The staff at Somerville Homeless Coalition includes thirty employees who are passionate about fighting homelessness, eviction and food insecurity. The staff at SHC are an essential part of our work. Our team is always working together to find the best outcomes for our clients. We are looking for people to join our team who are passionate about finding everyone a home and want to work with a team of people committed to their work and their clients.

Somerville Homeless Coalition offers competitive pay and excellent benefits. We encourage you to apply for our open positions! For more information about a position, click the button to apply.

OPEN POSITIONS

Adult Shelter Manager

The Adult Shelter Manager is responsible for managing the entire operation and day-to-day activities of a 26 bed, low-barrier, emergency homeless shelter for unaccompanied adults that is operational every day of the year from 4pm-8am. This includes, but is not limited to, oversight of the physical facility and external grounds; supervision of assistant managers, direct care frontline staff and case manager; scheduling and ensuring shift coverage compliance at all times; and, making sure that all guest needs and issues are identified and effectively addressed in a timely and professional manner. The position ensures that all program components achieve and maintain compliance with professional/work, health, fire, safety, security, certification, legal, confidentiality and sanitary standards at all times. The Manager also serves as a key liaison to the surrounding community, fostering positive relationships and promoting effective community engagement on behalf of the shelter.

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Shelter Worker

The congregate Direct Care Shelter Staff member oversees the total operation of a work shift within the shelter environment and facility. This includes, but is not limited to, general shelter activities, enforcing rules and policies, conflict resolution, making appropriate referrals, ensuring health and safety standards, addressing medical issues, maintaining accurate records, answering phones and door, regularly checking-in with guests and seeing to it that guests’ needs are identified and attended to in an appropriate manner.

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Supportive Housing Case Manager

Provide community and home-based case management and direct support to foster housing stability and the overall well-being of clients residing in SHC’s housing programs. Intensively work with individuals and families, who are disabled and formerly homeless, on a regular basis to facilitate linkages to a range of services and resources. Provide crucial support and coaching around psychiatric symptom management, substance use and, behavioral health management, trauma and physical ailments. Ensure all clients are compliant with program rules, individual service plans and lease requirements.

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Domestic Violence System Coordinator

The Domestic Violence (DV) System Coordinator is responsible for operating the Domestic Violence Coordinated Entry system (DV CE) in the Balance of State (BoS) Continuum of Care (CoC). DV CE is a low barrier, confidential way for individuals and families fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and human trafficking to be considered for ESG (Emergency Solutions Grant) and CoC-funded services and housing opportunities. Households must meet the HUD Category 4 Homeless definition as well as the BoS definition of fleeing or attempting to flee to be eligible.

The DV System Coordinator facilitates access to DV CE by working closely with Victim Service Providers (VSPs) to accurately enter coded client data into the DV CE database. The DV System Coordinator also works directly with clients to complete intakes and assessments when appropriate. The DV System Coordinator is responsible for making referrals to all DV-specific housing projects in the CoC, including Rapid Rehousing, Transitional Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing. The DV System Coordinator also manages part of the VSP subcontract through the DV CE program. This subcontract provides danger assessment, safety planning, and follow-up referrals for clients enrolled in mainstream CE (i.e. Category 1 Homeless) who are also fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence. The DV System Coordinator is responsible for providing the VSP subcontractor with information to be able to connect with eligible clients. The DV System Coordinator meets at least monthly with the VSP subcontractor to ensure that services are being provided in accordance with the subcontract. The DV System Coordinator is not responsible for monitoring financial reporting.

As capacity allows, the DV System Coordinator also provides danger assessment, safety planning, and housing navigation services to clients at SHC who are fleeing or attempting to flee.

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” It’s a very supportive work environment and everyone here is very passionate about what they’re doing!”

– Gabby, Homeless Prevention Program Manager

“They give us food, they give us housing, they give us hope – there is hope!” – Client, SHC