About the role
Join Our Mission-Driven Team as a Healthcare Navigator/Case Manager!
Location: Topeka, KS Organization: Catholic Charities, Inc. Type: Full-Time | Non-Exempt (Hourly) | 100% Grant Funded
Are you passionate about helping individuals and families experiencing homelessness find a path toward stable housing? Catholic Charities is looking for a Healthcare Navigator/Case Manager in Topeka, KS to connect qualified veterans with housing and community resources while strengthening partnerships throughout Kansas.
This role is a great fit for someone who enjoys working directly with people, building community partnerships, and bringing organizations together to solve problems.
What You Will Do:
* Assessment and Intake: * Complete intake and gather necessary documentation to determine program eligibility. * Conduct thorough assessments of veterans and their families to identify housing needs, barriers to stability, and other relevant factors. * Healthcare navigation: * Assist veterans with gaining access to needed healthcare services. * Support health care plans by identifying barriers to care. * Provide education on wellness related topics. * Facilitate access to healthcare services regardless of healthcare system through coordination of care. * Advocate for veteran healthcare needs. * Case management: * Develop and implement individualized housing stability plans for veterans, outlining short-term and long-term goals. * Provide ongoing case management support, addressing barriers to housing stability and facilitating access to essential services. * Support veterans facing diverse challenges, including but not limited to criminal history, evictions, PTSD, and complex mental health and medical needs. * Ability to work collaboratively with diverse individuals and community partners. * Housing Placement & Assistance: * Collaborate with landlords, housing authorities, and other community partners to secure suitable and affordable housing options for veterans residing in a 5-county area of east-cental Kansas (Wabaunsee, Lyon, Shawnee, Osage, and Coffey counties). * Assist veterans with the application process for housing programs and subsidies. * Financial Assistance: * Administer financial assistance to eligible veterans for rent, utilities, and other housing-related expenses. * Work closely with veterans to budget effectively and encourage financial education. * Crisis intervention: * Provide immediate support and intervention in crisis situations, such as imminent homelessness or emergencies. * Connect clients with appropriate mental health, substance abuse, and other crisis intervention services * Possess strong interpersonal abilities, including effective communication and de-escalation skills * Advocacy: * Advocate on behalf of veterans to ensure access to benefits and other supportive services, especially as it relates to healthcare needs. * Collaborate with community organizations, government agencies, and veteran service organizations to enhance resources for clients. * Documentation & Reporting: * Demonstrate organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively. * Maintain accurate and up-to-date case files, ensuring compliance with program guidelines and grant reporting requirements. * Enter program demographic and service data into the agency's electronic database system and federal homeless database system (HMIS). * Generate regular reports on program outcomes.
What you will need to bring to the table:
* Education: * Bachelor’s degree in human services. Preference to applicants possessing degree in social work, public health, sociology or psychology OR * Minimum 2 years of previous experience in case management, preferably in the field of homelessness. * Certification, Registration, or License: * Class C driver’s license, personal motor vehicle, and personal motor vehicle insurance required. * Experience: * Preference will be given to candidates with a minimum of two years of professional experience in human services, demonstrating effective support and success in working with low-income, socioeconomically vulnerable individuals, including military veterans. * Knowledge of housing resources, government assistance programs, and community support services is required. * Skills and Abilities: * Demonstrates competency in use of personal computer via mouse and keyboard, familiarity with Windows and Microsoft products. * Exposures * Controlled inside work environment with noise/vibrations from general office equipment. Minimal exposure to fumes/dust/odors. * Physical Demands * Work Type: Light, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. * Climbing/Balancing/Freedom to Move: May be assigned to multilevel building with some floors accessible by stairs only. Minimal required to move about office. Sit about 50 percent of time. * Stooping/Bending: Minimal. * Reaching: Occasional, overhead as well as horizontal and down. * Vision: Adequate to perform essential functions. * Color vision: No particular color vision requirement. * Sitting: Up to two hours without a break (at desk, in a car). * Hearing: Frequently perceive nature of sounds by ear. * Speech: Frequently express ideas by means of spoken words. * Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently operates equipment requiring moderate ability. * Manual Dexterity: Frequently operates equipment requiring moderate ability.
Why Catholic Charities? You'll be part of a collaborative, fun team that makes an impact in our community. We offer a supportive work environment, vacation pay, sick pay, a generous retirement package, and health insurance. We also have fun and work to be as flexible as possible so you can enjoy your time outside of work.