Allegheny County

Homeless Resource Coordinator (Closes 8/3)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 2 days ago

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About the role

This responsibility and goal of this position will be to connect and engage with potential homeless program participants to the most appropriate housing intervention to ensure the transition to self-sufficiency.
Additionally, this position will shorten homeless program vacancies to the greatest extent possible by ensuring that referrals are appropriate, detailed, and timely.

Maintain strong and effective relationships and communication with CoC partners and providers.
Utilize information and insight gained from CoC and community partners to help facilitate change and progress within the Coordinated Entry matching process.
Maintain client files according to DHS policy and contract requirements, including thorough documentation in HMIS, Synergy, and Allegheny Link IT applications
Strong organizational skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks with excellent attention to detail.

This position would require a specialized knowledge of the programs and services throughout the Allegheny County Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC).
This high level of knowledge can be gained through experience in this position, but experience with programs serving those experiencing homelessness is preferred.
It is required and expected the Homeless Resource Coordinator work in office at least 2 days per week with the potential of an additional day when staffing requires it.
From time to time the employee will be required to perform additional tasks and duties as required by the employer.

Ability to develop relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders (direct service providers, health and public benefits agencies, schools, health care, government)

This listing is sourced directly from Allegheny County's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.