COMPASS Coordinator

At COMHAR, it's our mission to provide health and human services that empower individuals, families and communities to live healthier, self-determined lives. We are currently looking for a COMPASS Program Coordinator to join our team.

COMPASS is a supportive housing program for people who are homeless living with co-occurring mental illness and HIV/AIDS diagnosis. COMPASS provides apartment subsidies as well as support from independent living counselors for those who are committed to treatment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee all program-related activities
• Facilitate admissions and discharges
• Calculating member rent based on presented income and related HUD regulations; collecting the rent on a monthly basis
• Facilitating the completion of unit inspections at least once per year and ensures that all documentation is completed in a timely fashion
• Generate work orders for maintenance issues; follow-up on submitted work orders to promote completion
• Coordinating member moves to a new unit when the present apartment is not HUD compliant
• Maintain history of lease compliance issues for each resident
• Facilitate an environment that welcomes resident input
• Whenever possible, work to incorporate the member's family in the decision-making process
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, evaluate, correct, and - if necessary - discharge members of the program team
• Ensure that Supportive Independent Living Counselors and other team members perform all duties necessary to the cases assigned to them in a thorough, appropriate and consistent manner
• Coordinate staff whenever presented with member-related emergency or crisis
• Performs regular chart reviews and prepares for internal and external chart audits
• Complete regular reporting and RFPs (such as HUD's Annual Progress Report, CoC Renewal Application, Quarterly Reports, Annual Progress Report, etc.)
• Utilize the following data systems: Evolv, Client track (Philadelphia's HMIS), Sage (HUD), as well as others systems deemed necessary.
• Contributes to the budget process, understands fiscal issues and maintains productivity levels
• Foster and maintain relationships other housing or AIDS service organizations such as Mission First Housing, DBH, OSH, local shelters, etc.
• Represents the unit and agency in community (or other agency) meetings, events, outside programming, and outreach efforts
• Ensure the consistent adherence to COMHAR's policies and procedures

Requirement:

• Experienced working with persons living with HIV/AIDS, Mental illness and knowledge about regional HIV-specific resources preferred
• Knowledge of support housing service provision and/or case management.
• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, or human services. Master's Degree in social work, psychology, or human service preferred.
• Supervisory experience.
• Minimum of two (2) year related experience

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace. COMHAR, Inc. is a not-for-profit community based health and human service organization founded in 1975. We do not discriminate in services or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, past or present receipt of disability-related services or supports, marital status, veteran status, or any other class of persons protected by federal, state or local law.