Housing and Medical-Legal Partnership Paralegal

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Housing and Medical-Legal Partnership Paralegal
Candidate will be: Working closely with staff at Karabots and throughout the CHOP network to build trusting, collaborative, and respectful relationships; Providing high quality legal representation, advice, and referrals to patients and other community members in the area of housing law, as well as other legal areas as needed, under the close supervision of one or more MLP attorneys and the Healthier Together eviction prevention attorney; Partnering with the MLP attorneys and the Healthier Together eviction prevention attorney to adjust and maintain systems for screening and identifying patients and other community members with legal issues; Conducting in-person intake interviews at Karabots up to three days per week as needed, for patient families and other community members who are identified as having legal issues; Responding to a high volume of legal referrals via telephone, and tracking referral outcomes consistently in case management system; Assisting the MLP attorneys in identifying the training needs of clinical and social work staff at Karabots and throughout the CHOP primary care network, and providing the training when appropriate; Partnering with the Healthier Together eviction prevention attorney to engage in community education to Karabots patient families and other tenants in West and Southwest Philadelphia on housing rights; Assisting the MLP attorneys in identifying and executing new ways to address unmet legal need at Karabots, including through pop-up legal clinics, pro bono partnerships, and self-help materials; and Collecting case outcome data and other data that demonstrates the success of the MLP and the Healthier Together eviction prevention project, and synthesizing or analyzing the data when needed. Will have exceptional organizational skills, demonstrated ability to work independently, demonstrated reliability, and willingness and flexibility to travel within the City.

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