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Position: WRAP Child and Family Specialist
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $22.65/hour
Work Location: Palmdale (Family Resource Center)

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Benefits and Perks:

• Comprehensive benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision and 401K.
• Generous PTO, holidays, and wellness days for work-life balance.
• Growth-focused culture with Elevate University.
• Competitive employee referral program.
• Recognized as "DEI Non-Profit of the Year" by the LA Business Journal.
• Bi-weekly and semi-annual monetary bonuses for Behavioral Health Service Providers that meet specific qualifying criteria. (Clinical Roles Only)

Learn more about the Job:

The Child and Family Specialist is responsible for providing skill building, advocacy, behavioral support of the Wraparound clients and their families enrolled in its program. Assists the Facilitator in assessing client's strengths, goals, and addressing needs according to the life domains. Provides targeted interventions with family, children, and community agencies to ensure the client's placement permanency, safety, and well-being.

Job Responsibilities:

• Under supervision of the Wraparound Coordinator and Wraparound Clinical Supervisor.
• Performs 1:1 behavioral/skill building for clients who demonstrate significant level of psychosocial impairment.
• Visually reviews medical, psychosocial, school and other records
• Meets with clients, families, treatment staff, placement staff, consultants, and other agency personnel to understand and meet the underlying needs.
• CFS assists with assessing family and child goals and strengths to support with plan developing.
• Intervenes by telephone or in person with the client in an emergency crisis to provide support and assistance in problem resolution. (Possibility of being on call after hours and weekends).
• Monitors, supports, and assists the client in developing or maintaining skills needed to achieve stability.
• Identifies and mobilizes resources to meet the client's needs including consultation and intervention with community linkages.
• Supports with advocacy for children and family, friends, legal guardian, and significant others to initiate and maintain supportive networks.
• This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and employees will also perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by the Senior Case Manager or his/her designee as needed.
• Must have the ability to work a flexible and varied schedule.
• Maintains 100% billable service delivery
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications:

Experience

• At least three (3) year direct service experience with working with high need children and families. (*preferred)
• 1 year case management experience (*preferred)
• Previous experience providing Wraparound highly desirable. (*preferred)

Education, Professional Training, or Certification

• Must possess a bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, childcare counseling, sociology.
• Education or development from an accredited college or university.
• Valid California driver's license.

Knowledge/Skills

• Bilingual Spanish preferred
• Must be able to work a flexible and varied schedule which may include evenings, split shifts, and weekends as necessary.
• Maintains confidentiality in matters of agency operations, personnel, and clients
• Maintains positive communication with all agency staff, clients and visitors
• Exercises good judgement in performance of duties and responsibilities
• Supports existing agency policies, principles and mission.
• Ability to interact and communicate both verbally and in writing with high need children's and families, communicate with the community public, schools, doctors, regional Ctr etc?
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of community services and county agencies.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI)

Diversity is a core value at All For Kids and in the Behavioral Health program. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all staff, and people leaders. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. We value inclusivity and support our employees' diverse needs.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or sit; walk; use hands and talk or hear. Fine motor skills such as typing, and the use of a computer mouse is required. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. If you are unable to perform any of the above abilities and require special accommodations to do so, please advise your recruiter. We're dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone can excel.