1st shift Caseworker Logan Place
1st shift Caseworker Logan Place
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Description
Logan Place a Preble Street Housing First program provides housing and 24hour comprehensive supportive services for 30 adults who have experienced chronic homelessness. Logan Place has been a model for a real solution to the problem of homelessness in our communities since 2005 based on the principles that everyone deserves housing and the support necessary to maintain it.
Logan Place currently has an available Caseworker position with a daytime Sunday through Thursday schedule. This direct service position provides casework services outreaches and engages with tenants provides program coverage and maintains safety in program spaces and provides crisis intervention and support to assist tenants in maintaining housing stability.
The schedule for this position isSundays 7am3pm and MondayThursdays 7am3:30pm
Qualifications
Qualifications include a bachelors degree in social work or related field of study and experience providing direct services to people experiencing homelessness or comparable combination of education and relevant experience.
Additional qualifications include an understanding of and alignment with Preble Streets mission positive regard for individuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty and a commitment to providing lowbarrier services. Also required are strong communication deescalation and crisis intervention skills; familiarity with community resources; strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain documentation of services; ability to work effectively with and maintain professional boundaries with diverse populations; and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Compensation and Benefits
The hourly rate of pay for this fulltime 40 hours/week) position is $22.45 per hour plus applicable shift differentials.
As a direct service position in a 24/7 program this position is eligible for shift differentials of $1.00 per hour for all hours actually worked between the hours of 7:00am and 10:00pm.
Generous paid time off insurance and retirement plan benefits include:
- 4 weeks/160 hours (accrued) vacation time 12 days/96 hours (accrued) sick time 32 hours personal time 12 paid holidays
- health insurance w/ 100 employerpaid option; dental insurance w/ 100 employerpaid option; vision insurance; employerpaid life and disability insurance
- 403(b) retirement plan w/ employer match
To Apply We encourage applicants to apply via Preble Streets website employment page. Applications (cover letter and resume) may also be emailed to or mailed via USPS mail to Preble Street Human Resources 55 Portland Street Portland ME 04101.
Please note that automaticallygenerated confirmations of receipt will be sent in response to applications sent via email. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be otherwise contacted.
Preble Street a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency has been working since 1975 to provide best practice social services that meet urgent needs and end hunger and homelessness for individuals and families in Maine living in poverty.
Preble Street is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex military status age disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information creed citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
Preble Street recognizes that Black and Indigenous people people of color people from working class backgrounds people with disabilities LGBTQ2IA people and women are less likely to apply for jobs if they dont believe they meet every qualification described in a job posting.
Our hiring process recognizes the value of various lived experiences and backgrounds when assessing candidates.
Individuals from all cultures and communities are encouraged to apply.
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