Bilingual Case Manager-Economic Empowerment

Bilingual Case Manager-Economic Empowerment

HOUSTON, TX 77054

Position Type:
Full Time Job Shift: Day Education Level: 4 Year Degree Travel Percentage:
Negligible Category:
Nonprofit - Social Services

As the Bilingual Case Manager
- Economic Empowerment Services you are responsible for providing comprehensive support with a focus on financial and career services both virtually and at our HUBs. Will assist non-residential clients in overcoming immediate economic barriers and securing long-term financial independence and safety by utilizing one on one financial empowerment services and a broad range of community services.

Your

Schedule:

Monday-Friday

• Tuesday, Wednesday-Friday 9 a.m.
  
  -6 p.m.
• Monday and Thursday 11a.m. – 8p.m.
• 1 Saturday a Month 8a.m. – 5p.m.
• Work Model: 100% Onsite

Local Travel: 25%

Our Total Rewards Package :

At the Houston Area Women's Center, we are committed to supporting our employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards Package that promotes health, financial well-being, and work-life balance.

• Hourly Compensation:$21.63
• Pay
  
  Schedule:
  
  Semi-monthly
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance
• Time Away From Work Program, including:
• Vacation Leave based on relevant professional experience (15–30 days annually for full-time employees; prorated for eligible part-time employees)
• Sick Leave (112 hours annually for full-time employees; prorated for eligible part-time employees)
• Eleven (11) Paid Agency Holidays for eligible employees who are regularly scheduled to work on the observed holiday
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a 125% employer match on employee contributions up to 4% of annual earnings for eligible full-time employees after one year of service

** Vacation and sick leave eligibility, accruals, usage, rollover limits, holiday eligibility, and all benefit programs are administered in accordance with HAWC policies and applicable plan documents.

Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Working at Houston Area Women's center gives you a rewarding experience in which our diverse team of employees work together as part of the empowerment of a survivor's life and at the same time part of a much larger mission. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard.

Every day we continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in everything we do as we provide service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

The Requirements We are Seeking:

• Experienced in Microsoft Office specifically Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook.
• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Sociology, Education, or Criminal Justice.
• A minimum of one year of experience in Case Management, Career Counseling, Job Development or similar in social services setting
• Bilingual in both English and Spanish, able to read, speak, and write both languages fluently
• Texas driver's license with a good driving record; ability to travel to off-site locations utilizing 15 passenger Agency van, if applicable

What you Deliver in this role:

• Provide one on one coaching to understand current financial needs and develop goals towards economic empowerment (increasing income, managing debt, improving career opportunities, building savings, acquiring assets) Including, but not limited to:
  • Assessing needs
  • Setting goals/prioritizing
  • Connecting to resources and assisting with gaining access
  • Connecting to internal resources (trauma support, legal, housing, etc.)
  • Increase skills and knowledge
  • Long-term means of support (savings plan, housing, etc.).
• Provide group training and or individual case management support to clients.
• Learn and use the All-State Foundation Moving Ahead Curriculum through Financial Management and Career Empowerment education.
• Develop relationships with community organizations and enhance existing partnerships that will support clients in meeting their goals (financial and job readiness, access to higher learning institutions, training, financial and employment coaching, taxes).
• Attend necessary meetings and training.
• Track stories and successes of the program through outcome…