Careers – Venice Community Housing

Careers at VCH

Venice Community Housing (VCH) is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you need an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at jobs@vchcorp.org.

Venice Community Housing’s mission is to preserve the economic, racial and social diversity of Venice and the surrounding area by maximizing affordable housing and economic development opportunities and providing needed social services to the area’s low-income population. Venice Community Housing (VCH) is a community based, nonprofit organization engaged in a variety of housing and community development programs. VCH owns and manages 280 units of affordable, supportive and interim housing, and is in a period of growth with an additional 375 units in the predevelopment stage.

We currently have several open positions. For more information, read below:

Case Manager – Intensive Case Management Services (ICMS)

The Resident Services Department of VCH provides programs and services that seek to stabilize, engage, and empower all that we serve. The Resident Services team does this through various programs and services, which includes but is not limited to: providing case management services, educational workshops, tenant engagement activities, supportive services resources and referrals, and after school programming.

The Case Manager offers intensive supportive services in a permanent supportive housing setting for individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness. This position utilizes evidenced based practices proven to be effective with tenants who have experienced homelessness and have a history of chronic health, mental health, and/or co-occurring conditions. Such services include providing linkages to the community, crisis intervention, finding resources, providing therapeutic activities, and community integration, and community development within the apartment community. The Case Manager will implement evidence-based practices such as: Housing First, Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Informed Care. This Case Manager will work collaboratively with a range of community service providers to coordinate and ensure tenants are stabilizing in housing, improving the quality of their lives, and integrating into the community.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Conduct intake and enrollment activities with eligible clients, including assisting clients with gathering other program eligibility documentation, completing project intake forms, authorizations and enrolling into Intensive Case Management Services.
• Assist at all levels of move-in to permanent housing including assisting client with becoming document ready, assisting with all applications and paperwork, coordinate client move-in and orient new tenant to their unit/building.
• Perform initial comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment with quarterly updates.
• In collaboration with the tenant, create a client-driven, person-centered Individual Service Plan (ISP) addressing short term and long-term goals to be reviewed and completed every quarter
• Provide field based Intensive Case Management services in the areas of, but not limited to: independent living skills, housing stabilization, money management, community integration, employment, benefits establishment, and linkage to community providers for problematic substance use, primary and mental health care, and all other services needed to assist clients in reaching their treatment plan goals.
• Use evidence based practices in service delivery such as Motivational Interviewing, Harm Reduction, and Housing First practices.
• Mediate and advocate on behalf of the tenant to help him/her/them obtain and keep housing, health care benefits, entitlements, transportation, etc.
• Ensure tenant files are up to date with all file paperwork including case notes, consents, ISPs, homeless/disability verifications, and overall general documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Significant experience in case management or related field; Bachelor’s degree in social science or related field preferred
• At least two years of experience working with homeless individuals with substance abuse, mental health issues, and/or chronic health conditions.
• Bilingual Spanish-English a plus.
• Experience providing counseling and/or case management.
• Effective communication with individuals in at-risk populations.
• Experience and knowledge of Westside community and social services a plus.
• Reliable transportation and valid California Driver License and proof of insurance is required.
• Class B license with passenger endorsement or willing to get obtain a Class B license within 3 months of employment.

SALARY
The starting salary range for the position is $48,000 to $55,000 plus benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, Aflac, 403 (b), vacation, sick time, 14 holidays and 2 personal days. This is a full-time, non-exempt position.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Stationary position 40% of the time. Operates a computer and other office machinery such as fax, copy machine, phone, and computer. Occasionally ascends/descends stairs, moves inside and outside the office, apartments, buildings, etc. Frequently moves objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Required to have visual acuity to perform the following tasks: operate a motor vehicle, view a computer terminal, reading and writing, assess participants, conduct unit inspections etc.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Please email your resume with a cover letter describing your qualifications to Human Resources at: jobs@vchcorp.org. You can also fax your resume to (310) 399-1130 or mail it to Venice Community Housing Corporation, 200 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.