Case Management Specialist (Emergency Shelter Program)

Location: Sarasota County Area Command – Sarasota, FL

Position Type: Full Time – Tuesday to Saturday – 2pm to 10:30pm

Pay Range: $28-$29/ hour

About this opportunity:

Interviews, accepts, and provides comprehensive, long-term, structured, complex, case management services for an assigned caseload of homeless clients participating in an established life management program.

Key responsibilities:

• 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.
• Responds to client or team issues in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Contributes to a team environment and works alongside of internal and external peers towards a common goal.

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

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Duties are usually performed seated. Sitting may be relieved by brief or occasional periods of standing or walking.

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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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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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