Homeless Engagement Counselor (Master's level)

Eliot is seeking a Clinician to perform outreach engagement activities, crisis intervention, clinical assessment and referral, as well as providing concrete services such as warm clothing, blankets, and food to reduce risk of harm on the streets.
Eliot 's PATH program provides services to individuals with serious mental health illnesses, as well as those with co-occurring substance use disorders, who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Our Outreach Clinicians and Shelter Specialists provide support services directly to homeless individuals residing in emergency shelters or on the streets throughout Massachusetts.
Responsibilities:

• Perform outreach and engagement activities to identify homeless people living in public places, drop in centers, meal sites and shelters.
• Provide clinical services such as crisis intervention and counseling, as well as concrete services such as providing warm clothing, blankets, and food to reduce risk of harm on the streets.
• Encourage use of shelter, meal sites, and other services and public entitlements and facilitate linkage to these when accepted by homeless individuals.
• Maintain a thorough, current knowledge of local public and private resources including housing, residential programs, and other community organizations. Maintain positive working relationships with representatives of these organizations.
• Coordinate efforts with the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Public Health to ensure the effective use of resources.

Salary: $55,00.00 annually. Annual salary increases.
Bilingual rate is 6% increase in salary, in needed language area.
Schedule: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm or 8am-4pm
Location: Community based work with an office in Saugus. Metro North catchment area covers Everett, Malden, Medford, Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Danvers and Lynn.
Car is required. Mileage reimbursement after the first trip from the office.
Eliot is a large human service agency that offers a highly supportive and positive workplace culture as well as competitive salaries, generous benefits, tuition reimbursement, and various opportunities for personal & professional growth.
Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.