All Minnesotans need access to safe and stable housing. Take action and make an impact on homelessness. By offering your time and talent as a Housing Resource Navigator, you can help people overcome barriers and achieve their housing goals. Heading Home Corps provides you with valuable, hands-on experience in housing advocacy, social services, and public assistance programs. You provide the compassion, dedication, and time that our communities need.
Service Activities
- Help individuals experiencing homelessness achieve their housing goals.
- Assist clients in navigating social services resources, programs, and benefit systems.
- Foster strong relationships to help clients build their confidence and skills.
- Participate in ongoing training and professional development.
- Gain hands-on experience in social services while embedded in a local organization.
- Share your experience with the wider community as a Heading Home Corps ambassador.
Community Need Addressed
All Minnesotans deserve a safe place to call home. As part of Heading Home Corps, AmeriCorps members serve as Housing Resource Navigators and support individuals experiencing homelessness as they work to overcome barriers and achieve their housing goals.
Position Outcomes
All Minnesotans deserve a safe place to call home. As part of Heading Home Corps, AmeriCorps members serve as Housing Resource Navigators and support individuals experiencing homelessness as they work to overcome barriers and achieve their housing goals.
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Living allowance, Stipend, Student loan forbearance, Training
Education Benefits
College Degree, GED/High School Diploma, Credential or Certification
Competencies You Will Develop
Communication
Demonstrate sensitivity and empathy, Maintain open lines of communication with others, Turn taking, Write cleary and effectively
Creativity & Problem Solving
Capable of generating possible solutions, Communicate the problem to appropriate personnel
Teamwork
Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others, Stay positive and outcome oriented
Decisions
Anticipate the consequences of decisions, Identify and prioritize the key issues involved to facilitate the decision making process, Quickly respond with a back-up plan if a decision goes amiss
Tools
Carefully consider which tools or technological solutions are appropriate for a given job
Planning
Able to prioritize various competing tasks, Demonstrate the effective allocation of time and resources efficiently, Drive decision making, Set goals
Service
Be pleasant, courteous, professional and respectful when dealing with internal and external customers or clients, Evaluate customer or client satisfaction, Honor the privilege of being able to work with and for those being served, Provide personalized, prompt, and efficient service to meet the requirements, requests and needs of customers, Recognize the importance of maintaining privacy and confidentiality of those being served, Understand and anticipate the needs of others, Understand the importance of one's role in the functioning of the organization, Understand the significance of maintaining a healthful and safe environment