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Solid Ground DV Housing Case Manager -Swing shift in Seattle, Washington

Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable. Our communities are stronger when we support stability and break down the barriers to overcoming poverty. Solid Ground does both. We combine direct services with advocacy to meet basic needs, nurture success, and spread change. Through our programs, people gain stability and build skills that equip them to move forward in their lives. Through advocacy, we work toward ending racism and other oppressions embedded in our institutions, policies, and culture that hold people back from succeeding. We bring the voices of people experiencing poverty into the political process, furthering social justice and supporting our entire community to reach its potential. As our workforce evolves to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, our agency and workplace will be enriched and strengthened and as such we will: • Demonstrate the initiative to learn and enhance skills that promote anti-racism, cultural competency and an understanding of oppression and its impact. • Participate in intentional learning efforts, including events relating to understanding and dismantling institutional racism and building cultural competency Job Summary Broadview is a 24-hour facility providing emergency shelter (10 units), transitional housing (21 units) and support services to women, children, and youth whose lives have been disrupted by family violence, substance abuse, inadequate medical and mental health care, long periods of family separation, child abuse and neglect and poverty. Support services include on site crisis intervention, case management and advocacy-based counseling, legal advocacy, information and referral, and long-term stabilization services. The DV Housing Case Manager provides advocacy-based counseling and case management services including assessment, information and referral and goal setting and is responsible for cooperative case planning and coordination of services for residents. The Broadview Housing Case Manager provides professional services to families experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, sexual violence and stalking who reside throughout the Seattle and King County area and who relocate from other counties and states. This is a skilled professional position that is part of a team that works with families in crisis to rapidly obtain and stabilize housing. The families are survivors who are fleeing intimate partner abuse and who have experienced/experiencing domestic violence crisis and are seeking safety, shelter, and housing. Interested candidates must complete an online application including resume and cover letter. **Essential Responsibilities, Duties & Tasks Case Management: Provide case management, advocacy-based counseling, information, referrals, and follow-up information to emergency shelter and transitional housing program residents. Work with residents to review individual goals and ongoing progress. Provide information and advocacy regarding legal issues, medical care, employment possibilities and housing referrals. Act as a liaison between client families and community agencies involved with their care and serve as an advocate to coordinate services with providers as needed. Intake: Conduct screenings, assessments, and intake to admit women, children and youth into both emergency shelter and transitional housing programs.  Conflict Resolution: De-escalate and mediate resident conflicts and modeling appropriate problem solving. Respond to domestic violence crisis line, providing crisis intervention, safety planning, support, advocacy-based counseling, information, and referral to callers seeking assistance.

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