Teen Housing Services Caseworker

Job Details

Experienced

Preble Street - PORTLAND ME

Description

Preble Streets Teen Housing Services team supports youth ages 16 24 experiencing homelessness or housing instability with a low-barrier Housing First approach connecting youth to long-term housing options and offering intensive supportive services and case management toward achieving and maintaining housing stability.

A Caseworker position is available to work in Preble Streets Transitional Living Program and Transitional Housing units. While providing intensive case management and housing-related and other supportive services to youth caseworkers build relationships with clients maintain client and apartment safetyprovide housing stability and independent life skills developmentsupport program coverage and provide crisis intervention and support in a community setting. The Caseworker will also be responsible for supporting program documentation needs and participating in programming across all Teen Services programs and shifts.

This is a full-time 1st shift position with a Sunday-Thursday 8 : 00am-4 : 30pm schedule with evening hours as required.

Qualifications

Qualifications include a bachelors degree in social work or related field and experience relevant to working with youth experiencing homelessness. or a comparable combination of education and experience.

Caseworkers must also have an understanding of and alignment with Preble Streets mission positive regard for individuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty and a commitment to providing low-barrier services as well as s trong communication de-escalation and crisis intervention skills familiarity with community resources strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain documentation of services ability to maintain professional boundaries with diverse populations and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.

Eligibility for employment with Teen Services requires that staff be at least 21 years of age; hold certification or become certified in First Aid and CPR (on-site training opportunities offered); provide proof of education (diploma or transcript); and have acceptable background check results including BMV. Teen Services staff must attend recurrent regularly scheduled trainings provided on-site. Reliable transportation is required for this position.

Compensation & Benefits

These positions offer competitive pay at a rate of $23.12 per hour as well as generous paid time off insurance and retirement plan benefits including :

• 160 hours vacation time 96 hours sick time 32 hours personal time (accrued) 12 Paid Holidays
• Health insurance w / 100% employer-paid option; Dental insurance w / 100% employer-paid option; Vision insurance; Employer-paid Life STD and LTD insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan w / employer match

To Apply : We encourage applicants to apply via Preble Streets website employment page . Applications (resume and cover letter preferred) may also be emailed to or mailed via USPS mail to Preble Street Human Resources 55 Portland Street Portland ME 04101. Please note that automatically generated confirmations of receipt will be sent in response to applications sent via email. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be otherwise contacted.

If you need assistance or accommodation in the application process please contact us at .

Preble Street a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency has been working since 1975 to provide best practice social services that meet urgent needs and end hunger and homelessness for individuals and families in Maine living in poverty.

Preble Street is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to equity and inclusion in our workplace. We encourageapplications from all qualified individuals and consider applications for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression military status age disability genetic information citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

Preble Street recognizes that Black and Indigenous people people of color people from working class backgrounds people with disabilities LGBTQ2IA people and women are less likely to apply for jobs if they dont believe they meet every qualification described in a job posting.

Our hiring process recognizes the value of various lived experiences and backgrounds when assessing candidates.

Individuals from all cultures and communities are encouraged to apply.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Engineering Maintenance,Accounts Management,General Services,Billing,Electronics Engineering,Cleaning Services

Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1