1. Responsible for overseeing, managing, and supervising HMI's Host Home program servicing
40 LGBTQ Homeless Youth, ages 18-24
a) Recruit, engage, and coordinate Host Home trainings and professional development services for a team of service providers, specifically for integration of the Housing First model .
b) Oversee the Host Home implementation process and supportive programming structure to place youth in safe and appropriate Host Homes successfully.
c) Create and monitor programmatic and supportive systems to maintain the Host Home program and achieve its goal.
d) Provide the Case Management team with comprehensive and ongoing training and supervision that are youth-driven and support staff to provide youth-led services.
e) Supervise and support the Peer Navigator in working with youth in identifying host and housing options and creating tracking systems that help support the end of youth homelessness.
f) Work alongside and collaborate with the Clinical team on supportive skills and development training for case management and peer staff to provide trauma-informed supportive services to youth.
g) Oversee the maintenance of a referral network of partner organizations to ensure the Host Home team is equipped to link youth to appropriate services and to provide effective supportive programming services.
h) Orienting young adults enrolled to participate in the Host Home program on the program's pathway, goals, and limitations.
i) Ensure the use of a trauma-informed approach and best practices such as; Mental Health First Aid, motivational interviewing, and Harm reduction to model service provision and guidance within the Host Home program.
j) Create and monitor supportive programming outcomes to ensure annual goals are met;
k) Manage existing community connections and develop a strategic plan to build needed community connections and resources.
2. Track youth and host/mentors member enrollment/activities, program outcomes, and contractual requirements and prepare documentation required for grants and agency reporting
a) Develop and implement monitoring of client satisfaction