Job description

The Village is accredited by the International Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for its Adoptions, Foster Care, Mental Health, Wraparound, and Drop-In Center services. We deliver evidenced-based behavioral health services to children, youth and adults, and has long been at the forefront of culturally sensitive foster care and adoption services.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of team in a growing organization. We offer competitive compensation packages, including benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. If you are a motivated individual with a passion and a desire to drive positive change within an organization, we encourage you to apply!

POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Youth Case Worker is responsible for providing direct support to the case management and educational teams to utilize sound professional judgement and best practices in order to ensure the swift reunification of Unaccompanied Children and their sponsor(s) while maintaining compliance with established local, state, and federal policies and procedures. Provides safe escort to children.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED.
• Bilingual English/Spanish, ability to read, analyzes, and interprets the most complex documents.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office applications.
• Available to work weekends to shift work to 10:00 pm

All direct staff have proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route.

• Varicella 2 doses (at least 4 weeks apart).
• MMR 2 doses (at least 4 weeks apart).
• T-Dap complete primary vaccination series completed at childhood, 1 T-Dap dose in adulthood.
• Influenza, 1 dose annually during flu season.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide tangible support to case management and educational team.

2. Monitoring UCs during intake process

3. Monitoring students during classroom activities, playground, breaks and lunch time and supervising behavior.

4. Escort UC during restroom breaks.

5. Complete daily and weekend calls between UC and sponsor and upload the log into the UC Portal.

6. Assist in special projects.

7. Adhere to Child Abuse and reporting requirements.

8. Attending meetings and training when needed or requested.

9. Maintain flexibility and adapt to changes in order to provide the most effective care to UC.

10. Perform other duties as requested by the assigned supervisor and/or management.

Physical Activity

• Reaching, Standing, Typing, Talking, Hearing, Repetitive Motion
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

**The physical demands and work environment characteristics that may be described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform their duties and responsibilities. Any requirement may be modified to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.**

The Village Family Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate: Huntington Park, CA 90255: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person