Housing Specialist, Action AIDS, Philadelphia (Posted February 9)

Qualifications: Minimum Bachelor’s Degree, Masters preferred, experience in social/ human services and counseling and client advocacy. Ability to work with diverse populations and with critical and emergency situations. Sensitivity to cultural and economic differences. Knowledge of local resources and service pool. Understanding of medical and psycho-social issues related to HIV disease and related conditions. Flexibility in work hours, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Basic Function: Provide direct services to clients seeking assistance with housing difficulties and assistance in accessing utility, rental and mortgage assistance programs.

Additional Qualifications:

1. Perform intake, face-to-face needs assessment. Obtain housing demographic data and informed consent of each client.
2. Develop action plan together with client while ensuring confidentiality.
3. Provide specialized housing counseling and advocacy by carrying a caseload of persons symptomatic with HIV disease whose primary presenting problem is housing related.
4. Assist clients in negotiating housing services, provide information, referral follow-up monitoring support on a monthly basis. Reassess client needs as appropriate.
5. Provide housing counseling evaluations for those clients followed by other case managers. Collaborate with others on cases requiring specialized housing expertise. Available for home, office and hospital visits to evaluate client’s housing needs.
6. Provide training to ActionAIDS’ staff (paid and volunteer) on housing –related issues and concerns.
7. Provide training to clients on tenant’s rights and responsibilities, subsidy programs, and other housing related issues and concerns.
8. Build relationships and work closely with housing providers, community development and advocacy program, and city/state public housing programs.
9. Maintain accurate, timely records as required.
10. Other duties as assigned.
How to Apply:

Please forward letter of interest along with resume to resumes@actionaids.org : No calls/FAXES please.