Outreach and Engagement Specialist 2
Outreach and Engagement Specialist 2
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Job Description
Location: Pike St 1101 Pike St Seattle WA 98101
Schedule:MondayFriday 8:00am4:30pm
Pay: $34/hour
Status: Regular FullTime/NonExempt
Street Level Ministries is an outreach ministry of Seattle Social Services William Booth Center ARC and local corps affiliates. It is a weekly urban outreach primarily to the homeless in downtown Seattle. The Outreach & Engagement Specialist 2 (OES2 is a housingfocused outreach position directed at homeless individuals living unsheltered in King County. The primary objective of this position is to aid individuals in housing attainment utilizing the minimum assistance needed to address each households immediate housing crisis. The OES2 will regularly visit clients where they live work with them to identify and overcome barriers to housing refer them to other resources in the community (mainstream services benefit services food assistance programs childcare resources etc. and connect them to established communities/neighborhood organizations once theyve been housed.
Duties & Responsibilities
Outreach responsibilities
- Regularly seek out clients living unsheltered in the territory served.
- Maintain contact with clients while they are working on their housing assessment and housing readiness plan.
- Provide intensive housing assistance including:
- Resource referral.
- Advocacy between client and apartment managers.
- Provide formal and informal referral services to community resources.
Case management responsibilities
- Provide expert case management for clients with varying degrees of vocational social cultural and/or medical impairments hindering selfsufficiency including referrals and linkages that assess and determine employability job readiness vocational education and training needs and economic and social selfsupport.
- Coordinate services with other agencies that provide services relating to mental health employment security substance abuse vocational rehabilitation and developmental disabilities.
Administrative responsibilities
- Participate in unit staff meetings and in applicable trainings as assigned.
- Maintain client case records on Wellsky and HMIS as well as required forms and reports in the prescribed format.
- Track analyze and input data relevant to county donor and internal stakeholders.
- Perform other administrative and operational functions as requested.
Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree in social work or similar or 4 years of relevant experience required.
- 2 years of demonstrated experience in related social services.
- Experience with and understanding of Coordinated Entry for All (CEA) Rapid ReHousing (RRH) and city county and other partner human services agencies preferred.
- Experience involving human relations traumainformed care community building motivational interviewing networking and resourcing building.
- Experience with HMIS entries exits and reporting preferred
The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Management has the right to add to revise or delete information in this description.
A generous benefits package is included with fulltime positions: paid holidays vacation time sick time and medical vision and dental insurance.
Health Insurance: Low biweekly premiums for employeeonly coverage Kaiser HMO for those residing in a Kaiser service area Anthem EPO/PPO is available for those residing outside a Kaiser service area. Voluntary 1 and family coverage at additional cost. Delta Dental DHMO and DPPO dental insurance are offered.
Life and Voluntary Options. An employerpaid life insurance policy covers employees. Voluntary supplemental life shortterm and longterm disability plans are available.
Retirement Plans: Employerfunded Money Purchase Pension Plan (Defined Contribution Plan) 50 vested at five years eligible service time. Plus an employeefunded voluntary 403(b) option.
Parental Leave: The benefit is 40 hours of Paid Leave for qualifying events.
Sick Leave: 12 days of Sick Leave annually accruing from day one eligible for use after three months service time.
Paid Vacation:
- Two weeks annually accruing from day one for nonexempt positions.
- Four weeks annually accruing from day one for exempt positions.
- Accrued vacation is eligible for use after six months service time.
Paid Holidays: 13 designated holidays 1 floating holiday per year
The Salvation Army an international movement is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
