Housing Support Specialist

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Charlottesville, VAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR-97742
** City/State
** Norfolk, VA
** Work Shift
** First (Days)
** Overview:
**** Sentara Health is looking to hire a Remote Housing Support Specialist.
**** Candidates must reside in Charlottesville and/or surrounding areas as traveling in the field is required.
** This job provides support to members with housing insecurity or who are experiencing homelessness, or who are returning to the community after a nursing home stay, to find and secure appropriate housing. Work involves property visits and community networking to maintain a thorough knowledge of housing and supportive resources. The Housing Services Specialist educates members about housing options to include Housing Choice Vouchers and low-income housing and provides referrals to suitable properties.
This position collaborates with other housing specialists, social workers, and case managers, and carries a caseload of members in the Western region of the state.
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* Education:

*** High School Diploma (required)
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* Experience:

*** 1 - 3 years' experience in community outreach or customer service (required)
* 1 - 3 years' experience in assisting older adults, the elderly, and persons with disabilities to secure accessible, affordable housing (required)
* 1 - 3 years' experience working with low-income housing providers to develop accessible and affordable housing for older adults, elderly, and persons with disabilities (required)
* Healthcare experience (preferred)
** Benefits:
Caring For Your Family and Your Career****•
** Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance   
• Legal Resources Plan  
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
** Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer
** and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it  support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
** For positions that are available as remote work,*
* ** Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
** Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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