Family Support Specialist (bilingual In Spanish Required)

Job Title

You will be responsible for overseeing care coordination and supervision of the East Bay Family Care Community Partnerships (EBFCCP), in addition, responsible for staff training and development, and program quality assurance. The Clinical Director will manage the resources of the program to maximize the quality of client services, and promote growth and development of the program, and its staff. Hybrid Role, 20% Remote Work.

Your Main Priorities While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

• Provide supervision and training to all program staff; completes staff assessments, annual performance reviews, etc.
• Ensure program Clinical Supervisors are effectively working with the program staff to ensure families are receiving a wide range of assistance and resources.
• Develop and maintain relationships with local school faculty, staff, and administration, and community partners i.e., service providers, Housing Specialist, etc.
• Ensure collaboratively working relationship with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) Intake and Protective Services, probation, and other DCYF programs as appropriate.
• Implement a strong community-based model of prevention and early intervention for families involved with DCYF Protective Services.
• Maintain all case records, performance measures, statistics, and other required paperwork.
• Facilitate and maintain client referrals and intake process.

Who You Are Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in social work or related field required.
• Minimum 2 years' experience working in child welfare and/or family services required; experience working in the foster care system preferred.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Bilingual in Spanish required.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• Must have valid driver's license, proof of auto insurance, car registration.
• Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements Direct Service Staff: This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Equal Employment Opportunity Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.