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DescriptionOutreach & Engagement Specialist 1 Location: Pike St (1101 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101) | Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Status: Full-Time/Non-Exempt | Pay: $32/hour Join a team where you can offer compassion, dignity, and sustainable opportunities for people in need in your local community! The Salvation Army is an inspiring place to work. With offices in every major US city and over 120 countries around the globe, it's a place where people can invest in people on every level. In the Northwest region of the United States, we are committed to being an efficient and effective network of local offices that provide the community with resources, such as food and shelter opportunities. As one of the most impactful social service organizations in the world, we hire people who constantly seek new ways to keep us moving forward. Street Level Ministries is an outreach ministry of Seattle Social Services, William Booth Center, ARC and local corps affiliates. It is a weekly urban outreach - primarily to the homeless in downtown Seattle. The Outreach & Engagement Specialist 1 (OES1) is a housing-focused outreach position directed at homeless individuals living in their vehicles in King County. The primary objective of this position is to aid individuals in housing attainment, utilizing the minimum assistance needed to address each household's immediate housing crisis. The OES1 will regularly visit clients where they live, work with them to identify and overcome barriers to housing, refer them to other resources in the community (mainstream services, benefit services, food assistance programs, childcare resources, etc.), and connect them to established communities/neighborhood organizations once they've been housed. Duties & Responsibilities Outreach responsibilities Regularly seek out clients living in their vehicles in the territory served. Maintain contact with clients while they are working on their housing assessment and housing readiness plan. Provide intensive housing assistance, including: Resource referral. Advocacy between client and apartment managers. Provide formal and informal referral services to community resources. Case management responsibilities Provide expert case management for clients with varying degrees of vocational, social, cultural, and/or medical impairments hindering self-sufficiency, including referrals and linkages that assess and determine employability, job readiness, vocational education and training needs, and economic and social self-support. Coordinate services with other agencies that provide services relating to mental health, employment security, substance abuse, vocational rehabilitation, and developmental disabilities. Administrative responsibilities Participate in unit staff meetings and in applicable trainings as assigned. Maintain client case records on Wellsky and HMIS, as well as required forms and reports in the prescribed format. Track, analyze, and input data relevant to county, donor, and internal stakeholders. Perform other administrative and operational functions as requested. Education & Experience Associate's degree in social work or similar or 2+ years of relevant experience required. 2 years of demonstrated experience in related social services. Experience with and understanding of Coordinated Entry for All (CEA), Rapid Re-Housing (RRH), and city, county, and other partner human services agencies preferred. Experience involving human relations, trauma-informed care, community building, motivational interviewing, networking, and resourcing building. Experience with HMIS entries, exits, and reporting preferred. The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventor