Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable. Our communities are stronger when we support stability and break down the barriers to overcoming poverty. Solid Ground does both. We combine direct services with advocacy to meet basic needs,

nurture success, and spread change. Through our programs, people gain stability and build skills that equip them to move forward in their lives. Through advocacy, we work toward ending racism and other oppressions embedded in our institutions, policies, and culture that hold people back from succeeding. We bring the voices of people experiencing poverty into the political process, furthering social justice and supporting our entire community to reach its potential.

• Demonstrate the initiative to learn and enhance skills that promote anti-racism, cultural competency and an understanding of oppression and its impact.
• Participate in intentional learning efforts, including events relating to understanding and dismantling institutional racism and building cultural competency.

Broadview is a 24-hour facility providing emergency shelter (10 units), transitional housing (21 units) and support services to women, children and youth whose lives have been disrupted by family violence, substance abuse, inadequate medical and mental health care, long periods of family separation, child abuse and neglect and poverty. Support services include on site crisis intervention, case management and advocacy-based counseling, legal advocacy, information and referral, and long-term stabilization services.

The Substitute Housing Case Manager provides advocacy-based counseling and case management services including assessment, information and referral and goal setting and is responsible for cooperative case planning and coordination of services for residents.

The Substitute Housing Case Manager provides professional services to families experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, sexual violence and stalking who reside throughout the Seattle and King County area and who relocate from other counties and states. This is a skilled professional position that is part of a team that works with families in crisis to rapidly obtain and stabilize housing. The families are survivors who are fleeing intimate partner abuse and who have experienced/ experiencing domestic violence crisis and are seeking safety, shelter, and housing.

Case Management: Provide case management, advocacy-based counseling, information, referrals, and follow up information to emergency shelter and transitional housing program reside Work with residents to review individual goals and ongoing progress. Provide information and advocacy regarding legal issues, medical care, employment possibilities and housing referrals. Act as a liaison between client families and community agencies involved with their case and serve as an advocate in an effort coordinate services with providers as needed.

Intake: Conduct screening, assessment and intake to admit women, children and youth into both emergency shelter and transitional housing programs.

Conflict Resolution: De-escalate and mediate resident conflicts, modeling appropriate problem solving. Respond to domestic violence crisis line, providing crisis intervention, safety planning, support, advocacy-based counseling, information and referral callers seeking assistance.

Record Keeping: Complete confidential written documentation including resident records, daily logs, weekly goal plans and progress reports, and overlap information to next Advocate on shift. Review resident files and staff logs to ensure program records and resident documentation are maintained on a consistent basis. Maintain clear and accurate case notes of all significant interactions in client records. Complete outcome and exit paperwork, update room charts, and return mail as necessary.

Safety: Work to foster an atmosphere of support and safety for residents, staff and volunteers. Help maintain order and security in the buildings and communicate/enforce program policies and procedures. Work with staff to maintain cleanliness in resident apartments and office/service areas.

Teamwork: Participate in program, department and agency meetings and relevant trainings as required.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Percentage of time spent on responsibilities varies based on shift worked.