POST Case Manager - City of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
About the Job
Project Summary
The Office of Community Health and Safety was established to address long-standing health, safety, and justice issues in the City of Pittsburgh. The office is tasked with redirecting city resources to better address community needs by housing social services, public health, and social work experts who can assist community members and first responders in situations that require longer-term support, harm reduction approaches, and other services. The Office of Community Health and Safety is developing programs that properly address individuals’ health and safety needs, guided by evidence-based practices and community input. This includes hiring social workers, outreach workers, and other professionals to connect residents with services that will provide long-term support and address the root causes of the challenges that they face.
The Post Overdose Support Team (POST) is a collaborative program involving local first-responders, certified peer recovery specialists, case managers, treatment providers, and social service providers designed to provide supports to individuals who have experienced an overdose and refused medical care. The POST initiative for the City of Pittsburgh will provide people with substance use disorder and co-occurring needs with person-centered social services and intense case management focused on harm reduction and compassion in lieu of criminalization and stigmatization. These individuals will be engaged in supportive services with the goal of reducing their likelihood of experiencing another overdose and improving quality of life.
This position is critical to the POST unit, by providing engagement and intensive case management services to individuals experiencing substance use issues, homelessness, poverty, mental/behavioral challenges, in active drug use and suspected of low-level drug offenses, non-violent crimes, and/or prostitution. The Case Manager will provide direct services to a caseload of approximately 25 individuals. Case managers provide outreach, long-term engagement and supportive services for participants through intensive case management activities and collaboration with POST partners, service providers, treatment and housing providers and other community organizations.
This position is funded for one (1) year from the POST SAMSHA Grant. Future years of funding are contingent on grant availability and other funding sources.
Department: Office of Community Health & Safety
Posting Type: Announcement
Salary: $64,251 per year.
Union: None, this is a non-union position.
Civil Service Classification: Exempt
