Employment

To apply for the following positions, please email your professional resume, cover letter, and contact information for three professional references to hiring@fscss.org or fax documents to 360-943-1139 ATTN: William Parmer with the position title in the subject line. You can also mail your application packet to Family Support Center of South Sound - 3545 7th Ave SW Suite 200, Olympia WA 98502. No phone calls please.

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

Family Resource Navigator: The Family Resource Navigator works with families to mitigate current crises in their life, which often includes preventing evictions, keeping essential utilities turned on, connecting their children to enrichment programs or school support programs, and working with families to increase their overall economic and housing stability. The Resource Navigator is responsible for ensuring the resources they refer families to are current, applicable and that the household meets the eligibility requirements. It is more than providing brochures and phone numbers; the Navigator makes the direct connection to the programs and resources so that families don’t have to navigate community programs independently. The Resource Navigator provides comprehensive case management support and eviction rent prevention assistance funds to households who are eligible for the program, working alongside families to increase their overall housing and family stability. For a full position description, CLICK HERE. You can also apply via Indeed by CLICKING HERE.

Housing First Peer Counselor (Bilingual English/Spanish Preferred): The Housing First Peer Counselor will draw from lived experience to work alongside families with children who have serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness. The Peer Counselor will have a good understanding of the Housing First evidence-based practice, which includes low-barrier, affordable, permanent housing coupled with flexible, voluntary services. This position will also have a good understanding of harm reduction principles and practices, which means focusing not on abstinence, but on reducing the negative consequences of risk behaviors, including drug use. The Peer Counselor will work in collaboration with other housing first staff and the broader housing team at Family Support Center to ensure households have and maintain stable housing. For a full position description, CLICK HERE. You can also apply via Indeed by CLICKING HERE.

Housing First Specialist (Bilingual English/Spanish Preferred): The Housing First Specialist will have a good understanding of the Housing First evidence-based practice, which includes low-barrier, affordable, permanent housing coupled with flexible, voluntary services. This position will also have a good understanding of harm reduction principles and practices, which means focusing not on abstinence, but on reducing the negative consequences of risk behaviors, including drug use. The Housing First Specialist will work directly with people who have serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorders who are experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness. This may include people who have histories of incarceration or psychiatric hospitalizations. The Housing First Specialist will engage with individuals to identify their housing needs, assist with applying for housing, and help develop a housing plan. For a full position description, CLICK HERE. You can also apply via Indeed by CLICKING HERE.

Housing Case Manager: The Housing Case Manager works directly with families experiencing homelessness, utilizing a housing first model, to support families in accessing permanent housing as fast as possible. This may include families staying at FSC’s family shelter, Pear Blossom Place, as well as supporting families in accessing rapid re-housing assistance. The position also includes responsibilities specific to coordinated entry for households experiencing homelessness; the position will provide the necessary intake and assessment for households to access housing and shelter resources. For a full position description, CLICK HERE. You can also apply via Indeed by CLICKING HERE.

Pear Blossom Place Support Staff:  Pear Blossom Place is Thurston County’s only 24/7 shelter for families experiencing homelessness, and provides at least 36 parents and children safety, stability, and warmth every night of the year. Pear Blossom Place operates from a low barrier and harm reduction model, working from a strengths based perspective in supporting families in accessing permanent housing. Staff at Pear Blossom Place are critical to supporting families in achieving their goals, ensuring shelter is safe and clean, mitigating conflicts and challenges between guests, and for answering the 24 hour Coordinated Entry Hotline for shelter and housing resources. This position includes two set shifts on Friday and Saturday, and the availability for additional on-call shifts which may include overnights, daytime, swing, and weekend shifts, and is an awake position. For a full position description, CLICK HERE. 

Supported Housing Case Manager (Bilingual English/Spanish Preferred): The Supported Housing Case Manager provides comprehensive case management support to chronically homeless families with children. The position works to assess the barriers the client and family have to acquiring and sustaining permanent housing, assisting households to set individualized goals and action steps to meet them. The case manager is responsible for working from a harm reduction, housing first approach. The case manager may work with community partners to secure housing for the household, as well as internal resources such as rapid re-housing, diversion, and other services. For a full position description, CLICK HERE. You can also apply via Indeed by CLICKING HERE.

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