Events Coordinator IV
American Red Cross
Senior Prevention Case Manager
Shelter House, Inc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fairfax • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $58,000 - $63,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- **Responsibilities:**
- - Provide leadership and direction to the Domestic Violence Homelessness Prevention Program through the following activities:
- - Supervise Case Manager(s) providing mobile advocacy to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and/or human trafficking living in the community
- - Provide coaching and support to case management team through regularly scheduled one on one meetings and evaluations
- - Support Case Managers in delivering complex case management for cases that demand higher level solutions
- - Collaborate with the Director and Assistant Director of DVSH to ensure consistent service delivery that is in line with grant and contract requirements, company policy and procedure, and best practices
- - Complete regular reviews of client files and VADATA reports, to ensure accuracy, compliance with the Violence Against Women Act, and adherence to agency standards and best practices
- - With support from the Assistant Director, ensure compliance with all grant requirements
- - Disseminate information to related to tenant rights and responsibilities, housing discrimination, communicating with landlords, basic unit maintenance, lease compliance, and housing search and location techniques
- - Develop new partnerships and identify community resources for unmet client needs
- - In collaboration with the Assistant Director, implement and oversee new program initiatives
- - Verify and approve timesheets and leave requests
- Provide case management services to a reduced caseload by:
- - Performing in-depth assessments of clients’ physical, mental health and social needs, life skills competency, employability, housing history and barriers, educational needs, financial management skills, strengths and needs, and other necessary areas, in conjunction with the client, to develop and achieve housing goals.
- - Administering flexible financial assistance to support client goals related to safety and stability
- - Providing mobile advocacy services by meeting with assigned clients regularly in a safe location in the community
- - Providing crisis intervention and developing individualized safety plans as needed; assisting victims of violence in filing for protective orders and completing affidavits; and accompanying clients to court proceedings and various appointments (i.e. attorney meetings, protective order hearings, custody hearings, and housing interviews)
- - Providing housing search assistance to clients by identifying housing leads, assisting clients to apply for units, and accompanying clients on housing tours
- - Establishing relationships with local landlords to negotiate lease terms and advocate on behalf of clients
- - Collaborating with clients to develop monthly budgets; providing money management education and connections to financial literacy programs as needed
- - Documenting all contacts with clients in client file and VADATA as required; maintaining complete client records in accordance with agency and best practice standards
- - Providing domestic violence psychoeducation to clients utilizing tools such as The Power and Control Wheel and the Cycle of Violence
- - Empowering clients and their household members as they work toward their individual goals; completing ongoing reviews of client service plans
- - Collaborating with community providers and allied professionals to ensure the delivery of comprehensive wrap-around services
Requirements
- **Required:**
- - A bachelor’s degree in social work/human services/related field or commensurate experience
- - 3+ years of human services or direct services experience
- - Strong written and oral communication skills
- - Ability to prioritize competing priorities and make sound judgements
- - Ability to complete tasks while navigating frequent interruptions
- - Ability to deliver creative, resourceful solutions to unique challenges
- - Strong organizational and time management skills
- - Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation/ 10-15% local travel for appointments
- - Ability to Drive a minivan
- - Willingness to work evenings and weekends when needed
Benefits
- **Benefits: **
- - Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- - 401K contributions with a 4% employer match
- - 13 Paid Holidays, 2 Floating Holidays and the opportunity to take your Birthday Off
- - Two Semi-Annual Team Building Events
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
case managementcrisis interventionfinancial managementmobile advocacysafety planningbudget developmentclient assessmentshousing search assistancedocumentationdomestic violence psychoeducation
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillstime managementproblem-solvingcollaborationcoachingprioritizationresourcefulnessempathy
Certifications
bachelor’s degree in social workvalid driver’s license