Homeless Response Team_ MCIT Peer Navigator

Homeless Response Team

MCIT Peer Navigator / Call Out Team

Hours : Varies

Status : Full Time

Reports to : MCIT Supervisor

Purpose :

Under the direct supervision of the MCIT Supervisor, this position provides outreach and supportive services to the homeless / chronically homeless, living in places not meant for human habitation.

Duties, Functions, and Responsibilities :

• Providing crisis intervention that promotes wellness and recovery.
• Assist cleints with accessing community resources and support.
• To provide follow up services to clients who have been encountered, and to provide transportation to those who have accepted services.
• Provide peer to peer counseling and support.
• Facilitate a peer support group.
• Encourage households to engage and connect in services.
• Maintain accurate documentation of services provided to clients, in real time data, into HMIS.
• Participate in multi-agency, multidisciplinary teams to report and review client progress.
• Be able to work in remote areas; i.e. encampments and areas not meant for human habitation.
• Keep open communication between MCIT Supervisor and Team Leader.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Qualifications, Education, and / or Equivalent Experience :

Working Conditions :

Work is performed in the community, regardless of weather conditions, and in an office environment. Work is performed by conducting well-checks, transporting clients to / from appointments, and may be subject to sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, lifting, pushing or pulling, and simple grasping, for extended periods of time. Outreach work is performed in tunnels (storm drains) and desert conditions (dirt fields), regardless of weather conditions.