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PLEASE READ ENTIRE JOB DESCRIPTION - A COVER LETTER IS REQUESTED, PLEASE APPLY VIA EMAIL
OUR VISION: A New Orleans where everyone has a safe place to call home.
WHAT WE VALUE: Compassion, Collaboration, Best-Practices, A Commitment to Growth
Position Overview:
The Outreach Case Manager is responsible for assisting clients who are living on the streets (or in other places not meant for human habitation) to end their homelessness and meet their basic needs, with a focus on serving those who are not being served in traditional drop-in or shelter environments for any reason.
Case Managers are trained to assist individuals with identifying and overcoming barriers to housing access and will also be responsible for considering the holistic wellbeing of unhoused individuals by offering service connections to healthcare resources, mainstream benefits/income, identification documents, and other supports in a housing-first, non-judgmental approach.
This is a full-time, salaried position employed at 35 hours per week, with a typical schedule being 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (one-hour non-working lunch) Monday through Friday with rare evening or weekend work for meetings, annual street census counts, and extreme weather events.
Duties:
Each outreach case manager will be assigned a specific area (~1-1.5 square mile) where they’ll:
Essentials Skills and Qualities of the Outreach Worker:
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Office Location: New Orleans Community Resource & Referral Center at 1530 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70112. Outreach will be conducted in neighborhoods in or near downtown (may include Central Business District, Calliope Corridor/Central City, Lower Garden District, French Quarter, Treme, Marigny, Bywater). Staff must be comfortable working in the field, including completing paperwork, phone calls, and client meetings on the streets, in encampments, in parks, in cars, in local businesses, or in other agencies.
To Apply: Please email PDFs of (a) your resume and (b) a cover letter to jobs@travelersaidneworleans.org
Your cover letter does not need to be more than 1 page - you do not need to repeat your experience from your resume in the cover letter; instead please tell us why you are interested in working specifically in street outreach with this population and what skills you believe you can bring to the specific setting of outreach work with unhoused individuals, many of whom live with severe mental illnesses. Applications sent as requested through email, as opposed to submitted through really, will be given strong preference.
Applications accepted until 07/05/2024.
Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $38,500.00 - $46,750.00 per year
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Work Location: Multiple locations
Full Time
$83k-100k (estimate)
06/25/2024
08/24/2024
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