Logan Place Caseworker (1st Shift)

Logan Place a Preble Street Housing First program provides housing and 24-hour 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 isSunday-Thursday 7am-3:30pm

Qualifications include experience providing directservices 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 forindividuals accessing services for homelessness and poverty and a commitment to providing low-barrier services. Alsorequired are strong communication de-escalation and crisis intervention skills; familiarity with community resources;strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain documentation of services; ability to work effectively with andmaintain 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 full-time (40 hours/week) position is $23.12 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 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% employer-paid option; dental insurance w/ 100% employer-paid option; vision insurance; employer-paid 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 automatically-generated 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.