Byram Simpson
Housing Case Manager @Plymouth Housing
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WORK HISTORY
Housing Case Manager @Plymouth Housing
Seattle, WA, US
Support \"hard to house\" tenants in maintaining housing stability using a healing centered, housing first and harm reduction approach.At Plymouth\'s Almquist Place, I carry a case load of approximately 25 formerly homeless adults with physical and mental disabilities who are systems involved at various levels including the mental health and criminal justice systems. We are a Housing First facility and my primary responsibility is to provide for material, social and emotional needs in order to help people stay housed.
EDUCATION
Grand Valley State University
BSW
ABOUT BYRAM SIMPSON
I am who you want around in a crisis. I am level headed, intuitive, skillful, and compassionate. I am a social service and mental health professional professional with 15 years of experience in deescalation, motivational interviewing, group facilitation and conducting trainings on social justice and mental health topics. I am particularly interested in the experiences and priorities of LGBTQIA and other oppressed peoples. I have worked in a variety of settings including mental health, direct social service, and training other direct service providers. I am a skilled public speaker with the ability to make complex and uncomfortable discussions accessible with humor, compassion, and empathy. I believe that we are on the brink of necessary social change, and I am passionate about supporting this and the next generation in realizing this change.
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