Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowFirst seen 1 hour ago

Family Rehousing Specialist

YMCA of Greater Boston192 open roles

Pay
$60,000 – $65,000 a year
Where
Boston, Massachusetts
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowFamily Rehousing SpecialistYMCA of Greater Boston · Boston, Massachusetts

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on YMCA of Greater Boston's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.4% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. YMCA of Greater Boston postings stay open a median of 5 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.4%7 days
  4. 20.0%14 days
  5. 35.5%30 days
  6. 58.6%60 days
This job: first seen 1 hour ago

YMCA of Greater Boston median: 5 days open

The posting

The Family Rehousing Specialist provides housing-focused, trauma-informed case management and advocacy services to families residing in an Emergency Assistance Family Shelter program. The Advocate works collaboratively with families to identify and address barriers to housing, develop individualized stabilization plans, and support successful transitions to permanent housing. This position advances YMCA and EOHLC goals by promoting housing stability, family well-being, self-sufficiency, and successful housing retention.

Key Responsibilities

Rehousing Case Management & Family Support

  • Conduct comprehensive assessments to identify housing barriers, strengths, and immediate service needs.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor individualized Rehousing Plans within required program timelines.
  • Monitor family progress toward permanent housing goals and adjust plans to support timely exits from shelter.
  • Provide strengths-based, trauma-informed case management focused on long-term housing stability.
  • Conduct and document weekly case management meetings with assigned families.
  • Assist families in accessing public benefits, healthcare, childcare, workforce development, educational opportunities, and other community resources.
  • Coordinate referrals to behavioral health, substance use, legal, employment, and supportive service providers.
  • Support school enrollment, transportation coordination, and educational advocacy for children.
  • Deliver coaching in financial literacy, budgeting, parenting, household management, and independent living skills.
  • Utilize motivational interviewing and family-centered practices to promote engagement and goal achievement.

EOHLC Program Compliance

  • Complete intake, assessment, and discharge activities in accordance with EOHLC Emergency Assistance Family Shelter requirements.
  • Ensure families understand shelter expectations, housing-focused goals, and program requirements.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary case conferencing, program reviews, audits, monitoring visits, and corrective action processes.

Documentation & Data Management

  • Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential records in ETO, and other required systems.
  • Complete all assessments, service plans, referrals, progress notes, housing plans, and discharge documentation within established timelines.
  • Track family outcomes and document progress toward housing and stabilization goals.
  • Ensure data quality, completeness, and accuracy in accordance with program standards.
  • Prepare reports and supporting documentation for internal and external stakeholders as required.

Key Performance Metrics

Case Management & Family Engagement

  • Conduct and document weekly case management meetings for 100% of assigned households.
  • Complete comprehensive assessments within five business days of program entry.
  • Update service and stabilization plans at least monthly for 100% of assigned families.
  • Maintain active engagement with 95% of assigned households.

Family Self-Sufficiency

  • Connect 100% of eligible families to public benefits, healthcare coverage, and community resources.
  • Ensure 90% of employable adults are connected to employment, workforce development, education, or training opportunities within 30 days of intake.
  • Facilitate financial literacy, budgeting, parenting, or life skills programming participation for 80% of assigned families.

Child & Youth Outcomes

  • Ensure 100% of school-age children are enrolled in school in accordance with applicable requirements.
  • Ensure 100% of eligible children are connected to early education, after-school, summer, or enrichment opportunities.
  • Coordinate educational support and transportation services as appropriate.

Compliance & Documentation

  • Maintain 100% completion of required case records and documentation standards.
  • Enter all required case notes, referrals, service transactions, and assessments within 48 hours of service delivery.
  • Achieve 95% or greater HMIS/ETO data quality standards.
  • Maintain 100% compliance with EOHLC, YMCA, and contractual requirements.
  • Successfully meet file review, monitoring, and audit standards.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
  • Minimum of two years of experience in housing homelessness services, case management, family support services, or related human services.
  • Knowledge of EOHLC Emergency Assistance programs, HomeBASE, RAFT, affordable housing resources, public benefits, and community support systems.
  • Experience working with families experiencing homelessness, housing instability, trauma, poverty, or other barriers to self-sufficiency.
  • Strong assessment, advocacy, crisis intervention, problem-solving, and case management skills.
  • Experience maintaining electronic case records and databases such as HMIS, ETO, or comparable systems.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining documentation and compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrated commitment to cultural humility, equity, inclusion, and family-centered practice.

Job Benefits

Why work at the Y?

The YMCA of Greater Boston is an incredible place to have a fulfilling career or enjoy part-time employment — all while we are supporting and strengthening our communities, because our community is our cause. When you join us in your career here, you can look forward to:

  • Developing your leadership skills in a caring, challenging & diverse working environment.
  • Exploring a wide range of opportunities as you learn new skills and functions.
  • Shaping the future of young children while making a difference each day for our communities and each other.
  • Engaging in YMCA career training programs and working alongside those who have the same passion.
  • A healthy work/life balance
  • Comprehensive benefits including:
  • FREE YMCA Membership for you.
  • Discount on Specialty Programs like Personal Training and Swimming Lessons.
  • Discounted or FREE family membership.
  • Robust Retirement Plan up to 10%. (see eligibility requirement)
  • Health, Dental, and Vision Benefit Package.
  • Vacation and Sick Time (PT receive sick time)
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against YMCA of Greater Boston's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on YMCA of Greater Boston's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    YMCA of Greater Boston's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.