The Case Manager will work with families at the Family Front Door program to locate affordable housing units using community resources and agency network. The position requires a Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Professional experience in the human services or related field and demonstrated experience in rental housing programs for low income, special needs individuals and families.
Requirements
- Develop a case plan to assist families with establishing and meeting housing goals and identifying appropriate steps towards achieving goals, including modifying goals as needed, and evaluation of progress.
- Carry a caseload of families, which may include home-based case management.
- Provide intensive case management services for applicable households.
- Meet with families and individuals to evaluate income and expenses and determine their ability to pay rent in the future.
- Promote and facilitate active participation by clients in program services.
- Maintain accurate daily logs, case notes and files for all clients.
- Collect and enter program data as needed including but not limited to HMIS.
- Attend and participate in scheduled case review meetings, staff meetings and training.
- Assess housing barriers of individuals and families to determine housing and service needs.
- Assist Alameda County based Homeless clients and assess housing barriers of individuals to determine housing and service needs.
- Assess and screen household for program(s) eligibility.
- Work in partnership with the assigned case manager and client on housing search and maintaining secure housing.
- Promote values of self-sufficiency and empowerment throughout work with clients.
- Provide housing/tenant counseling, housing workshops and community resource referrals.
- Serve as an ongoing liaison between landlords and participants.
- Educate/advocate around budgeting and financial management practices, including, banking and credit repair.
- Support a caseload of individuals, which will include intensive home-based case management collaboration with the referrals case manager.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Employee self-managed 403b retirement benefits
- Ancillary benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Generous leave benefits
