Schedule: Monday- Sunday, 40 hours per week, days/hours flexible
Type: Non-exempt, full-time, hourly with benefits; starting at $22.00/hr
Job Purpose: In collaboration with the Central Coordinated Access Network (CCAN), The Friendship Service Center (FSC) will operate an outreach program to triage, divert, and case manage people experiencing literal homelessness in the five towns that make up Central Connecticut (Bristol, Berlin, New Britain, Southington, Plainville). The primary function of the Outreach Specialist is to canvass the community, receiving referrals from and collaborating with community partners and local Emergency Medical Services/Police Navigators; document literal homelessness using Housing and UrbanDevelopment(HUD)Category One criteria; facilitate swift entrance into the homeless service system to reduce the time a household is experiencing literal homelessness; and collaborating with community stakeholders to ensure efficient communication and a focus on are duction of literal homelessness in Central CT.
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