GRYD Case Manager Generalist

Volunteers of America Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The Case Manager provides intensive case management services to gang-involved youth and families impacted by gang violence. The Case Manager is the primary point of contact to coordinate services and care for assigned clients. Each Case Manager handles a caseload of individuals in need of a wide variety of human services resources and provides the full range of services available, as described below. Services for this position must be provided on-site. As a result, the position requires incumbents to report to work on-site each day of active employment.

Requirements

Must be able to pass a fingerprint clearance, background check, including criminal history, personal references, employment and education verifications
Ability to perform under circumstances of possible emotional stress and conflicts dealing with difficult, uncooperative, and potentially aggressive clients as VOALA serves the neediest of the needy in our programs which may include clients with homelessness, mental-illness, substance abuse, recently released from incarceration and other challenges.
2 years' experience working with At-risk families/individuals or gang population

Nice To Haves

LAVITA (Los Angeles Violence Intervention Training Academy) certification
Trained on the GRYD Model of practice and the Efforts to Outcome (ETO) Database
Bilingual (Spanish preferred)

Responsibilities

Conducts comprehensive screenings and assessments with individuals and families to collect functional, environmental, psycho-social, financial, employment, housing, educational, and health information, as appropriate, to develop a case plan.
Serves and engages gang-involved youth or young adults, ages of 14 to 25 years in a GRYD Zone
Maintain a minimum of 30 FCM clients updated and active
Maintain a minimum of 10 TCS client updated and active
Make home visits to assist clients and family with services needed
Follow all phases of case management
Run weekly reports to maintain data base error free and up to date
Meet weekly with all Community Intervention Workers
Audit TCS files of Community Intervention Workers weekly
Report weekly on progress of case management
Apply Social Embeddedness Tool (SET) to youth as required.
Participate in planning, meetings and work at Summer Night Lights (SNL) and Fall Friday Nights (FFN) sites
Strategically plan and work with community to decrease and eliminate gang activity and violence
Plans strategies to engage local gangs/crews proactively maintain peace via safe passages and activities
Work with Law enforcement to create peace in the community
Maintain weekly contact with schools, community based organizations, and gangs in the area
Work with multiple gangs in the area
Facilitate workshops Ex. life skills, substance abuse, etc.
Do street outreach and pass out literature and services
Create monthly calendar of activities
Create monthly community engagement, parent and client activities
Travel and drive for program outings and activities
Transport clients as needed
Keep track of community service workers
Accompany youth to probation appointments and submit monthly probation progress reports.
Ability to work and deal with difficult, uncooperative, and potentially aggressive clients as VOALA serves the neediest of the needy in our programs, which may include clients with homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, recently released from incarceration, and other challenges.
Assessment: through individual meetings on a regular basis and as part of Case Management team develop a detailed plan of action to meet the clients needs, set goals and find the necessary resources to meet those goals
Strategic efforts at Gang reduction in community – plan and execute gang reduction events and activities.
Meet with and Audit files/efforts of Community Intervention Workers.
Advocacy for participants before other agencies/community settings
Other duties as required and is subject to change at any time.
As service providers to the underprivileged and vulnerable in our community, all employees are considered Mandated Reporters, and must report any instance of physical or sexual abuse to proper authorities.