Job Details

Streets To Housed Program

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Streets to housed program specific responsibilities:

• Provide connections, services, and support that facilitate the move toward housing.
• Provide accurate information regarding safety, testing and vaccinations, and promote education on how to stay as safe as possible (masks, social distancing, etc.).
• Provide rapid testing for housed individuals as well as individuals who may be sleeping outside
• Provide safe transportation to and from Quarantine/Isolation site to include testing and social distancing.
• Carry out daily activities as assigned by the housing coordinator to include outreach, communication, and support to individuals being served in the streets to housed program.
• Participation in team meetings, trainings, planning, and other activities as determined by the housing coordinator
• Complete documentation and reporting on daily activities
• Assist with stabilization supports for recently housed individuals in coordination with housing navigators
• Will include late nights, holidays, and weekends when other workers are not as available as well as day time hours

Special Assignment (Neighborhood Responds)

Harm Reduction Advocates scheduled for Neighborhood Responds will work primarily in the downtown area, providing engagement and support services to people who work, live, and visit the downtown neighborhood. This position is meant to support the community by providing an alternate response to crisis situations involving those who may be unhoused and/or experiencing a mental health or substance use issue. Experience working in behavioral health, homelessness, and outreach is preferred. Shifts will generally be days and evenings, with the need for flexibility.

Assignments, in addition to previously listed essential duties and responsibilities:

• Experience working in behavioral health, homelessness, and outreach preferred.
• This position will interact extensively with the public, business owners, and employees. It requires the ability to communicate effectively and positively with the public and the business.
• Effectively engage with individuals disconnected from the system and services.
• This position requires medium work and requires walking long periods throughout the shift.
• Shifts will generally be days and evenings with the need for flexibility.
• The Street Outreach Coordinator will supervise this position.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, skills, and ability include:

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required. To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship. The City Administrator retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.