Position Type: Full-time; Exempt
Pay Range: $45,000 - $55,000, commensurate with experience
Location: Tulsa, OK; On-Site
Company Description
Tulsa CARES, established in 1991, is a leading organization dedicated to serving low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C in Oklahoma. As the state's most comprehensive prevention and care provider, Tulsa CARES delivers client-focused, wrap-around services aimed at addressing both medical and social determinants of health. Rooted in the principles of empowerment, self-worth, inclusion, and hope, the organization seeks to improve community health and reduce costs through tailored care. For over 30 years, Tulsa CARES has transformed lives as the HIV/AIDS landscape evolved, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to compassionate care.
Role Description
The Housing Care Coordinator is a full-time, on-site role based in Tulsa, OK. This position involves coordinating housing services for clients, conducting assessments to determine individual needs, and developing client-specific housing and care plans. The Housing Care Coordinator will collaborate with clients, service providers, and community resources to ensure effective case management and provide necessary support. Additional responsibilities include maintaining accurate documentation, conducting home visits, and advocating for clients to facilitate access to vital services and resources.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Complies with the agency, housing, and care coordination program policies and procedures as established by Tulsa CARES.
- Adheres to the Oklahoma State Department of Health Standards of HIV Case Management Care.
- Adheres to HOPWA requirements established by the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
- Supports an environment of health and wellness in accordance with the agency’s philosophy of care.
- Works as part of an interdisciplinary case-management, nutrition, housing, and mental health team to meet the needs of the entire person.
- Maintains a work environment that is conducive to effectively providing services to clients in a private and confidential manner.
- Works closely with other programs to provide a continuum of health care and to promote coordination and collaboration with other health and/or social service organizations.
- Ensures that all mandatory documentation of services is completed in a timely manner and all data reports reflect services rendered.
- Minimal travel required.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in social work, human services, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
- Must maintain current driver’s license and any relevant licenses or certifications.
- At least two years of experience in housing navigation, case management, care coordination, supportive housing, homelessness services, HIV services, behavioral health, or related direct-service work is preferred.
- Experience working with those living in poverty, with HIV/AIDS, with other chronic health conditions, and/or with history of mental health or substance abuse is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and address multiple tasks in a fast-paced, client-centered environment
- Skilled in ethical decision-making and culturally responsive service delivery; experience with motivational interviewing preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and with diverse community partners.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and electronic documentation systems with strong attention to accurate and timely recordkeeping.
- Bilingual skills, particularly Spanish-English interpretation and communication, strongly preferred.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the position requires lifting and/or move up to 20 pounds, kneeling, stooping and/or standing for longer periods of time, bending, turning, reaching, talking, and listening.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Have the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity needed to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, fax machine, and other office equipment
- Have a normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports; specific vision requirements: the ability to focus.
- Must be able to travel with dependable transportation.
About Tulsa CARES
Tulsa CARES is the largest and most comprehensive provider of prevention and care programs serving low-income individuals living with HIV and Hepatitis C in Oklahoma. We recognize the critical importance of addressing social determinants of health to improve community health and reduce costs, and we specialize in wrap-around, client-tailored care that improves health outcomes and quality of life.
Tulsa CARES seeks to recruit and retain staff from diverse backgrounds and encourages qualified candidates to apply. Tulsa CARES is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, political belief, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, military, or veteran status. TulsaCARES follows all EEOC guidance and federal and state laws regarding background screening.