Case Manager, Palm Springs
$45,843–$45,843 year
On-site · Palm Springs, California, United States
Job Summary
The Case Manager role focuses on field-based assistance for the homeless population in the Coachella Valley, with 80-90% travel and minimal office work. Responsibilities include assessing client and family needs in the field, developing comprehensive care plans to promote self-sufficiency, coordinating services, maintaining up-to-date records, providing crisis or short-term counseling, conducting outreach, ensuring HUD policy compliance, and assisting with client relocation and food distribution as needed. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Sociology/Psychology or related field (or equivalent experience), 2+ years of case management experience preferred, valid CA driver’s license and reliable vehicle, willingness to travel, and strong verbal/written communication and data-management skills. Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook is expected; ability to work independently or in a team. Physical demands include extensive field work with occasional office duties.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years’ experience providing case management services preferred
- Baccalaureate level of conceptual thinking, organization and expression obtained by a degree in Sociology/Psychology/ or other related field or equivalent work experience
- Must have a valid CA driver's license, insurance, a reliable personal vehicle, and a willingness to travel off-site
- This job requires 80 – 90% travel around Inland Empire
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test
- Knowledge of and experience with motivational interviewing preferred
- Strong crisis intervention and honed assessment skills, including high risk issues
- Extensive knowledge of Inland Empire community resources
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team
- Capacity to form professional relationships with clients and maintain appropriate boundaries
- Ability to apply common sense and critical thinking to carry out instructions and make decisions within scope of authority
- Good to excellent spelling, grammar and written communication skills
- Excellent telephone and oral communication skills
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as memos, general clerical documents, project and grant reports, safety rules, instruction booklets and manuals
- Ability to write well (e.g., memos, reports, e-mails, agendas, minutes)
- Ability to analyze data
- Ability to deal with problems involving several variables
- Proficiency in Word, Excel and Outlook
- Ability to write clear concise e-mails
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