What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Outreach Worker position at beBee Careers?
Job Summary:
The Community Caseworker will provide support and guidance to clients seeking assistance with emergency needs, utilizing case management skills to guide them to greater sufficiency.
- Schedule, interview, and evaluate the needs of individuals and families to provide assessment and screening services for potential applicants for appropriate services, information and/or referrals.
- Determine eligibility and provide service requested by the clients within a timely manner and based on available resources.
- Review with the clients their household income and expenses, and discuss developing a plan to manage monthly expenses.
- Listen and assess for other needs such as emotional and/or spiritual support and connect with relevant community resources. Provide informational materials as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Schedule, interview, and evaluate the needs of individuals and families to provide assessment and screening services for potential applicants for appropriate services, information and/or referrals.
- Determine eligibility and provide service requested by the clients within a timely manner and based on available resources.
- Review with the clients their household income and expenses, and discuss developing a plan to manage monthly expenses.
- Listen and assess for other needs such as emotional and/or spiritual support and connect with relevant community resources. Provide informational materials as needed.
- Oversee the organization and daily operation of the Food Pantry program.
- Develop and use working knowledge of community services and housing resources to provide case management/referrals.
- Participate in community agency meetings and cultivate professional relationships with those agencies/groups as assigned.
- Facilitate information exchange with other collaborating agencies.
- Document all client meetings, encounters, and transactions, as well as enter specific information into the Client Management System.
- Participate fully with Pathway of Hope team activities locally and divisionally.
