Case Manager - Rapid ReHousing
- Employer
- Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc.
- Location
- Decatur, Georgia
- Salary
- Base Salary + Benefits
- Closing date
- Jul 3, 2021
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- Focus Areas
- Housing / Shelter
- Job Function
- Direct Service / Social Service
- Position Type
- Full Time, Part Time
- Degree Level
- Bachelors
- Willingness to Travel
- up to 25%
- Experience Level
- Entry-level
Job Details
Case Manager - Housing Stability
Responsibilities & Duties:
Homelessness Diversion Services
- Conduct comprehensive phone and/or in-person screenings to determine eligibility for homelessness prevention or rapid rehousing programs and/or other programs and services for homeless or at-risk families.
- Conduct onsite interviews and appointments for clients, providing them with all relevant information of documentation requirements, program expectations, and directions to the location
- Conduct thorough individual and/or family strengths-based assessment to determine each household’s assets, needs, barriers to stability, risk factors, and a potential path to stability
- Maintain knowledge of resources and provide appropriate referrals to address barriers to stable housing and employment, i.e: medical, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, education, immigration, and children’s issues.
Rapid Re-Housing Services
- Enroll clients in the appropriate rapid re-housing program and prepare complete client files, ensuring all required forms and information are included
- Keep Homelessness Management Information System entries up-to-date with goals, services provided, outcomes, and follow-ups for rapid re-housing program participants
- Provide effective case management to rapid re-housing program participants based on their individualized assets and needs to enable clients to pursue a path to self-reliance and stability
- Assess housing barriers of individuals and families experiencing homelessness to determine housing and service needs.
- Provide advocacy-based case-management to clients to support forward progress on goals aligned with their Individualized Service Plans.
- Assist participants in locating and securing housing that is safe, affordable, and in a convenient location.
- Provide mediation and advocacy with landlords on the client’s behalf to develop a workable plan to obtain and or maintain housing.
- Create and maintain consistent communication channels, both verbal and written, between several parties (i.e. tenant, landlord, referral source, and collaborating agencies.
- Serve as an ongoing liaison between property managers and participants as well as between participants and neighbors.
- Act as client-advocate in landlord-tenant matters that support housing stability, diversion from the eviction process, and increase participant knowledge of landlord-tenant rights and responsibility.
- Provide information and referral assistance regarding available support from appropriate social service agencies and/or community programs.
- Assist in the development of and encourage adherence to a personal budget through pro-active housing and budget counseling sessions; provide budget counseling and education to assist clients in establishing payment plans for bills and past debts and to assist clients in obtaining and maintaining their housing.
- Assist participants in the development of a strength-based/solution-focused individualized goal and action plan that promotes permanent housing and self-sufficiency; develop an effective, timely referral network in order to ensure ongoing direction and support as needed.
- Identify participant strengths and barriers to stability and assist participants to reduce barriers and linking to resources and services.
- Coordinate financial assistance, as needed, to assist Rapid Re-housing program participants in meeting housing permanency goals
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with federal, state, and local partners and community agencies, service providers and others in the community.
- Perform all responsibilities and duties in accordance with organizational core competencies
Company
Decatur Cooperative Ministry (DCM) is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization that offers a continuum of services to help those in need, especially the homeless. Our mission is to help families facing homelessness settle into safe, stable homes and build healthy lives filled with peace, hope and opportunity. DCM has always been an agency that chartered new paths and evolved to meet the changing needs of its community. We believe there is a light at the beginning, middle, and end of the tunnel for individuals and families facing hunger and homelessness, and we want to help shine that light. By partnering with other mission-minded people and organizations, DCM helps families prevent or overcome hunger and homelessness.
- Website
- http://www.decaturcooperativeministry.org/
- Telephone
- 4043775365
- Location
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P.O. Box 457
Decatur
Georgia
30031
US
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