Catholic Charities is looking for the right people; people who wish to serve their community as a part of a family friendly organization doing good within the Houston-Galveston area. We attract and retain the best talent by investing in our employees. People of all faiths helping people in need.
Unaccompanied Children Program of St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance follows the journey of migrant children who come to the United States without a parent or adult guardian, we teach them about their legal rights, we screen them for immigration relief, and we represent them in state court, USCIS and the Immigration Court to advance their claim for immigration relief and to defend them against deportation.
The Social Services Coordinator is responsible for providing needs assessment and referral for unaccompanied children clients and their families with social service needs beyond legal services. The successful candidate will have strong communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.
What you Deliver
Conduct social service, mental health and medical needs assessments for clients and families referred by attorneys to determine social service and support needs beyond legal services being provided. Provide initial and ongoing crisis intervention, in coordination with legal team. Refer clients to counselors, doctors, schools, basic need assistance, and any other needs. Coordinate with the legal team in ensuring that client needs are met, including, but not limited to, assistance with housing, transportation, translation, counseling, health services, accessing public benefits. Update legal team (attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants) on status of social work cases.Maintain a caseload of at least 40 clients. Coordinate therapy, physician and other appointments and coordinate with legal team to ensure holistic services. Maintain regular communication with clients.Attend community fairs, meetings, and other events to do outreach into the community. Conduct research into resources available in the community and develop contacts and networks to assist clients in accessing those resources. Update legal team on all outreaches/meetings attended. Attend one attorney brown bag lunch per month.Participate in professional self-development via supervision and continuing education classes. Maintain case management database and statistics.Participate in Charlas, program and agency community education and outreach efforts (Spanish and English), particularly as they relate to issues of immigration law, providing direct information to prospective clients, attending information sessions on asylum and deportation.Performing other duties as assigned by Vice President, Legal Director and Managing Attorneys such as assisting in training staff in legal and regulatory changes, and participating in coalition activities, participating in staff retreats, United Way activities, agency fairs and speaking engagements, assisting with special organizational projects/events, etc.