SUMMARY: This Skills Builders Family Based Services (FBS) Case Manager will oversee and adhere to the general guidelines of the Skill Builder program and support the service plan of the cases assigned appropriately. Will serve as the person for the cases they have assigned to them. This caseworker will assist in providing support to their cases as needed. Ensuring the operation of this program via its guidelines.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide intensive outreach home-based services:
• Improve service access for families at high risk for child abuse/neglect:
• Able to initiate, make decisions, identify & implement solutions, completes reports and required documentation in an appropriately, effectively and timely manner including providing transportation for those families whose lack of transportation is well documented:
• Able to oversee and develop program and staff via regularly scheduled meetings to insure team approach:
• Knowledge of the Virtual Gateway process & procedures
• Takes appropriate actions to help define and meet the agency’s goals:
• Demonstrates good listening skills by paying attention to and demonstrating understanding of the comments and questions of others:
• Participates in agency projects:
• Will provide monthly written reports as instructed via deadlines as needed:
• Is adaptable, willing to work extra hours on occasion to help meet the agency’s goals and commitments:
• Shows awareness of and respect for multicultural, ethnic, race and gender diversity among all individuals involved in the Agency including recipients of services, residents, staff, other agencies, etc:
• Arranges work logically and effectively, allocating sufficient time.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE: High School graduate or GED with comparable life experience. Associates Degree preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) and Bi-Cultural is required.  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers, parents and employees of organization.

REASONING ABILITY:   Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

MENTAL/VISUAL DEMANDS: Flow of work and character of duties involve normal mental and visual attention much or all of the time.  Specific vision abilities required by this position includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Eye-hand coordination required less than 15% of the time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms; stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Salary: $18/hour, Full time