Wraparound Child and Family Specialist

Wraparound Child and Family Specialist

Do you want to be a part of a community where you experience the power of collaboration? Are you feeling stagnant and not challenged enough in your current role? Looking for a more rewarding career where you can make a difference in the community? Then let us tell you about Children’s Bureau.

We are a private, nonprofit organization in preventing child abuse and neglect in treating children and families within the community. Through prevention, treatment, and advocacy, our innovative comprehensive services help thousands of at-risk children and parents within the Los Angeles and Orange County areas.

Here at Children's Bureau, we stand by building an inclusive and equitable working environment. We believe everyone here within the organization enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world.

What is in it for you at Children’s Bureau:

• Excellent benefits that include, medical, vision, dental, 401(k), life insurance, pet insurance, and a Flexible Spending Account.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
• 13 paid wellness days and 11 paid holidays per year.
• Selfcare, which includes optional weekly stretch and meditation for all staff.
• Employee engagement events that range from dance parties, Trivia, and Bingo.
• An extensive health wellness program provided to all staff to help better you personally and professionally.
• A culture that cultivates learning and promotes growth and development.
• TIROC – Trauma Informed Resilience Oriented Care (TIROC).
• DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which includes a DEI Book Club.

Children’s Bureau of Southern CA proudly is committed and supportive of complete pay transparency.

Additionally, the lifespan compensation range of this position is:

Must have Covid-19 vaccine and booster.

Learn more about your job:

The Child and Family Specialist is responsible to provide skill building, advocacy, behavioral support of the Wraparound clients and their families enrolled in its program. Assists the Facilitator in assessing clients and preparing a written Individual Child and Family Plan of Care, addressing needs according to the life domains. Provides targeted interventions with family, child, and community agencies to insure the client’s placement permanency, safety, and well-being. Interacts with school and agencies.

Job Responsibilities

• Under supervision of the Wraparound Clinical Supervisor and Wraparound Coordinator, performs 1:1 rehabilitative skill building for clients who demonstrate significant level of psychosocial impairment, physical health problems, self-care potential, support network availability, adequacy of living arrangements, financial status, employment status and potential training or educational needs.
• Visually reviews medical, psychosocial, school and other needs.
• Meets with clients, families, treatment staff, placement staff, consultants, and other agency personnel to understand and meet the needs and services for the client.
• Develops, under supervision of the Wraparound Program Manager and Clinical Supervisor, a comprehensive, written Individual Plan of Care and a Crisis Response Plan identifying and linking the client and family’s needs and strengths with the life domain goals negotiated with the client and family.
• Intervenes by telephone or in person with the client in an emergency crisis to provide support and assistance in problem resolution. (EXCEPT during afterhours and weekends)
• Provides skills building interventions for the client and family to improve client’s behavioral outcomes as indicated on the Individual Plan of Care and make recommendations on funding allocations to Facilitator.
• Monitors, supports and assists the client in developing or maintaining skills needed to achieve the Individual Plan of Care, including medical, dental and psychiatric services, guidance in money management, and the use of educational, socialization, rehabilitation and other social services.
• Identifies and mobilizes resources to meet the client's needs including consultation and intervention with social security, welfare, and health departments and other community agencies and resources as necessary.
• Interacts with clients and staff as needed in the coordination of services.
• Interacts on behalf of the client with family, friends, legal guardian, and significant others to initiate and maintain supportive networks.
• This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and employee 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 (15/wk)
• Other duties as assigned