We need hope-bringers and changemakers — because the work we all do matters. If you’re passionate about making an impact with your time and being someone’s light in the darkness, we want you on our team.

Come Join Us to Do Mission-Based, Meaningful Work

Who We Are

Gaudenzia is one of the largest nonprofit providers of treatment to people with substance use and co-occurring disorders in the nation. We operate in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.  

Our caring, compassionate team is on a mission to save thousands of lives each year and bring hope to people devastated by substance use disorder. Together, we help individuals, families, and communities heal and thrive in the face of one of the most devastating public health crises of our time.

As our organization grows and evolves to meet the needs of our clients and communities, we’re seeking passionate, empathic individuals to help us make an impact. With your help, we can turn the tide on substance use disorder.    

Who we’re looking for:

This individual’s responsibility will be to develop and coordinate housing programs, develop, and implement guidelines,
ensure program operations, and provide referral for families in transitional living programs. These services may include but
are not limited to developing new transitional living programming, insuring compliance with existing programs and applicable
regulatory agencies.

In addition, this person will develop a system of housing resources to assist other personnel by ensuring proper referral of
clients to appropriate services available and necessary to them.

Duties may include, but not be limited to, ensuring compliance with housing plans and keeping the necessary records,
maintaining responsibility for the development of new and expanded housing resources, and assisting other staff members in
the performance of varied work duties of aftercare planning as it relates to housing issues.

Work is performed in accordance with established regulations, policies, and procedures, but this person is expected to
exercise significant initiative and independent judgment in achieving objectives.

Your responsibilities in this role may include:

• Expand resources available to families through the expansion and development of transitional living programs and housing
   subsidies
• Develop a system to refer clients to appropriate housing and transitional programming when appropriate
• Establish and maintain referral relationships with federal, state and county housing providers
• Develop and strengthen agency linkages with private and municipal housing resources
• Explore opportunities and prepare applications to obtain funding to support expansion of transitional housing
• Develop a series of in-house seminars to prepare families for housing eligibility, application procedures, and compliance
   with terms
• Assist staff in helping families locate the best housing options for their individual circumstances
• Research and interpret possibilities for access to public and private resources for suitable housing
• Develop systems to assist families to meet eligibility requirement for housing
• Provide case consultation to program clinicians in the development of housing aftercare plans; work closely with staff to
   coordinate services related to housing
• Provide case-specific advocacy with transitional housing programs, Section 8, and other subsidized housing systems and
   private landlords
• Attend selected re-entry aftercare meetings specific to housing supports

• Ability to maintain a valid driver’s license
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed

Benefits & Perks:

Gaudenzia is a diverse, inclusive workplace where purpose-driven people thrive. We think our team members are real heroes, and we believe those who devote their lives to making the world a better place deserve competitive salaries, generous health benefits, and unbeatable work-life balance in return.

Benefits & Perks at Gaudenzia include: 

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance (At No Cost)
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (At No Cost)
• Life Insurance (At No Cost)
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance (At No Cost)
• Vision Insurance
• Various Supplemental Benefits (Aflac, Legal, Identity Theft & FSA)
• You generate two banks of time off: Personal and Vacation
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) Accruals at 80 hours minimally during your 1^st year of employment
  • Vacation Accruals at 80 hours minimally during your 1^st year of employment
• 10 Paid Holidays Per Calendar Year
• Paid Bereavement Leave
• Education Assistance Benefit (Tuition Reimbursement)
• Full reimbursement for the cost of professional license/certification renewals
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with an Employer Match Up to 5%
• Employee Assistance Program

Gaudenzia is an equal opportunity employer. We do not practice or permit discrimination based on race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, religion, creed, disability, or veteran’s status.

Qualifications for this role:

Education/ Training:  Bachelor’s degree in a generally recognized clinical discipline.

What Matters to Us? Our Mission & Our Operating Principles

Our Mission 
Gaudenzia aspires to connect individuals and families to addiction and mental health treatment so they can attain long-term recovery and achieve a fulfilling life embraced by a broad community of mutual support. 

Our Operating Principles:

We, as members of the Gaudenzia Team, are committed to these principles. They guide the way we perform Gaudenzia business, every day.

1. We hold client care as our top priority.
2. We assume good intentions.
3. We are present, we connect, and we communicate with transparency, dignity, and respect.
4. We make data-driven decisions with courage, challenge the status quo, and find innovative ways to grow Gaudenzia and each other.
5. We support each other publicly and privately in all circumstances.
6. We provide and accept constructive, honest, respectful, and timely feedback with an open mind and without personalization.
7. We operate with integrity, focus on outcomes, and have a bias for action.
8. We follow through on agreements and honor commitments prioritized with a sense of urgency — someone’s life may depend on it.

Gaudenzia is proud to be an employer of choice — and a treatment provider of choice — in the substance use and co-occurring disorders treatment field. We work hard to foster an inclusive, supportive environment where our employees and clients always feel safe and welcome. Come work with us!