What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Case Manager position at Lund?
The Kids-A-Part Program at Lund seeks a Community Case Manager passionate about and believes in the power of stability, connection, and advocacy to support children and families impacted by incarceration. The Community Case Manager provides essential support, outreach, and referral services to children and their caregivers, helping them navigate the challenges of parental incarceration. They work closely with local service providers to ensure families receive the resources they need while advocating for parent-child connections when appropriate. The work involves coordinating and supervising mother-child visits, educating service providers statewide, and breaking down systemic barriers that hinder family stability.
As part of a collaborative team and community focus and facing, the Community Case Manager leads the program’s outreach efforts, including training and communication to engage community partners to ensure a seamless transition of support services for children and families.
Research shows that individuals from marginalized groups—such as BIPOC, LGBTQ , women, people with disabilities, and those from working-class backgrounds—often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they can see themselves meeting and performing every responsibility and requirement. However, many skills can be learned on the job. If you can see yourself adding value to the role, our clients, staff, and guests and meeting most of the responsibilities and qualifications, we encourage you to apply!
What You Will Bring:
Why Join Our Team at Lund
For over 136 years, Lund has been harnessing hope and providing opportunities to help strengthen families and ensure a safe, secure and loving environment for all Vermont children. As a multi-service nonprofit organization, Lund serves more than 6,000 individuals each year. Lund’s mission is to help children thrive by empowering families to break cycles of poverty, addiction and abuse. Lund offers hope and opportunity to families through education, treatment, family support and adoption.
At Lund, we celebrate our clients' and staff's unique strengths and talents, fostering a supportive, inclusive environment where collaboration thrives. Our work is rooted in a strengths-based approach, focusing on family-centered services, including lifelong adoption support and innovative residential and community treatment programs that address both treatment and parenting. Our team believes in creating a vibrant, fun, and community-oriented workplace, emphasizing professional growth through ongoing training and weekly supervision. We value employee well-being, offering staff-led initiatives for wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as opportunities for work-life balance, with some positions offering flexible or hybrid schedules. Lund provides competitive pay, paid training, and a comprehensive benefits package for benefits-eligible positions that includes health, dental, life, disability, retirement plans, generous time-off accrual, 13 paid holidays, and wellness reimbursements, making Lund a place where you can thrive personally and professionally.
Lund does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information, ancestry, place of birth, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. EEO/AA
As part of a collaborative team and community focus and facing, the Community Case Manager leads the program’s outreach efforts, including training and communication to engage community partners to ensure a seamless transition of support services for children and families.
Research shows that individuals from marginalized groups—such as BIPOC, LGBTQ , women, people with disabilities, and those from working-class backgrounds—often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they can see themselves meeting and performing every responsibility and requirement. However, many skills can be learned on the job. If you can see yourself adding value to the role, our clients, staff, and guests and meeting most of the responsibilities and qualifications, we encourage you to apply!
What You Will Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology child development, human services or a related field or a combination of relevant work experience required.
- Experience with pregnant and parenting individuals preferred.
- Experience working with teens, children, and families preferred.
- Awareness of the impact of the criminal justice system on children and families.
- Knowledge of substance abuse issues and relapse prevention.
- Familiarity with regulations, laws and procedures of the Vermont Agency of Human Services.
- Ability to maintain a valid VT Driver’s License and access to reliable transportation is required; occasional statewide travel may be required.
Why Join Our Team at Lund
For over 136 years, Lund has been harnessing hope and providing opportunities to help strengthen families and ensure a safe, secure and loving environment for all Vermont children. As a multi-service nonprofit organization, Lund serves more than 6,000 individuals each year. Lund’s mission is to help children thrive by empowering families to break cycles of poverty, addiction and abuse. Lund offers hope and opportunity to families through education, treatment, family support and adoption.
At Lund, we celebrate our clients' and staff's unique strengths and talents, fostering a supportive, inclusive environment where collaboration thrives. Our work is rooted in a strengths-based approach, focusing on family-centered services, including lifelong adoption support and innovative residential and community treatment programs that address both treatment and parenting. Our team believes in creating a vibrant, fun, and community-oriented workplace, emphasizing professional growth through ongoing training and weekly supervision. We value employee well-being, offering staff-led initiatives for wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as opportunities for work-life balance, with some positions offering flexible or hybrid schedules. Lund provides competitive pay, paid training, and a comprehensive benefits package for benefits-eligible positions that includes health, dental, life, disability, retirement plans, generous time-off accrual, 13 paid holidays, and wellness reimbursements, making Lund a place where you can thrive personally and professionally.
Lund does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information, ancestry, place of birth, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. EEO/AA
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