DVSH – Senior Prevention Case Manager
Listed on 2025-12-27
-
Social Work
Family Advocacy & Support Services, Community Health, Human Services/ Social Work, Community Worker
Title: Senior Prevention Case Manager
Department: Domestic Violence & Supportive Housing
Reports to: Assistant Director of Domestic Violence & Supportive Housing
Salary Range: $58,000 – $63,000
Location: Fairfax, VA
FLSA Status: Exempt
About Us: Shelter House was established in 1981 as a grassroots responder to the homelessness crisis in Fairfax County. Since the organization’s inception, we have adapted and grown to meet community needs, all while working in partnership with government and private partners and community members. Today, Shelter House is a successful and reputable organization of over 100 employees committed to preventing and ending homelessness and domestic violence.
In the last year, our compassionate team of individuals changed the lives of nearly 2,000 individuals, half of which were children. Our Culture is built from our Core Values of Inclusivity, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Empowerment (iC.A.R.E.)
About the Role: Under the supervision of the Assistant Director of DVSH, the Senior Case Manager leads the Domestic Violence Homelessness Prevention Team in providing community based services to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking and/or human trafficking who are looking to escape abuse. The Senior Case Manager will support a case management team that prioritizes services that focus on increasing safety, maintaining housing stability, and preventing homelessness.
The Senior Case Manager will collaborate with the Assistant Director of DVSH to complete screenings, assign referrals, and support case managers in ensuring services are implemented with a trauma-informed, strength-based, and client-centered approach. This position will provide services to a reduced caseload in addition to providing staff supervision.
Responsibilities: Provide leadership and direction to the Domestic Violence Homelessness Prevention Program through the following activities:
- Supervise Case Manager(s) providing mobile advocacy to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and/or human trafficking living in the community
- Provide coaching and support to case management team through regularly scheduled one on one meetings and evaluations
- Support Case Managers in delivering complex case management for cases that demand higher level solutions
- Collaborate with the Director and Assistant Direct of DVSH to ensure consistent service delivery that is in line with grant and contract requirements, company policy and procedure, and best practices
- Complete regular reviews of client files and VADATA reports, to ensure accuracy, compliance with the Violence Against Women Act, and adherence to agency standards and best practices
- With support from the Assistant Director, ensure compliance with all grant requirements
- Disseminate information to related to tenant rights and responsibilities, housing discrimination, communicating with landlords, basic unit maintenance, lease compliance, and housing search and location techniques
- Develop new partnerships and identify community resources for unmet client needs
- In collaboration with the Assistant Director, implement and oversee new program initiatives
- Verify and approve timesheets and leave requests
Provide case management services to a reduced caseload by:
- Performing in-depth assessments of clients’ physical, mental health and social needs, life skills competency, employability, housing history and barriers, educational needs, financial management skills, strengths and needs, and other necessary areas, in conjunction with the client, to develop and achieve housing goals.
- Administering flexible financial assistance to support client goals related to safety and stability
- Providing mobile advocacy services by meeting with assigned clients regularly in a safe location in the community
- Providing crisis intervention and developing individualized safety plans as needed; assisting victims of violence in filing for protective orders and completing affidavits; and accompanying clients to court proceedings and various appointments (i.e. attorney meetings, protective order hearings, custody hearings, and housing interviews)
- Providing housing search assistance to…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).