Nightly Shelter Case Manager

Overview

Do you want to support young people as they move from crisis and instability toward safety, connection, and long-term housing?

Join our Basic Needs team as the Nightly Shelter Case Manager. In this role, you’ll provide flexible, youth-centered case management to young adults ages 18–25 who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability and accessing Spectrum’s Nightly Shelter.

• Provide flexible, youth-centered case management to youth ages 18–25 who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability and accessing Spectrum’s Nightly Shelter.
• Provide case management and support to youth through assessments, care team coordination, case planning, and access to housing, healthcare and other benefits for youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability ages 18–25.
• Emphasize accessing housing, jobs, education, and mental health support in case management services.
• Work in coordination with the Nightly Shelter Coordinator and a team of direct service staff; communicate closely and often with them, and support their use of appropriate interventions when working with clients.
• Offer extended care case management to youth living in 4 scattered-site apartment units in downtown Burlington, to support housing retention and prevent a return to unsheltered homelessness.
• Participate in the program’s on-call system rotation after hours, with an anticipated cadence of one week every 6-7 weeks, or as needed.
• This is a nonexempt position with an hourly wage of $25.48 – $29.33 based on experience, plus shift differential.

The role requires the ability to multitask, collaborate, be flexible, maintain attention to detail, and complete paperwork in a timely manner. The description notes that case management services will involve coordinating housing, healthcare and other benefits, and supporting youth ages 18–25 in accessing housing, jobs, education, and mental health support.