Interim Outreach Peer Specialist

Join Hope The Mission:
Where Compassion Meets Action!

Are you passionate about making a difference and eager to contribute to a meaningful cause?

At Hope The Mission, Our mission is to prevent, reduce and eliminate poverty, hunger, and homelessness. We do this by offering immediate assistance and long-term solutions to community members.

Hope the Mission is currently seeking a Interim Outreach Peer Specialistto join our SPA 2 Outreach team and be a part of this impactful journey. At Hope The Mission, you'll have the chance to be at the forefront of our mission, working alongside a talented group of professionals who are united by a shared vision of a better world.

See below info regarding details about this positions requirements as well as an overview of our full time employee benefits:


Amazing Benefits provided for all eligible staff!

• Employer paid employee health benefits:
  (including teledoc). :
  Available to Part-Time Eligible and Full Time Employees!
• Dental, Vision & Life Insurance:
  Available to Part-Time Eligible and Full Time Employees!
• Five additional voluntary insurance packages:
  Available to Part Time Eligible and Full Time Employees!
• Generous Paid Time Off:
  Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with paid time off for Full time Employees to include:
  vacation, floating holidays, company paid holidays, and sick leave!
• Professional Development:
  We are committed to your growth with opportunities for training, workshops, and career development!
• Employee Assistance Programs!

• Ability to Pass MVR
• Tuberculosis and Drug Test.
• Employment Eligibility Verification.
• AA in Social Work or equivalent preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Three-year's experience in a homeless healthcare and/or supportive housing setting.
• Proven experience teaching Life Skills.
• Willing and able to work well with no- or low-income homeless individuals.
• Have a high sense of morals and compassion for the homeless and their needs.
• Demonstrates courtesy, mutual respect and compassion in dealing with others.
• Initiates and presents positive solutions to problem.
• Demonstrates effective working relations and works effectively as part of the team to facilitate the organization's ability to meet goals and objectives. • Demonstrates a willingness to accommodate requirements or changing priorities in the
  workplace.
• Ability to speak sufficient Spanish to communicate with homeless clients.

• Responding to requests to outreach services.
• Conducting assessments for clients in the field to identify and connect them to proper interventions and services.
• Providing street-based case management services to clients in the community with the goal of linking them to long-term supportive services. This includes:
  
  • Assistance with benefits establishment
  • Assistance with obtaining personal identification documents
  • Providing employment linkages and assistance
  • Housing referrals, Linkages to Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Healthcare related services
  • Other referrals as necessary such as Interim Housing to ensure all client needs are met
• Providing transportation and accompanying clients when necessary to access, medical care, obtain shelter and attend appointments to provide support, advocacy, and assistance
• Collaborating with law enforcement, Interim Housing service providers, and other community providers to ensure a smooth transition from street living to housing and access to all necessary services
• Complete initial intake/screening and the CES appropriate triage tool when necessary.
• Actively listens to participants and engages in appropriate problem-solving strategies through trauma-informed conversations.
• Offers services that are aimed at removing barriers to quickly access alternative housing interventions (crisis, bridge, shared, sober livings, residential programs etc. ) or other creative interventions as appropriate through Problem-Solving assistance (PSAF) ,
• Ensure all documentation is placed inside participants' master file and/or uploaded in HMIS.
• Ensure all participant files are kept in a secure, locked area in a locked filing cabinet (double lock).
• Provide emergency service referrals (crisis housing, drop-in centers, domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, mental health) and warm handoff referrals when appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with all documentation as detailed in the Scope of Work
• Maintain client confidentiality at all times discussing participant information only when appropriate and related to services provided.
• Attend staff meetings, case conferences, training workshops. and community meetings as needed.
• Participates in audit preparations assisting with data retrieval.
• Completes any assignments or evaluations in a timely and factual manner.
• Perform any other duties, projects and responsibilities as assigned by the manager.
• Maintain safety of participants, staff, volunteers, and visitors always diffusing potential disputes/confrontations.
• Night deployments as requested by SPA 2 and weekend deployments may occur
• Observe department guidelines to conduct personal business during breaks and lunch hours.
• Project a positive professional image and adhere to organizational dress code.
• Self identifies potentially unsafe systems/processes/situations and takes initiative to report to manager/supervisor.
• Observe department guidelines concerning absences and reports such absences in accordance with departmental procedures.