The City of Topeka’s Housing Services division is seeking a dedicated social services professional to serve as a Program Coordinator for the Impact Avenues program. This is a fast-paced, intensive position that provides case management and support services for clients who are eligible for assistance through the McKinney-Vento Program as well as crisis intervention services for clients referred to the Equipping Center.
What you'll do:
- Provide full-cycle, monthly case management services to Impact Avenues clients.
- Case management lasts for twelve months per family with approximately 40 cases at a time.
- Provide education to families on skillsets in regard to employment skills, budgeting, finance, and housing navigation.
- Collaborate with 40+ partner agencies in the community with weekly resource events.
- Advocate with a sense of urgency as a backbone organization to provide families with crisis intervention and wrap around services for long-term housing stability goals.
The ideal candidate has:
- Experience in case management
- A passion for community engagement
- Strong interpersonal skills with an aptitude for coalition building, social media and marketing
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm in high-stress situations
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work or human services with one to three years of case management experience OR
- Without a bachelor’s degree, a high school diploma or its equivalent is required with three or more years of case management experience.
- Must possess and maintain a valid Kansas driver’s license and must be insurable within the standards set by the City of Topeka’s insurance carrier.
Minimum entry rate of pay: $23.76 / hour
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The City of Topeka offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including:
- Health/Dental Insurance
- Kansas Public Employee Retirement System which totals over 315,000 active, inactive and retired members and manages approximately $20 billion in assets for KPERS members' benefits.
- Generous paid vacation leave and separate paid sick leave, and one additional paid personal leave day each year
- Paid Life/Long Term Disability Insurance
- (457) Deferred Comp Savings Plan
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Free Onsite Health & Wellness Clinic
- Free in-house Wellness Center, a full-service fitness facility
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program.
The City of Topeka is an Equal Opportunity Employer
