Housing Stability Case Manager Family Works

Salary : $32.44 / hr

We offer :

• Medical (100% employer paid for employees only), Dental, Vision, Life, Short Term and Long Term Disability.
• 5 days of Paid Time Off
• 16 Paid Wellness Days and Holidays - Including the week of Christmas off!

Do you envision working for a dynamic, mission-driven organization which supports the community while fostering an employee culture of appreciation and fun? If your answer is yes, then an employment opportunity at Directions for Living may be a great fit for you! We offer an excellent salary and benefits package to include employer paid health insurance premiums for all full-time employees, PTO and paid company holidays, 403b retirement, EAP, and year-round employee wellness and appreciation initiatives .

POSITION SUMMARY :

This is a professional position providing Case Management services in the Family Works program under the Housing First Division. Family Works is a program that works with children and their families to decrease homelessness and achieve stable and permanent housing.. It includes assessing, linking, coordinating, and monitoring services from mental health, social, and educational aspects. The team collaborates and develops service plans in partnership with the family and works closely with the family to identify services needed to establish and maintain a stable living and housing environment. Services are provided in-home or in the community. The program works closely with the family to connect with all available resources and offer educational, financial or other assistance as needed or appropriate.

The Housing Stability Case Manager plays an integral role of support, linkage, coaching and guidance for youth and families who are living homeless or housing unstable and who live with a mental health or co-occurring mental health & substance abuse concern including trauma, and is responsible for guiding the youth and family in treatment / recovery by providing case management services to increase stability in the home. The Housing Stability Case Manager will ensure that case management services focus on providing case management interventions, providing support for clinical interventions, utilizing natural supports, community supports, and input and resources from other community partners or professional agencies. The Housing Stability Case Manager functions as a member of an Integrated Decision Team (IDT) consisting of the Housing Stability Case Manager, a counselor, and an IDT facilitator. In addition to case management interventions, the Housing Stability Case Manager is responsible for ensuring the youth and family have an individualized treatment plan that is strength based and built collaboratively with each member of the IDT team during the IDT session. The treatment plan, risk level, and case management interventions are developed by the Integrated Decision Team that consists of the family, natural supports, and formal supports that care about and know the youth and family best. Each IDT member, including the youth and family, contributes valuable knowledge, expertise and perspective that informs the treatment plan and clinical response. In addition, the Housing Stability Case Manager is responsible for reporting and discussing at IDT's the youth or families progress / lack of progress, barriers, interventions, safety issues, or any other information important in resolving the safety concerns that bring the youth and family into treatment. The Housing Stability Case Manager ensures services are delivered using standards of trauma informed care principles, and that plans and clinical interventions address issues regarding how trauma impacts family functioning, and that plans and interventions use trauma resolution skills. The Housing Stability Case Manager ensures that services are Culturally & Linguistically Competent and are tailored to the unique culture of the child and family. The Housing Stability Case Manager will ensure that case management services occur in the community at a place convenient and comfortable for the youth and family. This is a field position.

This is a field position. The Housing Stability Case Manager is responsible for ensuring an annual client-facing care number of 1410 hours annually. Achieving the minimum required weekly, monthly, and annual client-facing client care hours is an essential function of this position.

Directions for Living is an essential services provider. All Directions for Living employees must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE / REQUIREMENTS :

Directions for Living is an essential services provider. A ll Directions for Living employees must be willing and able to provide vital support and essential services to the people that we serve in the event of an emergency, pandemic or other disaster situation.

EOE / ADA / DFW

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