC BH Full Time Professional Grass Valley, CA, US

Salary Range: $25.00 To $29.00 Hourly

Founded in 2003, AMI Housing is a California-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the lives of people with mental illness through housing, employment, and supportive services. To house and support the most vulnerable residents of the Sierra region.

Service Coordinator positions are used throughout many AMIH programs and are under the supervision of the Director of Supportive Housing. The Service Coordinator works as a part of a team providing high-quality case management services to residents of several housing projects. The Service Coordinator is the central point of contact for clients and program participants as they transition from “person experiencing homelessness” to “tenant living within the community.”

Service Coordinators work closely with program participants to ensure their needs are met and that AMIH programs are operated safely and efficiently.

• In conjunction with the Director of Support Housing and other service coordination staff, evaluate individuals and families for permanent housing.
• Develop professional, respectful, and supportive relationships with program participants and maintain an assigned caseload of individuals and families receiving transition and permanent supportive housing services.
• Assist with preparing forms and any other documentation required for initial housing certification, including annual recertifications thereafter.
• Conduct initial visits and orientation to new tenants during move-in and ongoing weekly case management sessions to housed individuals/families to monitor clients’ progress and to provide appropriate community referrals. This includes referrals and linkage to needed services, including health, mental health, education, and vocational training, serving as an advocate or liaison to other organizations on behalf of the client when needed.
• Provide ongoing weekly case management/service coordination sessions with participants to monitor progress, identify barriers to housing stability, establish goals, and provide appropriate referrals and linkages to community resources.
• Provide referrals and linkage to needed services, including health, behavioral health, education, vocational training, public benefits, transportation, and other community resources. Serve as an advocate or liaison with other organizations on behalf of participants when appropriate and within the scope of the position.
• Provide impartial and non-biased consultation, advocacy, and review of an individual's or family's needs to support successful transition to permanent housing, housing stability, and increased independence.
• Support participants in developing independent living skills, including money management and budgeting, housekeeping, nutrition and food preparation, social/recreational activities, and job training/placement (when appropriate) to help them maintain independent living.
• Develop and implement an individualized case plan in collaboration with each participant. Each plan should emphasize coordinated strategies for addressing short and long-term housing needs, financial stability, educational, mental health, substance abuse issues, relapse prevention, medication management, vocational training, immigration, legal issues, and any other risk factors that could impede permanent housing or self-sufficiency.
• Assist with completing an application and submitting documents to qualify for Section 8 housing subsidy and property management rental application.
• Assist participants with maintaining medication and treatment…