Community Outreach Case Manager; Suicide Prevention Richmond, Spotsylvania, Bristol

Job Details

• Job Location:
  
  SSG Fox Fredericksburg - Fredericksburg, VA 22408
• Position Type:
  Full Time - 40
• Plus Benefits
• Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Obtained
• Salary Range: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00
• Salary Travel Percentage:
  Negotiable
• Job Shift: Day
• Job Category:
  Behavioral and Mental Health Services
• Job Title:
  
  Community Outreach Case Manager
• Region: VA
• Program: SSG Fox Suicide Prevention (Behavioral Health)
• Location:
  
  Hampton Roads, VA
• Classification:
  Non-exempt
• Status:
  Full-Time
• Reports to:
  
  Program Director
• Supervises: n/a
• Travel Requirement:
  Yes

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas (VOACC) promote self-reliance and inspires hope. As a church without walls, we provide personalized housing, ministry, health, and human services that benefit vulnerable individuals, families, and communities. Founded in 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland, by Ballington and Maud Booth, VOACC is one of the largest affiliates of Volunteers of America, serving thousands of people each year across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and North and South Carolina.

This position is grant-funded until December 2026 with the possibility of an extension.

This position will report to the Program Director and is responsible for creating partnerships and linkages, as well as identifying individuals in need of services for themselves or loved ones. The Community Outreach Case Manager will work a conventional work week that includes evening hours and may require weekend work. In identifying individuals in need of community-based suicide prevention efforts through.

The Community Outreach Case Manager will work collaboratively with other organization to improve referral pipelines for referrals and care within VOACC’s Suicide Prevention services.

• Coordinate outreach efforts for the Veterans Program including but not limited to: establish an outreach plan to target the three categories of eligible participants as outlined in the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program’s VA program guide, develop a set schedule to visit the VA, shelters, and other places that veteran families are likely to congregate, and develop communication/ updates with the VA and other community providers.
• Screen potential program participants for program eligibility using VA-approved forms and follow up with applicable agencies to verify information including veteran and income status.
• Provide the following SSG Fox SPGP services as outlined in the program guidelines:
• Outreach to identify those at risk of suicide
• Baseline Mental Health Screening (Participants over 18 years of age)
• Education on suicide risk and prevention to families and communities
• Provision of clinical services for emergency treatment
• Case management services
• Peer support services
• VA benefits assistance for eligible individuals and their families
• Assistance with obtaining and coordinating other benefits provided by the federal government, a state or local government, or an eligible entity (9) Assistance with emergent needs relating to health care services, daily living services, personal financial planning and counseling, transportation services, temporary income support services, fiduciary and representative payee services, legal services to assist the eligible individual with issues that may contribute to the risk of suicide, and childcare
• Nontraditional and innovative approaches and treatment practices, as determined appropriate by VA(11) Other services necessary for improving the mental health status and well-being and reducing the suicide risk of eligible individuals and their families as determined appropriate by VA.
• Provide or arrange for support and wraparound services including connections to all eligible VA and mainstream…