Family Specialist I - Full-time

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongCompensation We Offer /strong /span/pul style="margin-top: 0in;"li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"The initial compensation for this position ranges from $28.48 - $35.02 per hour; depending on experience, location and internal equity considerations/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD. and select Peer Certifications**/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"7.5% Bilingual Differential for qualified positions**/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"  /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongBenefits We Offer /strong/span/pul style="margin-top: 0in;"li style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;" Benefits eligibility starts on day ONE! /span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;" We provide a robust benefits package which includes medical, dental vision/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;" 401K Employer Match up to 4%/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;" Competitive Time Off Plans/span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"** Must meet eligibility requirements based on employment status  /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongSchedule: /strongspan style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"M-F 9-6pm, weekends as needed - flexible /span/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"Works within the vision, mission and philosophy of the agency. Within a team process, develops a strength based relationship with youth and care givers. Intervenes with maladaptive behaviors while developing the youths strengths and interests. Responsible for linking to community resources, and transferring skill sets to the care giver. Does whatever it takes to meet the needs of the family in a strength based approach while also working to preserve the family unit. Helps to create permanent connections for youth and families. May search, locate and engage family members for youth. Assists with transitioning kids to the lowest level of care.  Works independently in the family’s home and in a variety of community and/or treatment settings. /span/p Responsibilities: ullispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Provides direct services to youth and families./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Provides direct billable mental health services, documents in alignment with MediCal regulations and achieves set productivity expectations./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Manages and builds alignment and relationships with parents, youth, and others in the normal course of working with the families./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Utilizes strengths of youth, families, and others to assist in the implementation and achievement of goals and outcomes./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Works with youth and family teams to support family driven, strength based planning and interventions./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Understands and take advantage of therapeutic opportunities in crisis situations./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Conducts observations regarding specific target behavior, track progress and modify plans with the family to support their intended identified outcome./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Assists teams in developing a hypothesis of function and underlying unmet need in an effort to develop individualized, strength based strategies and interventions that will result in positive behavior change./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Engages caregiver, family members and other natural supports in building youth specific parenting responses that support positive behavior change and overall family relationships./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Works in the community directly with youth and families to develop and implement safety and skill refinement plans. /span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Supports families in bridging to and or building on natural resources and accessing community based program supports that will continue support over time./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Develops resources within the community to serve children and families./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Assists youth and family teams to meet specific service needs (ie help develop strategy or resource specific to an identified need) and monitor outcomes./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Participates in family finding team activities by identifying family finding need, obtaining authorizations, creating teams, conducting searches and setting deadlines. Completes Connectedness Maps as needed./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Documents interactions and practices and maintain administrative expectations in a timely manner./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Meets and or exceeds all direct service expectations and documentation requirements./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Assists in developing program responses to needs identified across a number of youth and families where natural community resources are not available or appropriate./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Builds on individual strengths, concerns, and needs with balanced focus on the family as a unit./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Facilitates and/or co-facilitate, support, and model participation in healthy group dynamics within various settings including family homes, schools, parks and recreation centers, and treatment facilities; and provides an open forum for expression of feelings and ideas when appropriate./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Builds solid, cooperative, culturally responsive relationships with youth and families as well as community resources to assist with the planning, organizing, implementation and evaluation of appropriate activities to achieve family identified goals./span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"Performs other responsibilities, as assigned, to support department/business needs./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /p Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongMINIMUM EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;" High school diploma or GED./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 10pt;"1 year working with children/span/lilispan style="font-size: 10pt;"BA/BS in related field preferred/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongHIGHLY DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"Speak, read, and/or write another language is highly desirable. /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongOTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt;"Must possess a valid CA driver's license and insurance with two years experience and maintain an insurable driving record under the agency’s liability policy./span/p