St. Patrick Center provides opportunities for self-sufficiency and dignity to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Individuals and families build permanent, positive change in their lives through safe and affordable housing, sound mental and physical health, and employment and financial stability.
Working collaboratively with individuals, businesses, government and other service providers, St. Patrick Center will end chronic homelessness in the St. Louis region through Housing First, an evidence-based practice that tells us to remove barriers, do intake and assessment early, move people into housing and offer them support to achieve their goals.
St. Patrick Center, a ministry of Catholic Charities, is a USA Today 2024 Top Workplaces winner! We are recognized as a multi-year St. Louis Post Dispatch Top Workplaces for our Purpose and Values, having received this distinction consecutively in 2022 and 2023. We are valued by employees for our culture excellence as demonstrated by winning the Top Workplace's Culture Excellence awards for Employee Appreciation, Employee Well-Being, Work-Life Flexibility, Professional Development, and Innovation in 2023. St. Patrick Center has also gained recognition as a 2023 Top Workplaces Woman-Led organization, Regional award, and Nonprofit Industry award winner.
The St. Patrick Center, a ministry of Catholic Charities, is hiring a Case Manager, to work in the Women’s Night Program (WNP) to provide housing-focused case management with clients. The Case Manager will engage clients; and establish relationships built on trust that collaborate with activities consistent with the clients’ housing goals. The work schedule consists of some night and weekend hours. The salary range for this case manager is $40,000 to $50,000 a year.
- Work closely with Women’s Night Program Manager
- Conduct intake on shelter referrals
- Manage caseload of up to 15-17 clients
- Provide housing focused case management for WNP clients.
- Crisis intervention with clients
- Conduct groups with clients
- Maintain accurate filing system.
- Input information into CaseWorthy, HMIS and update regularly
- Efficient in HMIS and keep records updated.
- Provide weekly updates on clients.
- Collaborate with partner agencies to address needs of clients.
- Provide initial and ongoing assessment of clients’ progress towards housing opportunities.
- Assist clients with implementing short- and long-term housing and financial stability goals using strengths and preferences as foundation to build goals.
- Develop housing stability plan with all clients with input from other treatment providers, family members and community supports, as applicable and update plan bi-weekly at minimum
- Assist clients with financial stability, including but not limited to obtaining employment, and/or government benefits.
- Accept shelter referrals on weekends.
- Maintain integrity of shelter on weekends
- Rotate on-call weeks with other case manager.
- Foster strong working relationships and provide consistent communication with community-based organizations and partner agencies to ensure coordination of services.
- Maintain database of current and community partners
- Participate in team meetings and communicate individually with team members.
- Coordinate services and generate ideas to help clients achieve housing goals.
- Transport clients to community partner appointments
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s Degree or Certified Peer Support Specialist with at least 2 years of Case Management experience required.
- Requires Driver License (MO residents require Class E)
- Requires reliable vehicle
- Requires valid and current auto insurance.
- Experience working with mental illness and substance use and willingness to learn and gain more experience.
- Ability to handle difficult situations or people with calmness, respect, and dignity.
- Comfort and familiarity with St. Patrick Center client population
- Work a minimum of 37.5 hours a week.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Flexible attitude
- Genuine interest in clients and staff
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task
- HMIS experience preferred.
- Trauma Informed Care trained preferred.
St. Patrick Center does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally assisted programs and activities. St. Patrick Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, or disability.
Pre-Employment Screening
All candidates receiving an employment offer must submit a pre-employment screening. The screenings will include criminal background check and other background checks (as needed), Family Care Safety Registration, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, and Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination. Various positions will require physical examination, Tuberculosis screening and Hepatitis A. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.
