Job description
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
units
personnel, staff, and others as appropriate
actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship
status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic
information, gender identity, sex assigned at birth, arrest record, HIV status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
- Ability to case manage a diverse population of formerly homeless individuals in a
- Ability to complete home visits to clients' homes
- Ability to respectfully interact with clients and landlords
- Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team
- Ability to respond to emergencies and be on call as required
- Ability to work from a harm reduction approach
- Ability to learn and use database systems
- Process housing referrals from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) including
units
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments of clients' needs and create a
personnel, staff, and others as appropriate
- Routinely assess client's progress toward meeting goals and engage client in
- Provide intensive case management services that focus on improving consumers' health
- Make referrals to link residents to community services, advocate for access to needed
- Serve as client's advocate in the procurement of benefits and entitlements
- Complete and facilitate discharge of program participants, including method for followups
- Develop relationships with community based and other agencies that provide supportive
- Develop and maintain working relationships with landlords
- Maintain client files in accordance with Chicago House, AFC, IDHS, HUD, & Council on
- Attend and participate in appropriate staff meetings at Chicago House and AFC.
- Report health and/or behavior changes of clients to the Program Manager
- Use corresponding database(s).
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related field, Master's preferred.
- Must have consistent access to a vehicle to complete home visits.
- Experience in using Motivational Interviewing preferred.
- Experience in Trauma Informed Care preferred.
- Previous housing experience and familiarity with chronic disease preferred
- Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills
- Team oriented work style
- Bilingual/bicultural preferred
- Proven ability to collaborate successfully across diverse cultural and social communities
actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship
status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic
information, gender identity, sex assigned at birth, arrest record, HIV status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
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