Housing Coordinator

Apply online at http://www.alohacare.org/Careers/Default.aspx The Company: AlohaCare is a local, non-profit health plan serving Hawai`i�s low-income residents with free Medicaid and dual Medicare health insurance coverage. Our members include children, seniors, and adults residing on all islands. We provide comprehensive benefits and managed care services with an emphasis on healthy living habits and preventive primary health care. Our approach is to meet the whole-person health and social needs of members. Through our community partnerships we offer innovative services such as connection to social service agencies, Native Hawaiian healing services and in-home primary care for qualified members. Our mission is to serve in the true spirit of aloha by ensuring and advocating for access to quality health care for all. We are Hawaii�s third-largest health plan and offer a wide network of quality primary care, specialists, hospitals, pharmacies and among many other providers across the state. The Culture: AlohaCare employees have a passion for helping Hawai`i�s most underserved communities. Our caring culture is fundamental to our company-wide team approach to providing high quality services. We support our employees with a supportive and positive work environment, healthy work-life balance, continuous communication, and a generous benefits package. AlohaCare�s leadership empowers and engages its employees by recognizing outstanding job performance and collaboration. We share organization-wide updates during quarterly All Staff meetings. We encourage participation in volunteer and educational opportunities. We put a high value on honesty, respect, and trust-building. We encourage open-door, two-way, and frequent communication. AlohaCare�s comprehensive benefits package includes low-cost medical, dental, drug and vision insurance, paid time-off, 401k employer contribution, referral bonus and pretax transportation and parking program. The Opportunity: The purpose of the health plan housing coordinator is to increase statewide supportive housing capacity for QI members. The coordinator will assist the health plan in identifying members who may be eligible for and in need of housing support services, including individuals who are homeless, low income and at-risk families, and those leaving institutional care. The housing coordinator will also be responsible for internal and external coordination that addresses barriers to housing and employment. The housing coordinator will work with local housing resources, non-profit and for-profit housing providers, and other agencies to develop housing resources necessary for moving individuals from the streets and shelters into permanent housing and ensuring successful transition and community tenure of people leaving nursing facilities and other institutional settings. Outcomes of this initiative include the development of a scalable and sustainable housing referral and support program, increased number of individuals placed in affordable, independent housing and the provision of supportive services that will enable these individuals to remain in stable housing. Primary Duties and Responsibilities: Participate in statewide workgroups to develop policies, procedures, evaluation and other improvements to housing programs Stay current on national trends and innovations in community-based housing options Initiate and develop relationships with housing-focused community organizations, landlords, affordable housing developers and other housing service providers to identify new and existing opportunities for accessing resources Collaborate with community, state, and federal partners to increase the ADA accessible housing capacity in each community Collaborate with state agencies, community organizations and other social service agencies to promote and grow housing opportunities within the state Coordinate with other social determinants of health coordinators (e.g., employment, transportation, financial…