Recuperative Care Caseworker (1st Shift)

Preble Street; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 42,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (employer-paid)

Dental insurance (employer-paid)

Vision insurance

Employer-paid Life, STD, LTD

403(b) retirement plan with employer

Vacation time (4 weeks)

Sick time (12 days)

Personal time (32 hours)

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Preble Street in Portland, ME seeks a Caseworker for the Recuperative Care Program. This full-time, day shift position provides direct services and supports clients recently discharged from hospital care, helping them recover in a 15-bed, 24-hour trauma-informed facility.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and experience with homelessness, plus strong communication, boundaries, and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field and experience in providing direct services to people experiencing homelessness.
• Positive regard for individuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty.
• Commitment to providing low-barrier services.
• Strong communication, de-escalation, and crisis intervention skills.
• Familiarity with community resources.
• Strong organizational skills and documentation of services.
• Ability to work with diverse populations and maintain professional boundaries.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support and facilitate continued recovery of clients receiving medical and behavioral health care.
• Provide direct services, maintain a safe environment, and ensure staff coverage in the program.
• Perform comprehensive case management services.

Skills

Positive regard for individuals

Low-barrier service delivery

Strong communication & de-escalation

Familiarity with community resources

Strong organizational skills

Work with diverse populations

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Preble Street - PORTLAND, ME 04101. Position Type: Full Time. At the Recuperative Care Program, Preble Street works in partnership with Greater Portland Health and Maine Medical Center in an innovative program that provides medical services and social services to people experiencing homelessness who have been discharged from hospital care, offering a safe, supportive environment in which to recover in a 15-bed, 24-hour trauma-informed care facility.

A Caseworker position with a daytime shift is available on the Recuperative Care Program Team. RCP Caseworkers support and facilitate the continued recovery of clients receiving medical and behavioral health care by providing direct services, maintaining a safe environment and ensuring staff coverage in the program, and performing comprehensive case management services.

This is a full-time, 1st shift position with the schedule: Sunday - Thursday, 07:00am - 3:30pm.

Qualifications

• a bachelor’s degree in social work or related field of study and experience in or relevant to providing direct services to people experiencing homelessness, or a comparable combination of education and relevant experience.
• positive regard for individuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty
• a commitment to providing low-barrier services
• strong communication, de‑escalation, and crisis intervention skills
• familiarity with community resources
• strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain documentation of services
• ability to work with and maintain professional boundaries with diverse populations
• the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Compensation & Benefits

The hourly rate of pay for this full-time (40 hours/week) position is $23.82 per hour. As a direct service position in a 24/7 program, this position is eligible for the coverage program shift differential of $1.00 per hour for all hours actually worked between the hours of 7:00am and 10:00pm.

• 4 weeks (160 hours, accrued) vacation time, 12 days (96 hours, accrued) sick time, 32 hours personal time, 12 Paid Holidays
• Health insurance w/ 100% employer-paid option; Dental insurance w/ 100% employer-paid option; Vision insurance; Employer-paid Life, STD, and LTD insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan w/ employer match

Preble Street, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency, has been working since 1975 to provide best practice social services that meet urgent needs and end hunger and homelessness for individuals and families in Maine living in poverty.

Preble Street is an equal opportunity employer.

We value diversity and are committed to equity and inclusion in our workplace.

We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and consider applications for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Preble Street recognizes that Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTQ2IA+ people and women are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t believe they meet every qualification described in a job posting.

Our hiring process recognizes the value of various lived experiences and backgrounds when assessing candidates.

Individuals from all cultures and communities are encouraged to apply.