Stabilization and outreach manager

• Mar 2023 - Present

Stabilization and Outreach Manager who will be responsible for supervising and managing our Stabilization and Outreach team. HomeStart is a leading provider of housing services for people who are currently homeless, at risk of homelessness or have recently moved from homelessness to housing. We are a dynamic, innovative non-profit agency committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of our work. You will be a leader for a team which helps people who are formerly homeless maintain their housing and prevent recurrent homelessness. The Stabilization and Outreach team works with people who are often the hardest to serve due to having multiple disabilities, long histories of homeless, various barriers to stable housing and are very low income. HomeStart services are based on the philosophy that everyone deserves housing. The Stabilization and Outreach team provides hands on community-based mobile supportive services to individuals experiencing mental health and other life challenges with the goal of ending homelessness for the most vulnerable populations. You will be responsible for assisting the team in meeting the goals of the program: assisting clients in maintaining stable housing through improving life skills, increasing self-sufficiency, and maximizing income and mainstream benefits. The Stabilization and Outreach Manager. Show less

Program Manager

• Sep 2020 - Mar 2023

Oversee and maintain daily operations of the C.O.P.E Center. Network with community groups and agencies, in Brockton and surrounding towns as needed to advance the prevention and screening models that are implemented. Perform and oversee outreach and recruitment of injection drug users and their sexual partners, men who have sex with men, transgender people, sex workers, sexual drug-using partners of those who are HIV positive, and individuals at risk for HIV/HCV/STI injection using the Harm Reduction Philosophy. Provide and oversee risk reduction counseling and recommends appropriate screen services for those recruited. Oversee COPE Center Needle Exchange and Naloxone Pilot programs and enroll appropriate individuals into the program. Our services include free confidential HIV counseling, testing and referrals, STI and Hepatitis testing, HIV Case Management, Housing Search & Advocacy, Peer Support Services, LGBT services, Overdose Prevention and Education, Needle Exchange, community education programs on HIV, STIs, viral Hepatitis, harm reduction, and LGBTQ cultural competency. Show less

Program Coordinator

• May 2013 - Sep 2020

HIV Services Program Supervisor

• Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

Community Health Worker

• Apr 2012 - May 2013

Community outreach worker

• Jan 2009 - Feb 2010