Position Summary. Jubilee is a leading provider of Housing Support Services for adults with intellectual disabilities in Maryland. The Housing Support Specialist is a key member of a small team of professionals who provide one-on-one services helping people identify and navigate housing opportunities, address, or overcome barriers to housing, and secure and retain their own home. The Housing Support Specialist will directly serve participants and assist the Housing Support Manager in advancing Jubilee’s housing support program.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide Housing Support Services. Provide direct housing support services in accordance with each participant’s Person-Centered Plan, service authorization, and goals for where they want to live. Services may include, for example:
· Searching for housing.
· Scheduling viewing of identified houses with realtors, property owners, agents, and property managers.
· Viewing Houses with the beneficiaries and their representative(s) (if applicable).
· Assessing the living environment to determine it meets accessibility needs.
· Coordinating with Office Manager, Program Manager, and families to facilitate move-in process.
· Assist with Scheduling and attending Walk-in session during move-in and move-out processes.
· Requesting reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act.
· Completing application and recertification for housing vouchers.
· Applying for, processing and recertification of housing voucher programs.
· Assisting with monthly budget development and setting up payments systems for rent, utilities, and other housing related expenses.
· Assisting with applications for utility assistance, rental assistance and other benefits related to improving housing affordability.
· Maintain regular communication with participants as needed to help them reach and maintain their housing goals.
2. Medicaid Billing and Compliance.
· Maintain housing support professional training certification as required by the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration.
· Comply with all Medicaid and Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Requirements.
· Track and record services provided to participants in Jubilee’s service tracking database (currently Therap) to support billing and Medicaid reimbursement.
3. Meetings and Record Keeping:
· Participate in Jubilee’s team meetings and other meetings relevant to the role.
· Record and prepare minutes during Housing and Transition Meetings.
· Filing of documents both online and in hard copy formats.
4. Complete other duties as assigned by the Housing Manager.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree.
· Minimum of 2 years of professional experience delivering community-based services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
· Experience and knowledge related to affordable housing programs preferred.
· Bilingual with fluency in English and Spanish preferred.
· Advanced reasoning abilities and good judgment.
· Advanced written and verbal communication, with strong interpersonal skills. Use of Person-first language and thinking is essential.
· Excellent organizational/time-management skills and attention to detail to effectively manage documents and project lists.
· Strong technology skills to effectively use Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Zoom, and data systems relevant to the position.
· Desire to work with and learn from people who have intellectual and Developmental Disabilities required.
· Jubilee Association of Maryland requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID, included booster shot if eligible. Requests for health and religious exemptions will be reviewed.
We are currently operating a hybrid workplace model for most administrative roles. Candidates should live within commuting distance of our Kensington, MD office.
Salary Range: $60K and competitive benefits, including health insurance, vacation and sick leave, paid parental leave, dental, life and disability, holidays, student loan assistance, periodic reimbursement for vacation expenses, a $1000 annual professional development fund, and more.
About Jubilee. Jubilee Association of Maryland is a faith-based nonprofit that provides opportunities and support for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to live in and enrich their community while fulfilling their personal, family, social, and spiritual needs. Jubilee was started by Hyattsville Mennonite Church in 1978 as part of the movement to bring people with intellectual disabilities out of segregated institutions and into the community. Since then, Jubilee has grown to be a leader in person-centered disability services, currently supporting more than 140 people who are included in their communities across Montgomery County, Maryland. The organization has a staff of more than 300 and an annual budget of more than $20 million. Through partnerships, innovation, and attentive care, Jubilee is a leader in providing the highest quality services and demonstrating the power of inclusion. Learn more at www.jubileemd.org.
Jubilee Association of Maryland is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, physical characteristics, veteran status, or religion.