Social Worker

Overview

Do you want to help support our foster youth? Join our team at Seneca Family of Agencies as our Intensive Services Foster (ISFC) Clinician and help support our youth navigate foster family placements to promote stability, secruity, and permanency.

The ISFC Clinician is responsible for both the clinical treatment and case management of up to eight children placed in Seneca foster family agency programs. Seneca's ISFC program serves children aged 6-18 who have emotional and behavioral challenges due to histories of trauma, neglect and abuse. In this home-based, therapeutic approach, Seneca foster parents are valued team members who receive weekly support and guidance from Seneca clinicians and counselors. With a focus on the strengths and value of each child, the team helps foster youth to recover and flourish as they learn coping skills and improve their ability to regulate feelings and behaviors.

ABOUT INTENSIVE SERVICES FOSTER CARE (ISFC)

ISFC is Seneca Center's primary foster care program. ISFC provides therapeutic home settings with Resource Parents as an alternative to residential placement with the goal of supporting ultimate transition to permanency through behavioural supports, therapy, crisis interventions, and rehabilitation services. Youth referred are typically not able to maintain placement in a standard foster home or are stepping down from residential placement. Families work with a social worker and support counselor, in addition to outside therapists, teachers, counselors, county social workers, and other involved in the child's care to develop and implement a thoughtful plan to address client and family needs.

ABOUT SENECA

Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca provides a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year.

Responsibilities

• Function as the team leader and coordinate treatment and placement activities, including:

• Assist in screening, evaluation, and assessment of potential Resource Families

• Support coordination of intake and client placement with a resource family

• Provide support services to clients, Resource Families, and other collateral supports, including facilitation of child and family team meetings

• Design, write, and implement client's needs and services plan, including identifying individuals who are important to the child, in conjunction with the In-Home Support Counselor

• Under licensed supervisor, author clinical documents (including but not limited to assessment, treatment plan, safety plan, diagnosis, and mental health notes) in compliance with county and medi-cal requirements

• Provide in-home/remote training and support to resource families on a weekly basis

• Provide weekly mental health services in accordance to treatment plan for each client and their resource family

• Comply with community care licensing standards, including a minimum threshold of one in-person meeting with the resource family per month

• Attend and participate in required program staff meetings, treatment reviews, and other agency meetings as necessary

• Participate in 24-hour on-call pool 2x monthly (stipend included)

• Participate in weekly clinical and group supervisions

• Be comfortable documenting mental health services and support services compliant with medi-cal, Joint Commission, and licensing standards

• Implement client behavior management program as needed. This includes training and knowledge around crisis communication per Seneca's Equilibrium practice for community-based providers

Qualifications

• At least 21 years of age

• A master's degree or higher from an accredited or state-approved graduate school in social work of social welfare, marriage, family, and child counseling, child psychology, child development, counseling psychology, or social psychology

• Bilingual in Spanish/English strongly preferred

• Casework and field practice including

• At least 3 semester units or 100 days of field practice or experience in a public or private social service agency setting at the master's degree level

• At least 9 semester units of coursework related to children and families or 18 months experience in working with children and families

• At least 3 semester units in working with minority populations; 6 months of experience in working with minority populations; or 6 months in-service training in working with minority populations within the first year of employment as a condition of employment

• At least 3 semester units in child welfare, or 2 years experience in a public or private child welfare social services setting

• Experience including:

• 3 years of full-time social work or casework employment in the field of family or child welfare services; OR

• 2 years of full-time social work or casework employment in a licensed foster family or adoption agency

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

• Experience working with emotionally disturbed children in out-of-home care

• Good organizational skills

• Clear TB test, health screening, criminal background check, and any other mandatory State/Federal licensing or certification requirements

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination

• Own vehicle, California driver's license and insurance.

• Flexible schedule with ability to work evenings and weekend days as needed

Schedule

• Full-time, hybrid role

• Combination of in-person and remote work

• Services must be provided in-person. Option to complete documentation remotely.

• Monday - Friday 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Benefits

• Starting salary: $69,010 - $83,010 annually

• Actual salary is dependent on creditable experience above the minimum qualifications for the role.

• Additional compensation upon passing of the bilingual proficiency exam

• Additional $4000 salary increase for BBS licensure

• $2000 sign-on bonus for new employees

• 5 weeks of Paid Time off and 11 Paid Holidays

• Relocation assistance may be available

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, acupuncture, and fertility coverage

• Long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance

• 50% paid premiums for dependents

• 403b retirement plan

• Employer-paid Employee Assistance Plan

• Training stipend and professional development opportunities

• Seneca is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer

• Excellent clinical training, individual and group supervision, and assistance toward licensure

• Opportunities to develop specialized skills, including clinical supervision and evidence-based practices

• Abundant promotional opportunities across the agency in California and Washington

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