Lead Case Manager - CS

# Lead Case Manager - CS Sacramento, CA 95817

Education Level4 Year Degree
* Provide individualized support by helping each client learn how to address their barriers, maintain and sustain permanent housing
* Provide initial and ongoing client assessments
* Collaborate with community housing agencies to build partnerships with supporting clients transitions to available housing options
* Support clients experiencing homelessness by engaging harder to reach clients about housing opportunities
* Tenant screening and housing assessment, include managing HMIS data entry and use of VI-SPDAT assessments
* Individualized housing support plan development including breaking down barriers in obtaining/sustaining housing
* Support the client with housing applications, programs and other housing services
* Assist with housing search/application completion
* Coordinate with landlords including setting up viewing appointments, lease completion, and any other necessary efforts
* Securing housing resources for subsided rent and housing expenses
* Ensuring living environment is safe and ready for move-in
* Assistance with arranging for and supporting details of the move
* Work with health plans on housing deposits and other services potentially offered to the client
* Support patient with referrals and other supports for move-in
* Provide crisis intervention, referrals, and collaborative consult with any service providers working with client.
* Maintain up-to-date, accurate written case files for each client, including case notes, case plans, quarterly assessments and other program reports and assessments, as well as other record keeping as required by the agency or program.
* Attend staff huddles and program meetings.
* Serve as a role model to guiding clients and facilitating appropriate behavior regarding daily living skills, self-care, personal interaction, social relationships and constructive time management.
* Other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.
* Assist client in identifying and building natural supports using a family finding or permanency model.
* Assist clients in accessing resources to address each element of the care plan.
* Provide ongoing assessment of client needs, and adjust the care plan as circumstances change.
* Assist clients in obtaining all benefits for which they are eligible.
* Assist in the development of IADLs
* Assist with obtaining child care, enrollment in school, and parenting.
* Assist with Health Promotion.
* Facilitate groups and/or assign on-line learning modules to address the social determinants of health.
* Provide transportation to appointments and accompaniment to suppor the appointment.
* Provide referrals to services to address specific needs such as mental health and AOD treatment services.
* Complete weekly care notes.
* Complete quarterly Arizona Self-Sufficiency Matrix.
* Complete HMIS data within 24 hours of entrance, exit, new household member, to enable timely data entry.
* Complete status updates for HMIS as status changes.
* Complete re-assessments withing 72 hours of due date.
* Additional paperwork requirements many vary depending on the needs of each program## Qualifications
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* Qualifications:

*** BA or BS degree from an accredited college or university, preferably with a major in a behavioral science, and/or 2-3 years experience in the human services field.
* Maintain a strength-based perspective.
* Provide diverse services to diverse people.
* Able to work with a variety of community organizations and health providers.
* Treat others with respect and courtesy, striving for open and honest working relationships.
* Maintain high ethical standards when dealing with others.
* Demonstrate good judgment and common sense.
* Ability to work with adults or youth with low income from diverse social and ethnic backgrounds who have a history of homelessness.
* Demonstrated knowledge of Housing First and Trauma Informed treatment framework.
* Professional experience working with clients who have AOD dependencies, mental health diagnoses, domestic violence histories, issues with abandonment, and abuse.
* Ability to access community-based services and to collaborate with other service providers.
* Good writing and analytical skills.
* Strong organizational skills.
* Ability to work independently, make effective decisions and utilize supervision as needed.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.
* Has a clean driving record, licensed and registered car, and proof of insurance.
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