Lead Case Worker

Position Title: Lead Case Worker

Location: Central Arkansas Area Command – Conway, AR

Position Type: Casual

About this opportunity:

This position is responsible for interviews, accepts and provides case management services based on program fit including food pantry, homeless prevention services, and seasonal activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide intensive case management services including establishing program plan/goals and evaluates client’s progress by conducting meetings with client as well as serving as an advocate for client in order to acquire services that will enable them to functionally cope with the environment.
• Responsible for providing information and referrals to people residing in community who are homeless or at risk of homeless.
• Coordinate and manage staff/volunteers in providing client services; coordinate documentation and reporting of all client services activities, including entry into client information system, Salvation Army statistics reporting and any paper documentation.

What we are looking for in you:

• Bachelor degree in Social Work or related field or
• one year experience in the field or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language. Ability to perform mathematical calculations. Ability to type and keypunch information into a computer. Ability to operate various general office equipment including a telephone, typewriter, computer, and adding machine.

Duties are usually performed seated.  Sitting may be relieved by brief or occasional periods of standing or walking.  Work is performed in a normal office environment where there are little or no physical discomforts associated with changes in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

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Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans.  Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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