Employment Case Manager - West Palm Beach, United States - Vita Nova, Inc

Vita Nova, Inc
Vita Nova, Inc
Verified Company
West Palm Beach, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Job Purpose/Duties:

Provide support and case management services to disconnected and homeless Palm Beach County youth. Assess strengths and needs, create individualized plans, identify resources and provide life skills training to youth. Connect youth to education, employment and supportive adult connections to improve youth support network, employment skills, and earning potential. Promote youth development by implementing, monitoring and enforcing program expectations. Implement Securing Our Futures Initiative Program.

The goal of this program is to support youth in maintaining or increasing their self-sufficiency in areas such as transportation, childcare, housing, employment, income, and education.

Provide support to youth with career exploration, build job readiness skills, and improve access to post-secondary opportunities.


Essential Functions:


_ Case Management_

  • Provide individual assessments to provide the following services as needed to increase skills and income to achieve selfsufficiency for the client.
  • Provide Life Skills/Financial Literacy Training
  • Assist Youth with Enrollment in GED or Vocational Training Program
  • Teach/Assist with Job Development skills and Job Placement
  • Provide Ongoing Case Management
  • Complete selfsufficiency matrix, employment assessments, and all contractual documentation (i.e. case notes) in CMIS and other databases
  • Intensive review of economic mobility and tracking progress through financial literacy, life skills, and completion of selfsufficiency matrix
  • Intensive review
  • Orient youth to program services, requirements and eligibility.
  • Complete initial intake, needs assessments, and other program enrollment forms and act upon critical needs appropriately and immediately
  • Meet with youth to develop a comprehensive clientdriven case plan with both shortterm and longterm goals identified
  • Arrange, coordinate, and transport youth to various appointments
  • Connect with community partners who may be helpful to youth or with programming
  • Provide professional, timely communication with Community Partners
  • Assist in coordinating and facilitating life skills trainings/events including nights/evenings and weekends when necessary
  • Integrate positive youth development standards and trauma informed care practices when serving youth
  • Promote adult supportive connections by facilitating activities for youth to engage with mentors
  • Participate in community meetings aimed at providing education on the needs of disconnected and homeless youth.
  • Maintain client files to include initial intake, basic needs assessment, individualized plans, termination reports, progress case notes and other documents related to youth service delivery.
  • Meet established deadlines for submitting progress case notes, file management forms, program reports/data and personnel documents.
  • Collect data necessary to meet program outcomes and statistical reports timely.

Qualifications:


_ Education_

  • Minimum of a Bachelor Degree and related experience in human services field
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities_**- Knowledge of case management and basic documentation

  • Knowledge of working with youth/young adults and families
  • Ability to provide services with a Trauma Informed Care approach and Positive Youth Development standards.
  • At least 25 years of age with a valid driver's license and good driving record
  • Availability to work nontraditional hours including nights and weekends
  • Ability to manage multiple assignments
  • An ability to lift and move items such as furnishings up to 50 pounds
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Proficiency in the use of computer programs for:_**- word processing
- databases
- spreadsheets
- internet
- graphic design programs


Personal Characteristics
The Case Manager should demonstrate competence in some or all of the following:

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Build Relationships:

_Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the goals of the organization.


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Communicate Effectively:

_Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.


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Foster Teamwork:
_Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance organizational
- _Lead: _Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the
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Make Decisions:
_Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization

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Organize: _Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and
- _Plan: _Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and
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Solve Problems:
_Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible soluti
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