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Chelsea House is a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families who are homeless and may have substance use disorders, often accompanied by chronic health issues like HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and mental illness. Providing a welcoming environment, our compassionate and inspiring team is committed to helping them regain their health and restore their hope through immediate access to safe and stable housing. We offer individualized care from a strengths-based philosophy to help our clients identify, and achieve their personal goals.

Health & Recovery

Ready to help individuals and families with nowhere else to go find their way home. It’s why the 46-year-old loves her job, working as a harm reduction specialist with individuals experiencing addiction, homelessness, and mental health issues in the area of Mass. and Cass in Boston. On the streets, at our Boston Living Center, and across programs, we work to prevent chronic conditions and overdoses. We provide HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI testing and counseling; a healthy meals program; syringe and naloxone distribution; and an array of education, navigation, and support services. In order to help each individual or family succeed, we offer evidence-based services with a proven record of success like motivational interviewing and peer support to help our clients stabilize their lives and find their way home. Don’t hesitate Chelsea House to apply if your work experience doesn’t align with every qualification in the job description.

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People’s success ultimately depends on their own belief in themselves and their future. We focus on what a person is doing “well,” with a nurturing effect that fosters continued effort from the first steps toward progress and growth. Working with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, we want to help build a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.

During the height of the AIDS epidemic, when people diagnosed with both HIV and substance use disorder found themselves with nowhere to go for treatment and care, we were the first to open our doors. We used what we learned from being the first to develop successful service models we could share with other organizations. We are excited to bring you the latest issue of Chelsea House’ print newsletter, The Doorway!

House the person

The Fall edition is packed with inspiring stories and messages of resilience, generosity, and hope from our clients, staff, and supporters who are transforming lives and strengthening our communities. We follow a low-barrier housing-first clinically driven approach to guide clients towards health and safety. At Chelsea House, we value your time, both at work and in your personal life, ensuring you have the resources and support you need to thrive. Chelsea House operates various programs throughout Boston, all built on our strongly held belief that no person who is struggling should be asked to do the hardest thing first, on their own, before they are offered the fundamental support they truly need. These benefits are adjusted based on full-time or part-time status, and vacation time increases with length of employment.

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1. Working with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, we want to help build a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
2. “Sometimes I feel so happy that my heart — I feel like I’m having like a big, good pain in my heart,” she said.
3. We follow a low-barrier housing-first clinically driven approach to guide clients towards health and safety.
4. When individuals and families are safely housed, they’re much more likely to address their physical and mental health, addictions, and other issues.

In practical terms, we meet people where they are and help them address the unique challenges that stand in the way of stability, safety, independence, and participation in community life. When individuals and families are safely housed, they’re much more likely to address their physical and mental health, addictions, and other issues. Our housing stabilization services, including emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, and case management, move people off the street as quickly as possible, with as few barriers as possible. The individuals and families we serve are homeless or precariously housed —but their challenges are even more complicated. The great majority have histories of trauma, chronic substance use, and mental health issues.