At a glance
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Chicago
- Salary
- USD 23-25
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive assessments with immigrant families, asylum seekers, parolees, and visa holders to identify needs, overcome barriers, and connect them with appropriate community resources.
- Assist families in accessing and understanding public benefits programs, including Medicaid, All Kids, VTTC, and WIC.
- Orient participants to the healthcare system by helping schedule and attend appointments, arranging or providing transportation, and assisting with physician communication.
- Educate families on navigating their new surroundings in Chicagoland and research community resources, such as food pantries, housing support, ESL classes, healthcare, and legal services.
- Maintain timely, accurate, and confidential digital and physical client files, case notes, and internal database tracking systems.
- Actively participate in team meetings, program trainings, and supervision check-ins while applying trauma-informed practices and high confidentiality standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
- Valid drivers license, access to reliable vehicle and ability to pass MVR standards
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, International Relations, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and/or direct service experience/customer service experience).
Preferred qualifications
- Proficiency or fluency in a second language spoken by local client communities (e.g., Spanish, Dari, Pashto, Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic or French) highly preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- Employee discount program for full-time employees
