What are the responsibilities and job description for the FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST - CASE MANAGER position at Jewish Family And Community Svc?
Job Summary:
This position provides coaching and intensive short term Financial Assistance Case Management to help adults build self-sufficiency and gain economic empowerment. This position works towards the goal of helping the client to end/decrease reliance on crisis assistance for their health, safety and welfare needs.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Social work or related field.
Experience: Minimum of 6 months experience in case management, engaging hard to reach people, assessment, housing stability, planning and connecting to resources/referrals.
Primary Job Functions:
- Work with the client to create a plan of action that wraps individualized responsive instruction and services around clients.
- Teach concrete life skills
- Conduct one on one visits with the client
- Complete an intake with the client to gather relevant information to enter into Welsky
- Create a Housing Stability Plan that includes information on events or circumstances that led to the current need, barriers, strengths and action steps with target dates
- Provide coaching on Financial Literacy (budgeting/establishing a savings fund/building credit)
- Assist with job searches, interviewing skills, building a resume
- Brainstorm strategies to increase income/decrease expenses
- Review affordable housing options
- Link with educational/vocational resources
- Access JFCS programs/resources and community resources (SNAP/TANF/HUD/Medicaid/ACCESS/Disability)
- Advocate for/ accompany clients to appointments
- Help get required documentation for benefits
- Help sign up for virtual school or evaluate vocational options to increase clients employability
- Complete exit interviews with clients
- Collect data on housing stability by doing JEA searches at specific time frames to report back to COJ
- Maintain client files
- Other duties as assigned