Case Manager / Social Worker - Housing Unit

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) is committed to fair employment practices. We are proud to employ a staff with cultural and linguistic competency to work within a variety of communities.

Greater Boston Legal Services seeks a Case Manager to join our Housing Unit as part of new project focusing on enhancing behavioral health care access for older adults. The Case Manager will work closely with Housing Unit’s advocates and will focus on providing non-legal support services to older adult clients who face displacement or other housing crises and who present with underlying behavioral health needs.

Responsibilities: The Case Manager will receive referrals from Housing Unit advocates and will work with clients to identify clients’ strengths and needs, and will assist in addressing any underlying issues that give rise to the client’s housing instability through assistance with resource navigation, conducting assessments to identify barriers to housing stability, providing crisis intervention, referrals to services, and support. The case manager will maintain regular communication with clients and Housing Unit’s team of advocates and will regularly attend meetings with other legal team members.

Qualifications: GBLS seeks candidates who hold an MSW or BSW degree or equivalent qualification, who have experience in case management, or similar work experience, with older adults experiencing housing instability and who are knowledgeable about community resources and needs. It is helpful, but not required, for a candidate to speak a language commonly spoken by GBLS clients (e.g. Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic) and to have training and/or certification as a social worker.

It is helpful, but not required, for a candidate to speak a language commonly spoken by GBLS clients (e.g. Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic).