Emergency Housing Case Manager Supervisor
SEATTLE, WA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=13300+STONE+AVE+N+SEATTLE+WA+USA+98133) -The Gateway
Job Type
Full-time
Description
**Shift:** Office Day
**Days Off:** Saturday, Sunday
**Insurance Benefits:**
- Dental
- Life
- Long-term Disability
- Medical (no premiums/payroll deductions for employee coverage)
**Other Benefits:**
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- ORCA card subsidy
- Paid Time Off (34 days per year)
- Retirement Plan
**About DESC:**
Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time. Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.
DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs,19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.
**JOB DEFINITION**
The Case Manager Supervisor leads a team of Case Managers at DESC's Emergency Housing project, The Gateway in Honor of Tenaya Wright, as they provide housing-oriented case management and support services to clients residing at the site.
**MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Assist Project Manager in planning, implementation and coordination of The Gateway's services.
- Assure compliance with all relevant contract and procedure requirements.
- Promote and maintain positive relationships with the surrounding neighborhood.
- Teach and promote core DESC values, crisis intervention and de-escalation skills, and causes and effects of homelessness essential to ensure the safety of clients and staff.
- Provide individual supervision and consultation for team members, assisting with assessment and goal plan development, behavioral health referrals and staff training.
- Provide supervision and direction to staff in housing acquisition activities with Gateway clients, including income acquisition and barrier mitigation.
- Supervise, schedule and evaluate Case Managers to ensure effective operation of The Gateway
- Coordinate case manager hiring and orientation; assist in the hiring and orientation of other Gateway staff.
- Consult with other staff regarding cases and client issues.
- Provide leadership at The Gateway in absence of Project Manager as needed.
- Engage clients and maintain working relationships through creative, resourceful strategies which build trust and confidence.
- Outreach potential clients in the community, including encampment sites, as assigned; facilitate transportation of referred clients to the Gateway.
- Provide training and support for case management team in conducting housing assessments and coordinating with relevant systems for housing and services.
- Participate in Coordinated Entry planning activities as assigned. Liaison with external agencies as assigned in service of Gateway client outcomes.
- Provide, directly and indirectly, intensive case management to facilitate client access to housing, medical and behavioral health care, financial assistance and vocational training or employment.
- Provide and support crisis intervention and counseling services for clients.
- Provide strong harm reduction-oriented service interventions and train and support staff in harm reduction.
- Maintain own caseload if assigned; develop plans and follow-up strategies for clients on caseload.
- Maintain service notes and files in an orderly, up-to-date manner.
- Become familiar with local employment, housing and other resources.
- Coordinate with other DESC programs and community providers to assure continuity of client care and successful transition of clients to long-term providers as appropriate.
- Participate in the on-call rotation with other supervisors and managers to provide consultation, coverage and crisis intervention as assigned.
- Work shifts as assigned covering milieu to maintain order and communication and enforce agency rules.
- Participate in staff meetings and training sessions.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:**
- Bachelors degree relevant to social services or management. Demonstrated ability to supervise or lead teams in a fast paced, complex, social service or other programming may substitute for degree requirement. See below for details.
- Two years of relevant