Case Manager

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Full Time Riverdale, MD, US

Salary Range: $50,000.00 To $52,000.00 Annually

The Case Manager plays a key role in engaging and supporting youth through program enrollment, individualized coaching, regular check-ins, activity planning, workshop facilitation, advocacy, and referrals to community resources. Programming focuses on academic exploration, career planning, life skills, professional development, and community engagement. Working closely with the Program Manager and other program staff, the Case Manager will help ensure youth have access to essential resources and services while creating opportunities to build meaningful connections, strengthen socioemotional skills, and develop the tools needed for lifelong learning and success.

This position requires a strong commitment to youth development and the ability to inspire and empower young people.

This full-time position is 40 hours per week, with four days on-site and one day of virtual work available after a successful 60-day performance review.

Latin American Youth Center’s (LAYC) mission is to empower youth to achieve a successful transition to adulthood, through comprehensive and innovative programs that address youths’ social, academic, and career needs. To achieve this mission, LAYC provides services and opportunities to approximately 4,000 individuals annually to support academic achievement, promote healthy behavior, and guide youth towards successful adulthood.

We believe in a future where all youth pursue their dreams, reach their goals and acquire the skills and self-confidence to live a life of purpose, connection, contribution and joy.

COMPETITIVE BENEFITS

In addition to a friendly work environment, we are pleased to offer the following benefits to our employees.

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with prescription coverage.
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Voluntary long-term disability and supplemental life insurance
• Matching 401(k) program beginning at hire
• 3 weeks paid vacation leave per year; PTO is accrued, increasing to 4 weeks with tenure.
• 12 paid holidays per year, 12 days paid sick leave per year and 4 wellness days. Sick and wellness days are prorated during your first year based on your start date, then available in full in subsequent years.
• Eight weeks paid parental leave, including adoption and foster care.
• One to two days per week of telework for most positions (eligible after first 60 days).

Youth Engagement & Case Management:

• Conduct assessments for new youth and develop an IDP. Update IDP at least every 90 days with service planning on short and long-term goals.
• Manage a caseload of youth participants, providing regular check-ins to identify barriers to success and create space to develop goals and career planning.
• Build meaningful relationships with youth using Positive Youth Development (PYD) principles to understand and support their strengths, interests, goals, and needs.
• Make appropriate internal and external referrals and follow up to ensure youth receive required services in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with service providers, case managers, and other partners to support continuity of services and ensure youth have access to available resources.

Data Management & Documentation:

• Prepare, organize, and maintain accurate case files for each participant. Regularly enter and update participant engagement and service data in the Efforts to Outcome (ETO) database.
• Ensure participant documentation is complete, organized, and maintained in…