Social Work Case Manager-Human Trafficking Program

SARC • Bel Air, MD

8d • Onsite

About The Position

SARC (The Sexual Assault/Spouse Abuse Resource Center) is seeking dedicated individuals to join us in our mission to be Harford County’s lifeline for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, and stalking. This position is responsible for all direct services and community education offered under SARC’s Human Trafficking (HT) Regional Navigation program. Core work hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with potential requirements for evenings and weekends to attend events, facilitate training, or provide crisis advocacy/accompaniment on a rotating on-call schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or a related field plus 2 years of relevant experience is minimally required.
• Knowledge of psychosocial services.
• Skills including trauma-informed care, comprehensive case management, public speaking, local resource access, and crisis response.
• Ability to work on call and under pressure with time constraints.
• Knowledge and adherence to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the field, particularly of the Maryland Child Sex Trafficking Screening and Services Act.
• Must complete SARC Basic Crisis Response, Hospital Companion Training and Commercial Sex Exploitation-Identification Tool (CSE-IT) Training.
• Must pass a comprehensive criminal background check and child protective services clearance.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology or a related field is preferred.
• Additional relevant experience is strongly favored.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the needs of the Human Trafficking program and suggests appropriate changes and/or additions to the program procedures- following approval of the Chief.
• Maintain a good working relationship and open communication with stakeholders and Harford County Agencies that provide referrals to the Program.
• Facilitate all intakes and complete HT assessments for the program.
• Provide in-person crisis intervention that includes safety planning, emergency response, basic living needs, and victim advocacy.
• Provide ongoing support, comprehensive case management, and advocacy to all identified survivors.
• Provide survivor advocacy and accompaniment to emergency medical care, medical forensic exams, law enforcement interviews, and prosecution interviews.
• Act as the direct conduit for required HT notifications from law enforcement and the Department of Social Services, and referrals or queries from local schools, local hospitals/medical facilities, the Child Advocacy Center, and other community partners.
• Provide community education, training, and staff information tables to raise awareness and understanding about human trafficking, sexual violence, dating violence, and domestic violence.
• Provide technical assistance to partner agencies on service provision to survivors of trafficking.
• Coordinate, directly provide and/or ensure warm handoffs to services that address identified needs such as safety planning, housing, mental health/substance abuse, medical care, self-care, legal services, basic needs, etc.
• Coordinate in-house legal and counseling services for clients.
• Identify, establish and strengthen partnerships with organizations that will assist survivors of human trafficking in areas of workplace development, education, long-term housing, etc.
• Assist the Chief of Programs and Grants Coordinator in required quarterly reports to GOCCP.
• Attend the Human Trafficking Coalition monthly meetings and other related local and statewide collaborative efforts or trainings as assigned by Chief of Programs.

Benefits

• 11 paid holidays plus two floating holidays for full-time positions
• Up to 112 hours of accrued vacation time in your first year of employment
• Up to 96 hours of sick leave annually
• 100% employer-paid premiums for the standard health insurance plan for individual coverage
• Generous employer Health Savings Account contribution
• Dental and vision insurance
• Voluntary life and AD&D coverage
• Clinical supervision toward Maryland licensure, in accordance with requirements of the specific licensing board.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level