Family Support Coordinator (USCRI) (Bilingual Spanish)

Family Support Coordinator - USCRI

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: $66,000- class="ignore-global-css">

Must have Covid-19 vaccine and booster.

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Position Description:

Responsible for providing culturally and linguistically appropriate follow-up services and comprehensive case management for Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC). Provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services and comprehensive case management for UAC; responsible for conducting calls, interviews, developing individual case plans with particular attention to culture, language, and special circumstances, and maintaining case files; provide information, education, referrals, outreach, advocacy, and support to ensure that each child receives the services they require; assess the safety and appropriateness of the placement on an ongoing basis using child welfare principles and social work best practices; build a network of local pro bono legal resources/services and care providers to establish services for UAC; facilitate access and remove barriers to those services, and track individual progress via an online database; responsible for submitting written reports as required, coordinating and maintaining communication with key stakeholders, and participating in regular training and communication sessions with USCRI- Committee for Refugees and Immigrants headquarters staff

Duties and Responsibilities:

In Home Visitation:

• Provide assessments of child and/or placement family
• Provide appropriate follow-up services and comprehensive case management for UAC
• Conduct phone calls, interview, and home visits with UAC, proposed sponsors, and shelter staff.
• Develop individual case plans with particular attention to culture, language, and special circumstances
• Provide information, education, referrals, outreach, advocacy, and support to ensure that each child receives the services they require
• Assess the safety and appropriateness of the placement on an ongoing basis using child welfare principles and social work best practices
• Facilitate access and remove barriers to services

Documentation:

• Maintain case files and Children’s Bureau documentation in accordance with our funder and Children’s Bureau rules and regulations
• Submit written reports as required:
• Track individual progress via an online database

Community:

• Build a network of local pro bono legal resources/services and care providers to establish services for UAC
• Coordinate and maintain communication with key stakeholders
• Participate in regular training and communication sessions with USCRI headquarters staff
• Networks to develop/maintain high quality community profile
• Develops/maintain effective working relationships with all individuals and agencies impacting CB programs

General:

• Maintain confidentiality in matters of agency operations, personnel, and clients
• Maintain positive communications with all agency staff, clients, and volunteers
• Exercise good judgment in performance of duties and responsibilities
• Support existing agency policies, principles, and mission
• Staff must be able to provide evidence of full vaccination against Covid-19 including boosters as available
• Other duties as assigned