Case Manager CALWORKS (Part-Time)

Bilingual differential for qualified candidates. Schedule is part-time (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays), all full work days. Start time and end time of each workday are not flexible.

SUMMARY

This position provides case management and community outreach for CalWORKs Domestic Violence Program participants. 

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency: Foothill Family empowers children and families to achieve success in relationships, school, and work through community-based services that advance growth and development.
• Facilitates Domestic Violence education/support groups for survivors of domestic violence, using Domestic Violence curriculum and material
• Creates a safe environment for survivors to gain support and knowledge in their healing process.
• Carries primary responsibility for assigned caseloads of clients.
• Provides case management service to clients in accordance with contract/program requirements and best practices prescribed for domestic violence prevention and intervention services.
• Engages clients in nurturing guiding relationship with appropriate role definitions; serves as appropriate role model.
• Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessment of clients which includes evaluating all relevant areas of functioning and environment. 
• Refers and links clients for services with collaborating agencies, advocates for clients’ rights to ensure needs are meet.
• Monitors and assesses each client's progress through regular (at least weekly or as often as needed) telephone and/or face to face contacts with clients and service providers.
• Drives or arranges transportation for clients, parents and children as appropriate and necessary to ensure that service needs are met.
• Drives to client’s homes and to schools to meet with clients, provide services, and meet with school personnel.
• Recruits of CalWORKs Domestic Violence Program participants.
• Collaborates with internal and external service providers that are jointly serving the client and family within the scope of confidentiality regulations to coordinate care and ensure effective outcomes. 
• Maintains case records, processes data related to CalWORKs participants, the program and other administrative records and reports in a timely and comprehensive manner program and Agency mandates.
• Represents the Agency at community meetings, provides in-service training to other agencies and Foothill employees, and consults with other agencies and schools, and represents the Agency at marketing events.
• Collaborates within the Agency and the community as directed and/or necessary for attainment of program goals.
• Provides care or services to minors or comes into contact with minors as part of their job duties.
• Provides services relating to the administration of public funds or benefits, including eligibility for public funds or public benefits.
• Attends in-person meetings and events at various locations within the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas.
• Displays sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomics characteristics.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• BA/BS in a Social Science with 1 year case management, mental health intake and referrals, residential or home visitation experience or if no BA, must have at least 3 years of case management experience working with a similar client population
• Must have or obtain within three months of employment 40 hours of state mandated domestic violence training.
• Ability to be an excellent representative of the Agency to the community.
• Ability to represent Program Manager at community meetings in accordance to contract requirements. 
• Ability to create and implement a new group curriculum in accordance to contract requirements.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Detailed oriented, following up on concerns, and understanding the systems which help insure quality of service and accurate record keeping.
• Knowledge of women issues and childhood development.
• Valid CA Driver’s License and maintains insurability on the Agency’s auto liability policy (including a minimum of 2 years driving experience after receiving license) and maintains the California state required auto insurance liability limits.
• Bilingual English/Spanish skills required.
• Provides services relating to the administration of public funds or benefits, including eligibility for public funds or public benefits.
• Must not be excluded, suspended, debarred or otherwise made ineligible on the Federal, State or County Sanctions lists.

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