- Provide screening, assessments and safety planning to youth and young adults who are experiencing homelessness or have runaway.
- Participate in street outreach canvasing and street based case management for RHSY (runaway/homeless/street dependent youth) in the community.
- Assist youth in creating plans to leave/avoid homelessness and support them in goal obtainment
- Provide education and information about resources for RHSY to identified community partners as needed.
- Help to build and implement strong internal collaborations that maximize Oasis resources for young people.
- Assist youth formally and informally as they master life skills, included but not limited to: job readiness, communication skills, transportation, budgeting.
- Provide referral services and follow-through with appropriate adjunct services, including: mental health services, medical, housing, etc. as needed.
- Learn and operate from a trauma informed/positive youth development approach to foster a safe healing environment to enable youth to overcome their life challenges
- Ability to form strong, caring and affirming relationships with all youth – specifically including LGBTQ+ youth.
- Ability to apply Motivational Interviewing principals and operate from a Trauma Informed Care approach.
- Clear understanding of racial inequities and willingness to operate from an anti-oppression model.
- Knowledge and ability to access community resources.
- Bachelor's Degree
Outreach Case Manager - Nashville, United States - Oasis Center
Description
:Oasis Center: Oasis Center provides a wide range of opportunities that reflect the diverse needs of youth and their families, from crisis intervention to youth leadership and community engagement to college and career access.
Position: Outreach Case Manager
Summary: To actively participate in the crisis to housing continuum at Oasis. This position specifically provides street canvasing, assessments, safety planning, case management and coordinated entry services to homeless/street youth in the Metro Nashville area.
Salary Range: $39,000-$42,000 Based on Education & Experience
Essential Functions:
Requirements:
Oasis Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is operated in accordance with a policy which does not permit discrimination because of race, color, sex, age, handicap, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Compensation details: Yearly Salary
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