HOUSING SPECIALIST

Mobile position in communities surrounding Burlington, MA   $21.25 per hour   The Edinburg Center is seeking a Housing Specialist within our Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)   What You Will Do: Responsible for assisting Persons Served with finding stable housing by learning to: Evaluate DMH and Edinburg Center subsidized housing sites Ensure compliance with all state and local licensing/certification requirements and regulations. Coordinate housing searches and completion of paperwork related to housing subsidies. Develop and maintains positive relationships with realtors and landlords in the PACT catchment area. Utilize an assertive outreach model as a member of a self-contained interdisciplinary team.   Who You Are: BA/BS required.  Minimum of one year experience working with adults with major mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorders preferred.  Ability to learn about housing. Valid driver’s license with reliable transportation required.   Who We Are A dedicated team of professionals who have chosen to join an organization with a forty year history of serving people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, brain injury and autism in the community.  When we are not at work, we love to hike, bike, craft, read, shop and sing opera, among many other things!  Our staff of 350 have range of interests and skills and we know you do too!  We know that The Edinburg Center will mean as much to you as it does to us! At work, we are psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, behavior specialists, board certified behavior analysts, peer specialists, clinicians, direct service staff and employment specialists.   What We Offer We offer an excellent benefits package for both full and part-time staff, including health (starts at 30 hours), dental, vision, life, short and long term disability insurance as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan.  Paid time off benefits include vacation, personal, sick and holidays. To support ongoing professional development, we offer tuition reimbursement, conference, seminar, certification and specialized training funding, as well as free clinical supervision for licensure. We think the best benefit we offer here is the chance to learn from our staff, and we hope you will be willing to teach us as well.   Be YOU!  We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse environment for our employees and the people we serve. Persons from diverse backgrounds including women, communities of color, the LGBTQ community and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.   The Edinburg Center, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.