Do you want to be an innovator who takes proactive steps to bring changes to affordable housing?
Access Services is looking for a Housing Locator to help individuals experiencing homelessness across Bucks County, PA secure safe, affordable housing. This role requires daily travel throughout Bucks County, with an office base in Warminster, PA and requires a fully on site/in community presence.
The Housing Locator will build relationships with landlords, find available units, and support individuals as they transition into stable housing. As the Housing Locator establishes and maintains landlord relationships, they will also negotiate and facilitate lease expectations and move-in requirements. This person will be comfortable engaging with strangers, working with mental health providers and housing providers. As a mission driven leader, they will help ensure that the philosophy of care of Access Services is carried out and that the service provided meets individual and family needs.
Work Schedule:
- Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Hours may adjust to 8am-4pm if required. Ability to flex time schedule for housing showings or other events is expected. Rotating on call responsibilities.
Essential Responsibilities of the Housing Locator:
- Build and maintain relationships with landlords, property managers, and realtors to expand affordable housing options.
- Identify available housing units and match them with individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
- Coordinate lease paperwork, move‑in requirements, and housing transitions.
- Partner with Housing Stability Specialists to ensure housing leads, warm handoffs and ongoing communication regarding individual's needs.
- Stay informed on HUD requirements and ensure compliance with funding guidelines.
- Support individuals at housing showings, when transitioning from hospital discharges to landing pads, or for new move–ins.
- Serve as point‑of‑contact for landlord concerns and collaborate with housing staff to resolve issues.
- Complete housing readiness assessments, intakes, case notes, and documentation in the electronic health record.
- Attend county, committee, consumer, and team meetings as needed.
Other:
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance, and work scheduled overtime, or be available for unplanned overtime as necessary, to meet program needs.
- This is a client-facing position that does not include remote or hybrid work schedule options. This job requires a full-time, on-site presence due to the nature of the role and responsibilities.
- This position requires the ability to travel during a normal workday to successfully carry out the job responsibilities including attending offsite meetings, providing services in the community, and providing service oversight and supervision. Therefore, the Housing Locator will need to drive their personal vehicle and/or an agency owned vehicle to meet these expectations. This person will be expected to drive safely at all times and meet eligibility criteria in the agency Motor Vehicle Policy.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or business or in a related field required.
- Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of education.
Experience:
- Two years of relevant experience in real estate, affordable housing, or business experience strongly preferred.
- Experience working with adults with mental illness preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to communicate well; strong interpersonal skills required.
- Ability to direct and prioritize own work and be flexible; ability to work as part of a team.
- Knowledge of homelessness and the housing system and the ability to enhance understanding to maximize the level of service delivery.
- Knowledge of the mental health system.
- Skills in person centered screening and assessment; skills in conflict and crisis resolution.
- Proficiency in, or ability to learn and use, workplace applications, platforms and technologies.
Essential Working Conditions/Physical Demands:
- Work in program sites and the community routinely providing direct care and/or support with individuals.
- Stand, sit or run by self, or provide proper care and supervision with an individual.
- Able to move and stay with an individual to keep them safe, both in home environment and community, both at near and far distances, even when an individual may struggle to meet identified expectations.
- Able to assist an individual who has fallen, regardless of weight or size.
- Walk, climb stairs by self, or provide direct care and/or support.
- Work in a standard office environment and utilize desktop computer equipment daily.
- Able to lift or move items associated with sedentary and light work (exert up to 20 lbs.)
- Travel to offsite locations and regional office locations if necessary.
Pay:
- $21/hourly starting rate, based on qualifications and relevant experience of each candidate.
Our full-time comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Health, Vision, Rx, & Dental insurances, HSA/FSA, 401k program.
- Tuition Reimbursement Program.
- 20 days PTO (vacation/sick), 7 agency holidays, 2 floating holidays.
- Mileage/Toll Reimbursement, paid travel time between worksites.
- Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability, Catastrophic Sick Leave, Paid Parental Leave.
- Employee Assistance Program (telehealth/in person).
- Referral Bonuses up to $750 per hire.
- College tuition discounts, Credit Union perks, retail discounts.
Access Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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