Reports to: Executive Director
Status:
Exempt, 40 hours/week
Starting salary range: $42,000-46,000
Benefits eligible (medical, dental, paid time off)
Project: VISION is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help youth of Chicago’s Greater
Chinatown community achieve their full potential by providing them with tools for educational,
personal, and civic development. PV serves over 400 middle and high school youth each year out of its
two Chinatown youth centers as well as three local school-based sites. We are seeking a
mission-driven, compassionate, and energetic individual to join our team and serve as a Case
Manager.
The ideal candidate will have a commitment to our mission, experience and passion for working with
young people, a forward-thinking mindset, and willingness to be flexible and responsive to the needs
of a growing organization with expanding programs.
The Case Manager’s role will focus on identifying and supporting PV youth with educational, behavioral,
and social-emotional needs that require additional resources beyond the core program offerings. The
Case Manager will also support parents and families and help build a network of external resources that
can address the diverse needs of families.
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Work with program staff to identify youth needs
- Utilize assessment tools to identify and monitor needs of PV youth and families
Train program staff on administration of assessments
- Support program staff to collect assessment data
Track needs data and utilize them to recommend and implement program quality improvement
measures or development of new services/programs as needed
- Adhere to policies and processes around data collection, analysis, and storage best practices
2. Provide case management to youth and families who require additional support services
- Coordinate wrap-around services for PV youth and families
- Maintain accurate case management records and documentation
- Provide regular, accessible office hours to meet one-on-one with youth and/or families (estimate
about 30-40% of working time)
- Assist youth and families with a diverse range of needs, including but not limited to educational,
mental, emotional, behavioral health needs, as well as family needs such as food insecurity,
housing, healthcare needs, using both internal and external resources