Care Coordinator, Life Skills & Housing Supports

Full-time, Hourly

Must be available to work/manage flexible hours – mornings, evening, overnight

and weekend hours

REPORTS TO: Executive Director/Case Management Team Lead

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: The Care Coordinator, Life Skills & Housing supports is responsible for coordinating the operations of a mid-barrier shelter/home. (1 home, up to 8 clients, and up to 5-7 team members). These responsibilities include understanding and assisting with the life skill goals of our clients, assist in the implementation and monitoring of a safe, healthy, outcome-focused shelter/housing environment, and leading a set of life skill shelter team members responsible for staffing the shelter 24/7/365.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordination of Operations (95%)

 Commit to and role model C-U at Home’s core values and vision to serve those experiencing homeless.

 Assist in implementing health and safety protocols for the organization.

 Coordinate the shelter team to assist a client along his/her journey to meeting his/her life skill goals.

(Transportation, cooking, conflict resolution, resume building, to name a few)

 Assist in recruiting, onboarding, training, and retaining strong life skills shelter team members.

 Coordinate staffing schedule to ensure home(s) is staffed 24/7/365.

 Serve on rotation for on-call emergency support for life skills team members.

 Monitor, maintain and communicate for ordering an appropriate level of house supplies.

 Monitor, maintain and communicate, if necessary, house maintenance needs.

 Staff the residential space at least 32hr per week to ensure life skills goals are implemented in the

residential environment.

 Maintain organization of all data, documents and necessary records and paperwork

Other (5%)

 Participate in major events including planning and execution

 Participate in community education on homelessness, when needed

 Other duties as assigned

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications

 Associates Degree in social work, psychology, or related field experience working with the homeless

population or mental illness and/or substance abuse

 2+ years of experience leading a team, scheduling, and coordinating activities

 Ability to maintain confidentiality and confidential information

 Good judgement and flexibility

 Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

 Strong verbal and written communication skills

 Working knowledge of Microsoft and Google tools

 Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments.

Preferred Qualifications

 2+ years of experience working with the homeless population

 3+ years leading a team

 Working knowledge of data collection technology platforms

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work setting:

• In-person

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• Leadership: 2 years (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)
• Night Shift (Required)
• Overnight Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Champaign, IL 61820 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Champaign, IL 61820: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person