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Pathways to Housing was founded by Dr. Sam Tsemberis in 1992, and is widely credited as being the originator of the "Housing First" model of addressing homelessness among people with psychiatric disabilities.

The Housing First model is simple: provide housing first, and then combine that housing with supportive treatment services in the areas of mental and physical health, substance abuse, education, and employment. Housing is provided in apartments scattered throughout a community. This "scattered site" model fosters a sense of home and self-determination, and it helps speed the reintegration of Pathways’ clients into the community.

The Pathways model has been remarkably successful in addressing chronic homelessness. Since its founding, Pathways has housed more than 600 people in New York alone, and the program maintains an 85% retention rate even amongst those individuals not considered "housing ready" by other programs.

DESCRIPTION: Service Coordinators are members of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team who provide flexible, community based services that are designed to promote the stability, recovery and community reintegration of formerly homeless individuals who have a mental illness and abuse substances .The Service Coordinator (SC) maintains a primary caseload of 10-12 clients and in collaboration with the transdisciplinary team coordinates and provides, in a compassionate and responsible manner, ACT services for all clients on the team. The Substance Abuse Specialist performs all routine team responsibilities of a SC and has lead responsibility for integrating dual –recovery treatment with the tasks of other team members.

RESPONSIBILITIES: •Collaborate with client in the formulation of a Comprehensive Service Plan that is reviewed and modified with client on a regular basis. •Provide outreach, case management, counseling, advocacy, and other needed services to clients in any environment including: the streets, shelters, prisons,...

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