Outreach Case Manager

REPORTS TO:

Program Director

CATEGORY:
Full-Time/Exempt/Permanent

FACETS is seeking a passionate and mission-driven Outreach Case Manager to join our Region 2 Outreach Program, based out of Bailey's Community Shelter. This dynamic role brings critical, person-centered services directly to individuals living unsheltered in woods, campsites, parks, abandoned buildings, bus stops, and other outdoor environments. Outreach staff actively connect with people experiencing homelessness to build trust, reduce barriers, and link them to essential services.

The Outreach Case Manager plays a key role in helping clients move from the streets into stable, permanent housing, often within 30 days. This is an exciting opportunity to make a direct, meaningful impact on the lives of some of Fairfax County’s most vulnerable residents.

FACETS is a non-profit organization that opens doors by helping parents, their children, and individuals who suffer the effects of poverty in Fairfax County. We meet their emergency needs through our wrap around services and community partnerships and help individuals and families experience safe and stable housing after years of uncertainty and instability. We strive to ensure that every person in our community has a place they can call home.

Here at FACETS, every team member plays a role in making a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable neighbors.

• The Outreach Case Manager will provide services or activities necessary to assist program participants in locating, obtaining, and retaining suitable permanent housing, including the following:
• Establish contact and build rapport with single adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Region 2 building relationships to provide immediate and long-term support.
• Provide clothing, toiletries, non-perishable food, and other supplies to clients.
• Refer clients to community-based and County-provided support services and resources to provide for their housing, employment, benefits, and other needs
• Collaborates with the Fairfax County Health Department’s Homeless Healthcare Program and the Community Services Board’s PATH Team to coordinate access to physical and behavioral health services for individuals experiencing homelessness.
• Assess housing barriers faced by individuals experiencing homelessness to identify the client’s housing and support service needs.
• Develops individualized case management plans focused on housing acquisition, budgeting, and self-sufficiency, beginning with intake interviews to assess household needs, goals, and eligibility.
• Utilizes the Housing First model to deliver housing stabilization services and divert households from entering emergency shelters.
• Establishes and maintains consistent verbal and written communication channels, among operations staff, referral sources, and collaborating agencies to ensure effective coordination and information sharing.
• Advocates for and actively assists individuals in accessing a range of services, including mental health, intellectual disability support, substance use treatment, housing referrals, financial assistance, home based services, training, medical care, mentoring and socialization.
• Work an adjusted work schedule, including evenings and weekends as necessary to meet program needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable human services field plus two years of professional social work/case management experience with homeless and/or at-risk populations.
• Must be comfortable going into woods and other places not meant for human habitation to meet program participants.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite…