Impact Avenues Program Coordinator

Department: Planning & Development Services - Housing Services

The City of Topeka’s Housing Services division is seeking a dedicated social services professional to serve as a Program Coordinator for the Impact Avenues program. This is a fast-paced, intensive position that provides case management and support services for clients who are eligible for assistance through the McKinney-Vento Program as well as crisis intervention services for clients referred to the Equipping Center.

• Provide full-cycle, monthly case management services to Impact Avenues clients.
  • Case management lasts for twelve months per family with approximately 40 cases at a time.
• Provide education to families on skillsets in regard to employment skills, budgeting, finance, and housing navigation.
• Collaborate with 40+ partner agencies in the community with weekly resource events.
• Advocate with a sense of urgency as a backbone organization to provide families with crisis intervention and wrap around services for long-term housing stability goals.

• Experience in case management
• A passion for community engagement
• Strong interpersonal skills with an aptitude for coalition building, social media and marketing
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm in high-stress situations

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work or human services with one to three years of case management experience OR
• Without a bachelor’s degree, a high school diploma or its equivalent is required with three or more years of case management experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Kansas driver’s license and must be insurable within the standards set by the City of Topeka’s insurance carrier.

Minimum entry rate of pay: $23.76 / hour

• Kansas Public Employee Retirement System which totals over 315,000 active, inactive and retired members and manages approximately $20 billion in assets for KPERS members' benefits.
• Generous paid vacation leave and separate paid sick leave, and one additional paid personal leave day each year
• Paid Life/Long Term Disability Insurance
• (457) Deferred Comp Savings Plan
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Free Onsite Health & Wellness Clinic
• Free in-house Wellness Center, a full-service fitness facility
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program.

The City of Topeka is an Equal Opportunity Employer