The CENTER for Human Services, a leading provider of behavioral health care services, is seeking an Unhoused Outreach Specialist. (Full-Time)

Responsibilities:

• Works with homeless individuals with compassion and understanding
• Provides support and resource information to individuals and family members as necessary and appropriate
• Assists individuals to identify and develop natural community supports to foster independence and community integration
• Assists neighbors experiencing homelessness with accessing resources and making referrals; continues to engage with unsheltered homeless neighbors until shelter or permanent housing is obtained
• Assists clients with housing applications, completes supportive and subsidized housing paperwork, surveys rental market for affordable housing, and advocates for clients with prospective landlords
• Develops a relationship with neighbors through frequent outreach visits to foster trust building and support participation in programs
• Encourages and supports client participation in activities and events that increase ability to remain linked to care and/or behavioral health care, identifies employment options or cash benefits, and identifies housing options

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Personal experience in recovery from lived experience with mental illness and/or a substance use disorder
• Willingness and ability to engage in self-disclosure to assist in treatment
• Passion to help others with their recovery
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Illinois driver’s license with full coverage auto insurance

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree

Salary Range: $17.00 - $24.50 per hour

Full-Time Benefits:

• Paid Time Off
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Plans
• Dependent Care Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• 403B Employer Matching
• Student loan forgiveness