Retention Specialist - Oregon All In

About Cultivate Initiatives:

We are a group of people who work alongside those who have been marginalized to empower individuals and communities through an inclusive range of services and support. We build communities from the inside out through community engagement and action, workforce development, community healthcare services, and alternative housing.

Compensation/Benefits:

• Full-time, non-exempt position: $23-25 hourly DOE
• 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental premiums.
• Eleven paid holidays, vacation, and sick time.

Position Summary:

The Housing Retention Specialist will provide housing stabilization support to help individuals who have recently transitioned into housing.

Accountability:

Accountable to Director of Housing and Sheltering

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Completes required trainings within 30 days of hire (CPR, Blood borne pathogens, food handlers, etc.)
• Attends all assigned trainings and meetings unless otherwise approved. 
• Applying an Assertive Engagement skills and a trauma-informed approach, you will work to empower individuals to maintain permanent, independent housing through acquiring income, promoting physical and emotional health, and building community.
• Meeting with clients regularly to offer one-on-one support and to create a case plan that fits the needs of the client. Often these meetings are house visits.
• Work cooperatively with multiple agencies and attend team meetings to connect households to services including workforce training, domestic violence support, and wellness resources.
• Supports neighbors in building relationships and connection to community, through activities.
• Conducts self within appropriate and expected professional boundaries and policies.
• Maintains confidentiality and earns others’ trust and respect through consistent

honesty and professionalism in All Interactions.

• Ensure prompt case notes, documentation, and data quality within HMIS (Homeless Management Information Systems) and other organizational data and case management systems.
• Represent Cultivate Initiatives to partners, Joint Office of Homeless Services, and the broader community.
• May participate in special projects and activities.
• May perform other duties as requested by supervisor.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must be able to provide proof of Driver’s License.
• Ability to reliably show up on time and keep appointments scheduled with neighbors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous shelter or housing retention experience.
• HMIS data entry experience

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit, stand or walk for prolonged periods, and ability to stoop and kneel occasionally.
• Ability to speak and hear to use telephone
• Ability to effectively use computer, lift paper and files
• Ability to push, pull reach for and lift articles up to 40 pounds.