IRC
Initial Resettlement Caseworker
Abilene, TX USA
Sponsorship not specified$20k-$25kDetected 5 days ago
ExcelRecruitingResearchProblem SolvingMicrosoft Office
About the role
- The Caseworker works closely with clients, colleagues, and external parties to develop service and/or self-sufficiency plans to meet individual client needs and preferences utilizing a broad range of financial, medical, social, vocational, and other services and resources in accordance with client eligibility and program requirements.
Responsibilities
- Conduct intake services with clients to assess needs. Develop individualized self-sufficiency plans and SMART goals in partnership with each client.
- Assess and monitor client progress to support their attainment of established goals, address challenges, and ensure that available resources are utilized.
- May train and lead the activities of volunteers and interns.
- The Caseworker provides trauma-informed services to refugees and other qualified immigrants to support a positive resettlement experience and the achievement of client self-sufficiency.
- IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs.
- IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.
- A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.
Requirements
- proficiency in language(s) spoken by IRC's clients is desired
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- ability to use the internet and other digital tools for data entry, research and problem-solving purposes.
Nice to have
- Relevant professional experience in human services field required
- minimum of 2 years' experience strongly preferred.
- Experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in social work or related field of study preferred.
Skills
- Ability to learn to navigate or familiarity with database systems such as IRIS and Efforts to Outcomes (ETO)
- Demonstrated success working and communicating effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Attention to detail and accuracy in work product.
- Valid driver's license and access to a personal, insured vehicle.
- Demonstrated Skills & Competencies:
Compensation
- (Pay Rate: $23.49/hr). Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
Benefits
- We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits.
- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.
- job type, internal equity, and budget.
Equal opportunity
- Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an
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