Senior Resident Service Coordinator

Senior Resident Service Coordinator, Stratton Hill Apartments - Worcester, MA

Position

Description:

The Senior Resident Service Coordinator (Sr. RSC) develops and coordinates support services for residents. The Sr. RSC will ensure resident and community success through close work with property management, building and sustaining relationships with local and regional partners, planning programs and other on-site opportunities for residents, and working one-on-one with residents to assist them in achieving their goals and maintaining housing stability.

A Sr. RSC is defined in one of the following three ways:

• Supervising other RSCs at the same property or at proximal properties
• Responsible for supporting proximal properties without an RSC
• Complexity/size of property requires someone with more experience

Senior Resident Service Coordinator Role:

• Provide strategic leadership for the property in creating and implementing programs, partnerships and services that meet the needs of residents and fulfill any obligations based on property financing.
• May include supervising RSCs both within the property and across the region and supporting properties without an RSC.
• Participate in Sr. RSC leadership calls with other Sr. RSCs across the company and lead projects and tasks to further the goals of the department.
• Attend meetings to plan for acquisition of new properties in the region.
• Ensure effective working relationships with Area Resident Service Manager (ARSM), RSC colleagues, corporate staff and Property Management team.
• Coordinate and support the overseeing of the occupied relocation process for May Building residents in collaboration with the development, property management teams, and third-party vendors.

RSC Role:

• Assess and coordinate resident referrals and resources by recommending solutions to resolve resident issues impacting their life and refer them to suitable community services, resources and entitlement programs, as appropriate.
• Build relationships with residents to better understand their aspirations and goals and connect them with local resources and opportunities.
• Create partnerships with local organizations to successfully implement community engagement initiatives, including implementation of required contracts.
• Assist elders or those at risk, and non-elderly residents with disabilities to maintain living independently through collaboration and coordination of programs with wellness nurse/health care agency to address common health concerns such as fall prevention, nutrition, grief and loss, medication management, dealing with incontinence, healthy weight loss, brain health/improving cognitive functions and general social-emotional wellbeing.
• Lead coordination of resident support and resources on housing stabilization issues such as late rent payments, housekeeping, and other lease violations.
• Collaborate with property management team to develop program budgets that reflect the needs of the resident population and that comply with program finance obligations.
• Create consistent outreach and communication with residents including completing new resident assessments, newsletters, flyers, monthly calendars, telephone calls and door knocking.
• Use Beacon’s data collection and analysis systems to document services provided to residents and outcomes achieved.
• Track and monitor the property’s Community Engagement budget.
• Process Reasonable Accommodation requests for residents with disabilities.
• Collaborate with the property management team and attend weekly meetings as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience working with older adults, and issues relating to isolation, health and wellness and other social determinants of health.
• Experience working with youth and families and issues relating to workforce development, youth enrichment, education, and asset building.
• Ability to understand and respect values, attitudes, and beliefs that differ across cultures and to respond appropriately to these differences with residents in planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and services.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to manage and support a team to implement programs and services in a changing landscape.
• Capa…