Who We Are:

Established in 1975, Non-Profit Yakima Neighborhood Health Services serves patients in the areas of Behavioral Health, Family Dentistry, Internal Medicine, Women’s Health, Primary Care, Pediatrics, Vision Care and Pharmacy. Our mission is to improve the quality of life and equity in our communities by providing accessible and integrated health and social services, ending homelessness and offering unique learning opportunities for students of health professions.

Why Work at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services?

YNHS offers great compensation for this position, with a starting wage of $18.00-$20.70 an hour, along with high value benefits of employer provided medical, dental, vision, life, and disability and retirement insurances. To support our team, we also provide ten paid holidays, flexible amounts of paid leave and/or cash-out options, and retention bonuses to reward commitment to our mission.

 

Our Ideal Candidate: We are looking for a candidate that has a passion to work with individuals who are homeless or in transitional housing The technical qualifications are:

• High school diploma or GED and at least one-year experience in residential property management.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred.
• Must understand homelessness and working with clients from diverse backgrounds including, but not limited to, economical disadvantages, homelessness, mental illness and/or chemical dependency.
• Residential property management experience desirable.
• Candidate has not been sanctioned or excluded from participation in federal or state healthcare programs by federal or state healthcare programs by a federal or state law enforcement, regulatory, or licensing agency.

Day to Day:

• Interact with residents in the general milieu and common areas.
• Assist clinical staff in engaging residents through creative, resourceful strategies.
• Operate functions in lobby office, including monitoring security systems, answering telephones, enforcing project rules.
• Manage basic day-to-day operations.
• Maintain order and communication/enforce agency rules and policies.
• Take responsibility for decision-making in crisis situations, including calling police and other emergency services.
• Ensure adequate logging of activities/concerns during shift.
• Perform data collection and reporting as instructed.
• Assist with unit turnovers, new resident leasing and orientation, rent collection, and facilities inspections.
• Review Tenant Guides and Leases with tenants as needed and appropriate.
• Brief staff regarding significant occurrences, potential problems and client needs.
• Continuous coverage of all areas of shelter during shift.
• Interact with residents.
• Respond to resident complaints and process according to YNHS procedure.
• Use principles of Trauma Informed Care to manage operations of living environment for formerly homeless residents
• Maintain safety and security by monitoring all general access areas and enforcing project rules
• Assist with other property management functions as assigned by the Homeless Services Director and Self-Sufficiency Supervisor.