Case Manager-HVRP

Job Description

Job Description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

American GI Forum - National Veterans Outreach Program is a nonprofit organization. Our mission is to establish and maintain a comprehensive community service agency with a diversified funding source serving the needs of Veterans, their families, and other individuals of the community who are in need. Our goal is to establish innovative programs of service for contemporary needs, through an expansion and growth policy that will seek complimentary services that will generate self-sustaining mechanisms for the organization.

SUMMARY

The Case Manager for the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) is responsible for “outreaching” for eligible homeless veterans (clients) in need of services including support services, benefits information and assistance, emergency shelter or other housing, referrals, job training, and job placement and follow-up services. Case Managers will have specific and measurable goals to meet in serving these veterans, including number of placements per month, support services, training requirements for the client, job preparation assistance, and coordination and contact with other community resource centers. The Case Manager must at all times coordinate their work efforts with other members and/or other programs of the organization, to assure non-duplication of services, provide maximum opportunity and benefits to the client, and at all times support the integrity and good name of the organization. Case Managers are expected to be sensitive to the needs of veterans, and must at all times treat the clients with respect and professional care. Case Managers will be responsible for maintaining detailed descriptive case notes on every client, complete and submit required reports on a timely basis, and perform other program tasks as assigned by their supervisors. 

  JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

NOTE:  These job duties are not all-encompassing of the responsibilities and duties (or other terms) that are required of the employee and may change at any time with or without notice.

• Must read and understand the detailed policies, guidelines, forms, and other directives set out by the organization’s Manuals of Standard Operation Procedures
• Prepare and submit MIS data information on the client cases as required.
• Maintain clients’ files, including documentation, case notes, and follow-ups. Responsible for preparing all applicable correspondence related to the client.
• Responsible for achieving the client goals assigned and prepared to provide corrective action plans for the same.
• Follow the work flow system, and assure compliance requirements of the government or other contract obligations applicable to the organization and the Case Manager assignments
• Must understand the nuances of the veterans’ community and are expected to always demonstrate sensitivity and patience with the clients.
• Confidentiality of client information, donors, team members and the AGIF-NVOP. Such information is to be disclosed on a need-to-know basis only.
• Responsible for being sensitive to the needs of program participants and must always treat clients with respect and professional care. 

  JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and at least (3) years’ experience in social services programs, inter-personal counseling, job placement services, or related field preferred 
• Applicants with less than a Bachelors Degree of education may be considered if they have significant related experience, and provided they have at least one year of college completed.
• Must have transportation and a valid Texas driver’s license. 
• Must also provide proof of current vehicle liability insurance. 
• Must pass a drug test and background record check. 

  SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Typing
• Computer literate and utilizing Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Good understanding of the multitude of problems faced by applicants
• Professional and productive demeanor, as well as ensuring that actions are supportive of others.
• Must be able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. 
• Must be able to speak before groups when necessary
• Must be able to make independent decisions in coordination with service objectives.  

TRAVEL

Primarily local during business day although some out-of-area travel may be expected via airline or automobile based on the discretion of management.

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.

  W ORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will conduct office work, meet with clientele, and team members, and at times travel offsite to conduct business. Employee may be exposed to varying weather conditions. Employee will also be required to work in varied office and residential environment based on assigned caseload. Employee will be able to handle and de-escalate situations that may arise while at work. Employee will be required to recruit clients in traditional work environments such as job fairs and while networking at community events, as well as recruiting homeless clients where they may reside such as shelter homes, streets, and encampments.

BENEFITS

• $500, company-provided, monthly allowance for:
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Base 25K Life insurance (employer paid) 
  • Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance for employee (employee, spouse, and child (ren) (employee paid)
  • Short term & Long-term disability insurance (employee paid)
  • Supplemental insurance
• Retirement Program
  • 6% Employer matching (after 1 year of employment; 100% vested)
• 12 hours (monthly) of PTO (after completed probationary period)
• 5% salary increase after completing probationary period
• Cell phone stipend (paid quarterly)

It is the policy of the Company to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that protects applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training classification and other aspects of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), disability, age, national origin and genetics. It’s also the policy of the Company to hire individuals solely upon the basis of their qualifications and ability to do the job to be filled. The American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP) is committed to assuring equal opportunity and equal access to services, programs and activities for individuals with disabilities. It is the policy of NVOP to provide reasonable accommodation to a qualified individual with disabilities to enable such individual to perform the essential functions of the position for which the individual is applying and for which the individual is employed. Additionally, it is the policy of the NVOP to provide reasonable accommodation for religious observers. The policy applies to all employment practices and actions. It includes, but is not limited to, recruitment, job application process, examination and testing, hiring, training, disciplinary actions, rate of pay or other compensation, advancement, classification, transfer, reassignment and promotions.