Case Management Specialist - NE_777 Families First

Location:  Knoxville Area Command, Knoxville, TN

About this opportunity:

The Case Management Specialist for the Pathway of Hope/Families First program provides strengths-based case management services to families experiencing poverty. requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• The person in this position interviews, accepts, and provides comprehensive, long-term, structured, complex, family coaching services for an assigned caseload of clients participating in an established life management program.

• Understands the uniqueness of the client’s history in order to determine most effective program plans.

• Develops comprehensive program plan/goals and evaluates client's progress by conducting mentoring and counseling sessions with client and/or staff.

• Serves as advocate for client in order to acquire services that will enable them to functionally cope with their environment.

• Ensures constant compliance with funding requirements.

What we are looking for in you:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Social Work, Behavioral Science, or a related field.

• Three years progressively responsible experience providing direct case management social services including accessing clients’ needs and developing individual, comprehensive, long-term action plans for recovery utilizing a wide variety of resources.

• Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Ability to meet attendance requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language effectively.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to think clearly and quickly in order to maintain control of client caseload.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently work on multiple cases at the same time without becoming frustrated or disorganized.
• Limited amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (less than 25 lbs.) 5-10% of work time.
• Duties are usually performed seated.  Sitting may be relieved by brief or occasional periods of standing or walking.
• Work is performed in a shelter environment where there may be exposure to physical health risks and unsanitary conditions. 
• Work involves driving a vehicle to off-site meetings and home visits where there may be physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt and the like.

Employee Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holiday Pay
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plans and more!

Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period:  August 20, 2024 – October 31, 2024

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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