Want to work nights and weekends trying to get homeless people in West Hollywood to accept housing and other services?
Ascencia, the primary company WeHo outsources to handle its homelessness crisis, has listed a job opening for a nights/weekends outreach case manager paying $22 per hour, or an anemic $45,760 annually.
The new hire will be expected to develop and maintain relationships with homeless people in the city, respond to calls for assistance, attend a number of work and social events, prepare technical reports and even conduct crisis interventions.
The position requests a four-year degree in human services and requires prior experience working with the homeless, personal transportation and auto insurance, but it does come with a full set of benefits.
West Hollywood spends more than $1.4 million on its contracts with Ascencia, according to data.weho.org. They’ve been working for the city since 2016.
The agency was formed in 2006 as PATH Achieve Glendale to operate programs serving homeless families and individuals in the greater Glendale area. In 2011, it became Ascencia, and in 2012, it launched a capital campaign to secure a permanent home. Since then, the organization expanded its outreach in Burbank, Highland Park and other areas of Los Angeles.
I knew it I am homeless and they been taking forever to help me over five years and I don’t have a place yet
Residents of California should Sue the State of California for Pocketing the Money and Not getting the Homeless off the street,with all means
necessary !
All this money thrown at a problem that only gets worse. So what they’re doing is obviously not working and not the right direction. And when your very job depends on keeping the problem going…there is no incentive to actually solve the problem…cause if you did, you’d be out of work.
Governments will waste vast sums of money attempting an end run around the undeniable truth that THESE FOLKS NEED TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED IN ORDER TO GET PROPER CARE. They remain a hazard to themselves and the general population left on the streets.
Should pay them by results. Results aren’t so hot right now.
Nice little tidbit.
Thank you, Mr Garcia~
I don’t know, 45 grand a year for practically a no show job sounds pretty good to me. I can honestly say I haven’t seen a single one of these people talking to a homeless person since 2019 and I’m a dog owner and a (mediocre) runner, so I’m out walking around more than the average person in WeHo.
But do they really accomplish anything? Does anything change for the people they are to serve? I highly doubt it.
But you can make at least 3x that in Weho serving $30 martinis or selling expensive pot. Plus, you don’t need to hassle with a four year degree or have a car with insurance, just rent a scooter for $6 a day (no insurance necessary)
Thanks to the Counciltwits, a maid pushing a vacuum at a local hotel makes just shy of this per hour. Go figure, thanks Unite11.
I was hired as a social worker for a state-funded agency in 2007 for $47,000 to give some perspective here. How can we expect anything to change if the social workers aren’t even paid enough to afford housing in this city (not WeHo, L.A. in general)? I’m tired of city leaders saying they take homelessness seriously when they don’t take serious action.
The mentally ill homeless need to be hospitalized and institutionalized.
We are wasting our money trying to help people on the street.
yup. Until they put our tax money towards new mental health and drug rehab facilities, it’s a waste of money. The “homeless” are not looking for an affordable home…the vast majority are looking for their next high or talking to their shadow.