Recovery Focused Case Manager

Recovery Focused Case Manager

Established as a community non-profit in 1972, The Center provides targeted programs and services to the full diversity of the San Diego LGBTQ community. The mission of The Center is to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities for the betterment of our entire San Diego region. Our vision is to create a Center and Center culture where every person feels and knows that they are welcomed, valued, and supported.

As the beacon for our regional LGBTQ community, we actively recommit to being a more vibrant, bold, innovative, safe, and modern center each day than the day before. The Center is sex-positive and provides advocacy and critical health and social support services to support our community members through all stages of life, focusing on our deeply held values of equity, social justice, and client-centered, trauma-informed care.

The Center currently has over 75 staff working at five facilities across San Diego County.

The Center opened Sunburst Youth Housing Project in 2006 to its first cohort of transitional-age youth who were living on the streets or in other areas not meant for human habitation. It is a 23-unit permanent supportive housing program that serves some of the most vulnerable youth, with a focus on serving LGBTQ youth, some of whom live with severe mental illness, HIV, and/or who struggle with drug abuse.

The Sunburst Youth Housing Project is in the East Village neighborhood in San Diego and is close to San Diego City College.

Reporting to the Director of Youth Housing Services, the Recovery Focused Case Manager is responsible for providing case planning, substance use recovery support, individualized supportive services, conducting assessments, organizing community building events, facilitating workshops, and crisis support to participants of The Center's Sunburst Youth Housing Project. The Recovery Focused Case Manager works collaboratively within a two-person case manager team in a trauma-informed and goal-oriented way to help program participants who live with disabilities and/or substance use disorders achieve housing stability and self-sufficiency.

Client Support:

• Conduct intakes, assessments, and evaluations with clients.
• Provide links to mental health services, substance use recovery services, facilitates access to detox and treatment programs responsive to each participants' unique needs, educational services, career development services, and other relevant resources.
• Provide ongoing case management, substance use recovery support, crisis intervention, conflict resolution, and stabilization services to participants enrolled in the program.
• Collaborate with internal and external providers to support client care plans.
• Assist clients with adherence to housing quality standards and attend housing unit inspections.
• Organize community building events and facilitate workshops that promote client well-being and self-sufficiency.

Record Management and Reporting:

• Complete individualized service plans and self-sufficiency tools.
• Maintain accurate documentation of client's goals and needs, case management plans, and service entries into internal data systems.
• Enter program data and outcomes into the region's Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to adhere to grant and contract compliance.
• Document thorough case notes that accurately reflect client progress toward individualized case management goals.
• Assist in the completion of monthly narrative reports for funder reports.

Required Qualifications:

• Education and/or
  
  Experience:
  
  1 year of experience providing case management and substance use recovery support services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Fluency in English required.
• Computer/Office Equipment
  
  Skills:
  
  Must be comfortable working in PC/Windows-based environments. Must have strong proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Other
  
  Qualifications:
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks with shifting priorities.
• Must demonstrate competence in using strength-based, trauma-informed, and Motivational Interviewing Techniques.
• Reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and auto insurance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in a social service-related field and/or Registered Addiction Counselor credential.
• Language:
  Fluency in Spanish.
• Experience:
  
  2 or more years of experience providing case management and substance use recovery support services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. 1 or more years of experience providing case supportive services to people living with severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
• Other
  
  Qualifications:
  
  Knowledgeable about current issues related to the LGBTQIA+ community and people experiencing homelessness.

Work Location:

• On-site, in the office and with program participants in the field.
• Office in the East Village Neighborhood in the City of San Diego.

Compensation &…