Case Manager - Project Connect
St Catherine's Center for Children offers a comprehensive range of programs designed to offer hope, foster growth, and improve the lives of the children and families we serve.
Case Manager - Project Connect
DESCRIPTION
The Project Connect Case Manager will provide intensive outreach and case management support to chronic homeless individuals with mental health and/or substance use problems, to successfully engage them in housing, primary health and behavioral health treatment services.
Duties/ Responsibilities:
- Provide outreach to identify and engage homeless individuals.
- Build trust and rapport to support the enrollment in program services
- Establish SSI/SSDI, Medicaid, food stamps, or other benefits.
- Develop and coordinate service plan delivery to singles through a large network of area service providers including Albany County DSS and document all service delivery activities
- Conduct case management activities such as meeting with individuals to assist them with service plan goals; follow up with individuals and/or service providers as needed to ensure service plan goals are being accomplished, or account for the lack there of
- Act as an advocate for homeless individuals in the community
- Assist in identifying and resolving barriers to housing retention by securing needed rehabilitative and/or supportive care, day care
- Act as a liaison for the family/single when communicating with public assistance and other resource providers.
- Intervene in crisis situations and assist with conflict resolution as needed by providing
- Prepares monthly statistical data relative to census changes
Requirements:
- BSW or Bachelor’s Degree in human service field preferred
- Must become SOAR certified within 30 days
- Two years of experience in case planning or case management preferred
WEEKENDS REQUIRED
REQ NUMBER HOM-18-00008
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.