Safe Harbor Case Manager

Position Summary

This position will provide mobile Safe Harbor services to Sexually Exploited Youth [SEY] up to age 24 through culturally responsive case management and wraparound supports, emphasizing American Indian values, strengths, and nonjudgmental engagement. The Case Manager will use a positive youth development framework to build a relationship with SEY clients to meet them literally where they are in the community. This position will provide a foundational base for their healing and further growth and to achieve greater physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health.

The Case Manager will collaborate with other teams such as street outreach coordinators, existing mental health services, transitioning case managers, legal, medical, and culturally responsive wraparound support services, to assure clients are connected to the services they need.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Offer American Indian culturally specific mobile supportive services to survivors of sexual exploitation, trafficking, or survival sex.
• Track participants anonymously after intake using case management database.
• Provide direction and education on Safe Harbor resources immediately after a client has been identified as having histories of sexual exploitation, trafficking, or survival sex.
• Provides weekly one-to-one meetings with clients with the goal of developing a self-guided culturally relevant case plan that focuses on the four aspects of self: physical, mental, spiritual, & emotional health.
• Facilitates client involvement in expert lead workshops pertaining to historical trauma and resiliency.
• Adhere to the work plan outlined in the MDH grant contract including grant timelines & reporting deadlines.
• Directly educates clients on culturally appropriate healing ceremonies, cultural expectations, and the role of healing in Native culture.
• Facilitates educational groups including sexual education & basic life skills.
• Will actively work with client to bridge their estrangement from their Native American traditions with the goal to set them up for success in the community.
• Partner with local Community Elders/Spiritual Advisors to lead ceremonies, educate clients about tending to sacred medicine gardens and their use in traditional healing, storytelling & to educate clients on cultural traditional knowledge.
• Connect with Kinship Worker to possibly establish new healthy supportive connections.
• Provide a safe, secure environment for recovery and healing built on a strong foundation of positive cultural identity.
• Engage with other Safe Harbor grantees on referral processes to enhance coordination of
• referrals and systematic responses to sexually exploited youth
• Connections through referrals, meetings, multi-disciplinary teams, and/or task forces to the larger Safe Harbor network
• Provide an overview of the Safe Harbor system when presenting to or engaging with
• community partners; utilize and distribute Safe Harbor training/outreach materials.
• Provide accurate contact information to the Day One Emergency Shelter & Crisis Hotline and update as necessary.
• Meaningfully engage survivor voices in Safe Harbor work incorporating them in programming and service delivery
• Follow applicable guidance and manuals, as contained the Safe Harbor Resource Guide and Safe Harbor Protocol Guidelines
• Adhere to the No Wrong Door Model and underlying values and philosophies.
• Attend the 40-hour sexual assault advocacy training within the first six months of hire.
• Participate in-person & virtual meetings, quarterly webinars and calls as needed.
• Ensure Safe Harbor grant funds are directed to activities addressing the prevention of
• sexual exploitation of youth and supporting the needs of survivors
• Participate in data collection and the evaluation of Safe Harbor by distributing surveys to participating individuals.
• Complete quarterly semi-annual narrative reports and ensure data in MDH database is updated quarterly.
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