The Health and Human Services’ Housing Stability Area is seeking a Spanish Bilingual Senior Social Worker to join the family unit under the Homeless to Housing program. The award winning Homeless to Housing program includes five case management teams, three of which are focused on single adults and one with a focus on youth and young adults ages 18-24 years old. The family unit provides housing focused case management to families experiencing homelessness. The team’s primary goal will be to increase the outflow of families in shelters to permanent, affordable, and stable housing.
This position will have a caseload and will be working with families staying in shelters, outside, and in encampments to connect them to permanent housing by using a housing-first approach, relationship building, housing goal plans, and breaking down housing barriers.
The Senior Social Worker in this unit will provide intensive social work services to families experiencing homelessness with complex biopsychosocial conditions requiring individualized, comprehensive, culturally competent assessment, service planning, referral/linkage, monitoring, and advocacy. A knowledge base of serious and persistent mental illness, chemical dependency, recovery, and community resources is preferred. This position is a part of an interdisciplinary team assisting families in achieving and maintaining housing stability.
Current Hennepin County employees who refer a candidate hired into an open competitive position may be eligible for a $500 referral bonus. For more information visit employee referral program.
Location and hours:
This position is hybrid and will require travel throughout Hennepin County and remote work as job duties require. Work hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. While this position is designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin.
New employees who are hired into remote or hybrid positions between January 2, 2022 to December 31, 2024, will receive $500 toward the cost of establishing consistent internet connectivity, payable upon completion of 6 months of employment.
About the position type:
This is a full-time, benefit-earning position.
This position is internally classified as a Social Worker, Senior.
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In this position you will:
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Refer intensive social work services to families from a centralized source and have clients in different settings throughout the system including shelters, encampments, and drop-in centers.
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Assist through all aspects of the housing search process including engaging with shelter guests to work through concerns and barriers and co-creating housing goal plans, assisting with applications, and gathering needed documents, as well as leading the housing search and move-in processes.
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Learn relevant resources, systems (such as Coordinated Entry), and referral streams to connect families to eligible benefits, make referrals to long-term case management services, and housing opportunities to stabilize families and assist in achieving housing goals.
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Attend regular case consults and work closely with the Economic Supports (ES), Long-term Service and Supports (LTSS), Behavioral Health, Health Care for the Homeless and other community partners.
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Meet expectations around case noting, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data input, and being data-informed in service delivery.
Need to have:-
One of the following:
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Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods, human growth and behavior, and principles of social welfare.
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Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and at least 18 semester (27 quarter) credits of graduate work in the above areas, and three years or more of full-time supervised experience as a social worker.
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Licensed as a Graduate Social Worker by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
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Ability to communicate fluently in Spanish in addition to English, both verbally and in writing.
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A valid driver's license and the ability to obtain a Hennepin County Driver's Permit.
Nice to have:
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Experience providing case management to individuals experiencing homelessness.
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Experience working with housing programs and housing options in the community.
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Working knowledge of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), Social Service Information System (SSIS), MAXIS.
Bilingual candidates who pass a language assessment may qualify for additional differential bilingual pay and duties.
About the department:
Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align to one or more of our overarching goals - that Hennepin County residents are healthy, protected and safe, self-reliant, assured due process, and mobile.
Our employees receive a combination of generous benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge select Guest.
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
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If you have any questions, please contact:
Taylor Dahlberg
taylor.dahlberg@hennepin.us