Human Services Case Manager

Urban Affairs Coalition; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization in KwaZulu-Natal seeks an Intervention Case Manager to work with high-risk youth aged 14-18, providing mentoring and support services. The ideal candidate will have experience engaging with at-risk individuals and promoting positive community transformation. Responsibilities include developing programs that prevent delinquency and responding to crises within neighborhoods, contributing to a safer community atmosphere.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Short-term and Long-term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO and 14 Paid Holidays

Qualifications

• Experience working with clients aged 14-18 from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to engage with at-risk youth and provide support services.
• Familiarity with community safety and drug prevention programs.

Responsibilities

• Support the AV program focusing on mentoring and advocacy.
• Work with clients referred through PDAO.
• Develop positive alternatives for youth involved in criminal activities.

Skills

Experience working with high-risk individuals

Crisis intervention skills

Strong communication skills

Job description

Department/Program: Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network Link to apply: Human Services Case Manager

To promote community safety through services that reduce drug abuse and violence, as well as to help at-risk youth develop positive alternatives that will return them to the mainstream of society. Since its inception in 1989, PAAN has utilized its expertise to meet these objectives through street-based community outreach and intervention programs.

Promote positive transformation through community outreach and creating programs that prevent juvenile delinquency and adult criminality. We focus on job readiness, job training and mentoring.

The Community Crisis Intervention Team concept is based on the work of PAAN’s predecessor, Philadelphia’s Crisis Intervention Network. This nationally-recognized agency, founded in the mid-1970s by James Mills and Bennie Swans, effectively addressed gang violence, drug abuse and drug trafficking and was credited with dramatically decreasing gang-related deaths in Philadelphia for over a decade. The Community Crisis Intervention Program (CCIP) aims to replicate Crisis Intervention Network’s approach to combat today’s community violence. The Model will use credible messengers who are indigenous to Philadelphia’s most violent neighborhoods as outreach workers with the mission of fostering meaningful relationships in these communities, steering those involved in criminal activities into alternative positive choices, mediating neighborhood conflicts, and responding to neighborhood crises.

Position Summary

The Anti-Violence programs at PAAN represent a continuum of care that includes mentoring, advocacy, mediation, life skills, job training, employment assistance, parenting and facilitating enrolment in treatment. The AV Intervention Case Manager will focus primary of supporting the following AV program:

The Intervention Case Manager (ICM) is responsible for working with clients ages 14-18 who are referred and identified primarily through PDAO. This position requires experience working with high-risk individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Full time benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short-term Disability (STD)
• Long-term Disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO and 14 Paid Holidays per year

The candidate for this position may be subject to any of the following screenings as part of the pre-employment process: Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), PA Criminal Background Check, PA Child Abuse Clearance, FBI fingerprint, and drug/alcohol screen.