VHS Caseworker

PREBLE STREET • Portland, OR

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Preble Street’s Veteran Housing Services (VHS) team provides services and supports to veterans throughout Maine toward overcoming barriers to finding and maintaining housing. With funding from the U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), Preble Street’s VHS program offers case management; employment, benefit, and resource referrals; intensive housing counseling; and direct financial assistance for housing to veterans who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability. A Caseworker position is available with VHS in the Lewiston office. The VHS casework team works across Maine to offer support to veterans and their families in finding and maintaining stable housing through community-based outreach and short-term, intensive, client-centered case management. Guided by Preble Street’s mission to provide low-barrier services to people experiencing homelessness, the work of the VHS team toward ending veteran homelessness is informed by Housing First, harm-reduction, and trauma-informed service approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide services and supports to veterans throughout Maine toward overcoming barriers to finding and maintaining housing
• Offer case management
• Provide employment, benefit, and resource referrals
• Offer intensive housing counseling
• Provide direct financial assistance for housing to veterans who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability
• Offer support to veterans and their families in finding and maintaining stable housing through community-based outreach and short-term, intensive, client-centered case management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed