Family Advocate for Home Front & Home Safe

Description

Who We Are

Solid Ground (SG) is an award-winning nonprofit organization whose proven, holistic approach helps families build the strong foundations they need to emerge from homelessness into a brighter future. Through safe, affordable housing and innovative supportive programming, Solid Ground helps families transition to a higher-level of self-sufficiency and break the cycle of homelessness and poverty for the next generation.

Why You'll Love Working Here

At the heart of Solid Ground is the belief that housing stability is fundamental to the healthy development of children and to a family's ability to be contributing members of the community. Solid Ground currently runs eight programs in suburban Ramsey and Washington Counties and housing over 660 individuals annually. Our mission is to prevent and end homelessness for families with children in the communities we serve through housing, resources, and opportunity.

Wages and Benefits

$23.00 - $25.00 per hour ; Paid vacation time, sick time, plus ten paid holidays and two floating holidays; competitive health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account (HSA), and options for flexible spending accounts (FSA). There is employer paid basic life insurance with the option for additional coverage paid by the employee. The employer pays for Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and short and long-term disability insurance. SG sponsors a retirement plan with automatic enrollment at 3% and a 3% employer match after one year of service, plus immediate vesting.

Schedule

This position is hybrid with a minimum of 3 in person office days.

A Typical Day in the Life...

A typical day as Solid Ground's Family Advocate for Home Front & Home Safe provides an opportunity to conduct in-depth family assessments for families entering the Home Front or Home Safe programs and working with parents to develop individualized goal plans. Family Advocates aid participants in accessing the appropriate community resources to assist them in attaining both economic goals and housing authority. Responsibilities will include the following :

• Committing to the Housing First philosophy.
• Providing supportive services and community referrals to give families necessary resources and skills to achieve self-reliance.
• Meeting with participants regularly (including in-home visits when applicable) to assist them in developing and achieving goals in the areas of budgeting / finance, education, employment, physical, mental and chemical health, transportation, housing, parenting, and children's goals, while providing ongoing support through resources and encouragement.
• Completing a Family Strengths and Needs Assessment at intake and developing an individualized goal plan for each family within 90 days of the participant's entry into the program.
• Collaborating with the Children's Services Specialist to identify needs for services and resources relating to the children.
• Encouraging and supporting participants in attending various services Solid Ground offers, such as budgeting, tenant training, job searching, and DBT groups, while tying those services into the family's Goal Plans.
• Collaborating with the Housing Navigator to identify housing barriers and create a plan for securing housing.
• Providing crisis intervention.
• Managing time effectively to ensure quality service to participants.
• Coordinating and documenting all work done on behalf of participants to maintain accurate progress and recordkeeping.
• Compiling and reporting quarterly statistics needed for reports to the agency and funders.
• Working with participants to develop clear goal plans once every six months and documenting progress on goals.

Who You Are

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of Solid Ground. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector : individuals who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous or people of culture, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We value the contributions of a diverse workforce, and we welcome and encourage applications from all underrepresented groups. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer : All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, disability, age, marital status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, criminal history (justice-impacted status), housing or homelessness status, height, or weight.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

Solid Ground participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify's official poster at https : / / e-verify.uscis.gov / web / media / resourcesContents / E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf . See E-Verify's Right to Work poster at https : / / www.e-verify.gov / sites / default / files / everify / posters / IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf .

Equal Opportunity Employer

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