Temporary Housing Coordinator

Location: San Francisco, California

Salary: $26.44 per hour, non-exempt

Temporary Housing Coordinator role for 3 months.

Founded in 2004, Brilliant Corners provides innovative housing and housing-related services to California’s most vulnerable individuals, with an emphasis on those transitioning from, or at risk of, homelessness or institutionalization. We develop, own, and manage multi-family supportive housing and licensed residential care homes. We implement a broad array of scattered-site, one-on-one supportive housing, and clinical case management programs through partnerships with developmental services, homeless services, veterans’ services, and health care sectors.

In short, we do good work.

We have offices statewide with a staff of passionate people. While we are growing rapidly, we are also selective:
We’re seeking inspired, talented people who want to be effecting profound change and who have fun doing it.

The Avenue at Brilliant Corners enables people with developmental disabilities to access housing in the community that meets their needs and preferences. The Avenue serves individuals with developmental disabilities with urgent and time-sensitive housing needs, including individuals experiencing homelessness. The Avenue conducts individualized housing searches for program participants. They work collaboratively with program participants to identify housing opportunities, secure units, and provide ongoing support to help them maintain their housing.

The Avenue functions as part of an interdisciplinary team with Regional Center Service Coordinators, Supported Living Service Providers, Representative Payees, and other community partners. The Avenue's approach empowers individuals with developmental disabilities to live in the least restrictive setting and in homes and communities of their own choosing.

This role will serve as the primary connection between clients, case management staff, service providers, and landlords/property managers. The Housing Coordinator will ensure client well-being and unit habitability by conducting weekly, monthly, and quarterly unit visits at the clients’ residence. This position is responsible for implementing a program that advocates for individuals to obtain community-based housing options with the appropriate service supports to succeed.

The Housing Coordinator will be responsible for managing a caseload of 35-45 individuals with frequent and regular travel to client residences, affiliate businesses, community meetings, training workshops, and other events in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Conduct intakes and assessments with clients residing in various types of residency throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Work collaboratively with external multi-disciplinary teams of care coordinators, nursing facility staff, home modification vendors, fiscal agencies, and other organizations to arrange community transition activities;
• Assist clients with review and understanding of lease and program agreements;
• Act as single point of contact for property managers and landlords to resolve tenant issues, and maintain regular communication;
• Respond to housing and tenant related emergencies during normal business and after hours to include submitting and following-up on tenant maintenance requests;
• Assess need for reasonable accommodations/unit modifications and ADA compliance, and assist program participants through the process to obtaining the request
• Educate landlords, property managers, families, and community members about the housing needs of identified program participants, and provide appropriate advocacy on behalf of our clients
• Research affordable housing options through public housing, nonprofit housing, and other community opportunities within San Francisco Bay Area.
• Assist in mediation of tenant conflicts and/or other housing-related issues, and expected to handle irritated, belligerent, or upset tenants and/or landlords with calmness, diplomacy, and good social skills
• Assist clients with affordable housing and low-income rental applications;
• Maintain Brilliant Corners housing registry…