Lead Case Management Specialist

The Salvation Army International; Lufkin (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay

Life Insurance

403B Plan

Job summary

The Salvation Army in Lufkin, TX is seeking a lead case management professional to coordinate services for clients in emergency shelter and transitional housing programs. You will interview clients, assess needs, develop long-term plan goals, mentor staff, and advocate to access community resources.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and three to four years of direct case management experience, with supervisory experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Behavioral Science, or related field required.
• Three to four years progressively responsible experience providing direct case management services.
• Experience developing individual recovery action plans and coordinating resources.
• One year supervisory experience preferred or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate case management staff.
• Provide direct case management services to an assigned caseload; develop and monitor treatment plans.
• Perform administrative duties to support program operations.

Skills

Case management

Supervisory experience

Mentoring and counseling

Interviewing clients

Advocacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related field

Job description

Location: Lufkin, TX

Position Type: Full-Time (Hourly)

About this opportunity:

Serves as lead worker to case management staff; interviews, accepts, and provides comprehensive, long-term, structured, complex, case management services for an assigned caseload of clients participating in anemergency shelter andestablished transitional housing programs; understands the uniqueness of the client’s history in order to determine most effective program plans; develops comprehensive program plan/goals and evaluates client's progress by conducting mentoring and counseling sessions with client and/or staff; serves as advocate for client in order to acquire services that will enable them to functionallycope with their environment; ensures constant compliance with funding requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervisory Responsibilities (10%)
• Case Management Responsibilities (70%)
• Administrative Responsibilities (20%)

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Behavioral Science, or a related field, AND
• Three to four years progressively responsible experience providing direct case management social services including accessing clients’ needs and developing individual, comprehensive, long-term action plans for recovery utilizing a wide variety of resources, with one year supervisory experience preferred, OR
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience providing the required knowledge, skills and abilities

Employee Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Life Insurance
• 403B Plan

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate the English languageeffectively.Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.Ability to think clearly and quickly in order tomaintaincontrol of client caseload.Ability to effectively and efficiently work on multiple casesat the same time without becoming frustrated or disorganized.Limited amount of physical effort requiredassociated with walking, standing, liftingand carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.Duties are usually performed seated. Sitting may be relieved by brief or occasional periods of standing or walking.

Work is usually performed in a normal office environment where there arelittle or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Why Work for Us:

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans. Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled