Homeless Outreach Mobile Engagement (HOME)

Salary: $31.25

We offer:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term and Long Term Disability.
• 5 days of Paid Time Off
• 16 Paid Wellness Days and Holidays - Including the week of Christmas off!

Do you envision working for a dynamic, mission-driven organization which supports the community while fostering an employee culture of appreciation and fun? If your answer is yes, then an employment opportunity at Directions for Living may be a great fit for you! We offer an excellent salary and benefits package for all full-time employees, PTO and paid company holidays, 403b retirement, EAP, and year-round employee wellness and appreciation initiatives.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This is a full-time professional role on a dynamic outreach team dedicated to engaging individuals experiencing street homelessness. The position focuses on delivering trauma-informed behavioral health case management and targeted homeless interventions that foster recovery, strengthen natural supports, and build essential skills for coping, self-management, and personal empowerment.

The Outreach Team Member will support individuals through services aimed at enhancing personal safety, self-worth, confidence, and growth. Additional areas of focus include community connection, healthy boundary-setting, future planning, self-advocacy, personal fulfillment, social support development, and effective communication.

The core objective of this role is not limited to engagement alone—it is about connecting individuals with appropriate mental health and supportive services to improve their overall well-being, promote safety, and strengthen key social determinants of health. The position also plays a critical role in assisting individuals in exploring housing options by conducting vulnerability assessments (e.g., VI-SPDAT) and shelter evaluations to identify the most appropriate and sustainable living arrangements.

This role requires a compassionate, resourceful, and proactive professional who understands that meaningful engagement is just the beginning of a much broader support process.

The case manager is also responsible for connecting those individuals who are uninsured to the Pinellas Health Plan and providing ongoing case management services to address the needs of the individual, such as mental health services, transportation to needed service appointments, earned and unearned income, etc. This position will work closely with other service providers, both internally and externally, and funders to provide complete, comprehensive services in the community setting. This position is required to complete dual entries into two separate systems: the agency's electronic health record and the Pinellas Health Management Information System (P-HMIS). DFL prides itself on the fact that it is a trauma-informed care services provider. This position requires that trauma-informed practices be embedded into all services provided. This position is field-based.

Directions for Living is an essential services provider. All Directions for Living Team Members must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.