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HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER SPECIALIST/SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Summary
To obtain a position utilizing my ten years combined experience working for Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Programs while providing superb social service and communication skills dealing with low-income populations.
Experience
01/2013 to Current
Housing Choice Voucher Specialist/Special Programs Nan McKay & Associates － Chicago, IL
  • Manage an assigned caseload for PBV/MOD REHAB Participants.
  • Conduct Annual Re-certifications and Interims within required time frames.
  • Determine Eligibility, Housing Assistance Payments, and tenant rent calculations.
  • Facilitate weekly Participant Briefings for PBV/MOD REHAB Programs.
  • Collaborate with Property Management and Supportive Service Agencies to assist Participants with housing needs.
  • Maintain Participant's files and transactions using the Housing Authority's required business system(s).
  • Conduct all job functions in alignment with the Housing Authority's Administrative Plan, HUD regulations, and other State and local requirements.
  • Provide excellent customer service daily to all Participant and Clients involved in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
  • Educate Participants on Program requirements and Family Obligations.
  • Review terms of Leases to ensure they are in compliance with Housing Authority standards.
  • Frequently assigned various tasks and duties to help lead, encourage, and coach peers to maximize individual and team performance.
01/2010 to 01/2012
Director of Admissions All Faith Pavilion － Chicago, IL
  • Responsible for recruiting new residents to maintain census for 200+ residents.
  • Conducted Pre-admissions screenings.
  • Initial contact person for potential nursing home residents.
  • Informed families about cost, nursing home care, physical therapy, meals, activities, etc.
  • Completed all paperwork associated with admissions including legal documents, advance directives and recording initial payments, as well as explaining facility rules and regulations.
  • Supervised staff responsible for insuring payment for services through Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
  • Facilitated daily morning meetings with Administrative Staff and prepared daily census to discuss Department Head concerns.
01/2009 to 01/2010
Social Worker/Case Manager All Faith Pavilion － Chicago, IL
  • Responsible for managing a case load of 30-60 chronically mentally ill residents.
  • Responsible for discharge planning for all residents on caseload.
  • Completed psycho-social assessments upon admission, quarterly, and annually.
  • Assessed client's needs and matched them with appropriate psycho-social programming.
  • Facilitated group therapy such as anger management, activities of daily living, communication and social skills, and medication management, independent living.
01/2007 to 01/2009
Case Manager Somerset Place Rehabilitation － Chicago, IL
  • Responsible for caseload of approximately 70+ chronically mentally ill residents.
  • Daily computerized charting on behavioral progress and medication management concerns, etc.
  • Provided one-on-one counseling with high risk residents.
01/2002 to 01/2006
Housing Choice Voucher Advisor Metro Development & Housing Authority － Nashville, TN
  • Determined eligibility for prospective participants entering program(s).
  • Conducted monthly income re-certifications, calculated rents/retroactive rents, pro-ration and abatement, interim rent changes, and maintained files for HUD audit inspections.
  • Negotiated contract rents with Landlord participants through Rent Reasonable Comparisons.
  • Assisted participants with finding relocation to houses, apartments, town homes, and condos within county.
  • Enforced policies against participants responsible for housing fraud.
  • Facilitated case conferences and hearings regarding issues such as termination, rent disputes, and fraud.
  • Successfully promoted and implemented Family Self-Sufficiency Program(s) as well as first time Homeownership Program for clients through Section 8 Rental Assistance.
01/1999 to 01/2002
Office Assistant II-Itinerant Metro Development & Housing Authority － Nashville, TN
  • Assisted Public Housing Managers at different sites with office duties, resident issues, and daily reports.
  • Supervised and coordinated with maintenance staff to handle work orders and resident complaints.
  • Maintained all supply inventories for management and maintenance staff (i.e., office supplies, keys, hardware, site/ground materials).
  • Enforced policies and regulations as related to Public Housing.
  • Calculated rents to determine amount of subsidy provided by housing agency.
  • Accounted for petty cash and inventory ranging from office supplies to office furniture.
Education and Training
1997
Bachelors of Arts: Speech/Communications Fisk University － Nashville, TN Speech/Communications
2013
Housing Specialist II: Housing Choice Voucher Program Nan McKay & Associates － Chicago, IL, USA
Housing Specialist II
Skills
Administrative, agency, coach, hardware, conferences, counseling, client, Clients, excellent customer service, discharge planning, insurance, inventory, legal documents, managing, materials, medication management, meetings, mentally ill, office, MOD, nursing home, physical therapy, policies, programming, progress, Property Management, recording, recruiting, therapy
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Nan McKay & Associates
  • All Faith Pavilion
  • Somerset Place Rehabilitation
  • Metro Development & Housing Authority

School Attended

  • Fisk University
  • Nan McKay & Associates

Job Titles Held:

  • Housing Choice Voucher Specialist/Special Programs
  • Director of Admissions
  • Social Worker/Case Manager
  • Case Manager
  • Housing Choice Voucher Advisor
  • Office Assistant II-Itinerant

Degrees

  • Bachelors of Arts : Speech/Communications
    Housing Specialist II : Housing Choice Voucher Program
    Housing Specialist II

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