Director, Project Based Housing (Pico Square)

Role: Director, Project Based Housing

Reports to: Senior Director, Project Based Housing

Program: 1603- Housing Retention

Department: Permanent Housing

Location: Pico Square - 5050 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm

Status: Full-time/Exempt/Management

Benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, 403(b) Retirement plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), etc.

Openings: 1

Job Description Summary:

Under the director of the Senior Director, Project-based Housing, the Director, Project-based Housing will provide administrative and clinical oversite to Project-based Housing programs located throughout Los Angeles County. This includes managing Assistant Directors and Program Managers and working in collaboration with the Director of Housing Administration on relationships with Housing Authorities and other funders. The Director of Project-based Housing will also provide direct oversite regarding program operations, reporting, outcomes, and intakes, and referrals.

Job Description Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight to the supportive service teams connected to housing programs to engage and provide stabilization and retention services to homeless individuals living in Project Based Housing.
  
• Interface with Housing Developers, Landlords, and Property Management companies to secure housing resources.
  
• Work in collaboration with Assistant Directors, Program Managers, and other Project-based team members to remove barriers to permanent housing and long term housing retention.
  
• Provide clinical and administrative supervision to Assistant Directors and Program Managers.
  
• Provide clinical supervision to Project-based sta working towards clinical licensure.
  
• Lead and facilitate team meetings and case conferences of Project-based Housing management and program sta.
  
• Engage in Project-based program assessment to identify process gaps and create responding trainings or program improvements to ensure continued innovations and enhancements in client care and sta support/retention.
  
• Evaluate crisis situations on an individual basis and respond by directly providing crisis intervention or triaging with sta and guide client crisis intervention responding to medical and mental health crises, including writing LPS 5150 applications.
  
• Work collaboratively with each Project-based management teams and direct services providers to build appropriate intervention plans.
  
• Oversee and manage le review for required grant documentation and eligibility.
  
• Conduct ongoing le review and client le management for quality assurance and audit preparation.
  
• Conduct ongoing trainings to sta on le documents and contract outcomes/ goals.
  
• Generate HMIS and CHAMP reports, locate errors, and provide follow up reports to sta for corrective plan(s) of action.
  
• Generate client lists for case managers monthly of clients that need HMIS or CHAMP data corrections.
  
• Assist with program/scal audits.
  
• Act as the Liaison with all Housing Authorities, DHS, DMH, and Brilliant Corners leadership.
  
• Assist with gathering necessary documentation for RFP process when funding opportunities are identied.
  
• Ensure that all Annual Reviews are completed in a timely manner.
  
• Provide oversite regarding hiring and ensure Diverse and Equitable hiring practices to appropriately reect the diversity of the population served.
  
• Ensure OSHA reports on completed on a monthly basis.
  
• Special projects and other duties, as assigned.

Job Description Qualifications:

• Masters' degree in mental health eld (Social Work, MFT, or Psychology).
• Extensive experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
• Able to work in a high tolerance Harm Reduction model with Members who have multiple barriers.

Job Description Preferred Qualifications:

• Active clinical License and good standing with California Board of Behavioral Sciences for over 2 years, preferred.
• At least 4 years of management/supervisory experience, preferred.

Job Description Work Environment: