Case Manager

Progressive Life Center, Inc. (PLC), a private, non-profit human services agency, provides an array of community-based services to youth and their families within the Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, MD; Prince George’s County and Montgomery County, MD; Philadelphia, PA; and Newark, DE areas. PLC’s core service areas are child welfare, juvenile justice, and behavioral health. A sample of programs and services include foster care and adoptions, kinship care, family preservation, independent living, case management, juvenile diversion, parenting training, individual and family counseling, and substance abuse prevention.

Program Summary

The Kinship Care program assists families caring for related children by providing financial and social assistance. Often the families in Kinship Care come together by happenstance rather than as a result of a plan or particular choice. This particular program targets relative caregivers who have opted to preserve their families as opposed to have them enter the foster care system. The program provides needed supportive services, linkages and case management so caregivers can continue to care for their relative children.

Position Description:

The Case Manager position requires the incumbent to provide relevant crisis intervention, advocacy service and referrals, and counseling.

The Case Manager will be responsible maintaining a caseload of 8-10 families; providing case management and linking families to follow-up services; providing family/individual counseling; providing in-home services; and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, education or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Two (2) years related field experience.
• Good writing skills.
• Must have own transportation.
• Bilingual a Plus.

Benefits:

We offer exceptional benefits package with an opportunity for personal and professional growth. EOE. Benefits Package:

• Clinical Training
• Continuing Education Units
• Fringe Benefits
• Investment package
• Flexible work schedule

Physical Demands:

Physical Demands (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions).

• Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Ability to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.;
• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery;
• Ability to position self to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl;
• Ability to frequently communicate with employees/customers/clients; and must be able to exchange accurate information by perceiving the nature of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, providing oral and written information;
• Ability to frequently move files weighing up to 20 pounds throughout the office space;
• Ability to be on call and often respond to situations during off hours which can disrupt normal sleep patterns and cause fatigue;
• Ability to physically restrain children when required and protect him/her in physically confrontational situations;
• Ability to face a significant amount of emotional stress which can cause related physical stress;
• In cases of child relocation, the incumbent may be required to assist the child by carrying belongings and must often lift, carry and/or comfort small children.

Work Environment:

• Normal office environment or residential facility, but also may travel locally to visit clients within their homes, meet with service providers, and/or attend meetings:
  • Schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, private practices, prisons, corporations, and numerous public and private agencies.
• Specialize in one or more of over 40 practice areas – including Disaster Relief, Child Welfare Services, and Homeless Family Assistance, among many others.

Equal Opportunity Employer

PLC is an equal opportunity employer. PLC does not discriminate in employment on account of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, mental disability, or military status.