Position: HAP Worker
Department: Child Welfare
Reports To: Supv. Of Special Projects
FLSA Code: Exempt
Hours: 40 hours per week (specific hours are flexible)
GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:
Meet with biological parents in process of reunification, youth aging out of foster care and intact families to help secure housing, employment and needed resources.
SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Worker will make contact with client within one business day of the DCFS referral or as soon as possible.
- Worker will leave voicemail message when attempting to reach client. If voice mail does not exist, worker should attempt to contact client daily and visit the client weekly to reach the client.
- Worker will make face to face contact within five business days of contacting client. Worker will provide client with Housing Empowerment Handbook, Youth Housing Assistance Program Brochure, and Housing Assistance Program brochure at that meeting.
- Worker agrees to support achievement of the outcomes of safety, permanency and well being for children and their parents and other family members served under this contract. Worker will ensure that they use their role as a mandated role to ensure the safety and well being of children.
- Worker will meet with client at Unity offices, the client’s home and other community locations when deemed safe.
- Worker will provide any and all of the following services needed by a client to help meet their housing and subsistence needs such as emergency and long term housing needs, crisis assessment; youth readiness assessment; housing assessment and participate in the Youth’s D-CIPP meeting.
- Worker will provide Tenant Education which consists of basic life skills information on money, housekeeping, access to health care and use of credit. Worker will provide budget counseling and financial literacy.
- Worker will submit case notes no later than the 15th of the month to the supervisor for approval.
- Worker will assist client in obtaining employment, provide vocational counseling which shall include job preparation and attainment counseling. Worker will assist client with applying for Income Assistance such as Norman Cash Assistance Program, Temporary Asst. to Needy Families, Supplemental Nutrition Asst. Program, Homeless Prevention Funds, and Unemployment Compensation.
- Once housing has been obtained, worker will follow-up with the client to identify housing problems until he/she is stabilized in permanent affordable housing by conducting monthly follow-up contacts, home visits, property manager contacts, budget counseling and other follow-up services.
- Worker will adhere to discharge policies and procedures as stipulated in the contract.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education Experience:
Bachelor’s from an accredited university in a human service field.
Training and Skills
Two years working in social services
Worker Traits:
- Ability to help others gain skills and confidence to address the issues and problems they face.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other staff, service providers and professionals.
- Ability to set limits and intervene appropriately to meet the needs of persons served.
- Ability to utilize trauma informed approach with all clients.
- Conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
- Ability to value a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person.
- Sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Work Requirements:
- Pass a CANTS (Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System) check.
- Pass a Criminal Background check.
- Possess and maintain a valid Driver’s License and possess safe and reliable transportation.
- Possess and maintain adequate Liability Insurance for the vehicle.
- Maintain confidentiality
- Attend regular staff meetings
Job Skills:
- Excellent case management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent social and professional networking skills.
- Basic competency in the use of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The typical work environment is in an office setting, but may as appropriate be in a client’s apartment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essentials of this job.
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- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, stoop and walk.
- The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 30 pounds.
Unity is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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CONTACT US
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