Family Specialist II

Description

This Role Supports the Antioch Area

Who We Are

Pacific Clinics is California’s largest community-based nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services and supports. Our team of more than 2,000 employees speak 22 languages and are dedicated to offering hope and unlocking the full potential of individuals and families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, research-based services for individuals and families from birth to older adults.

Who We Serve

Pacific Clinics serves children, transitional-age youth, families, adults, and older adults. We offer a full range of mental and behavioral health services, foster care and social services, housing, continuing adult education, and early childhood education programs to Medi-Cal-eligible individuals and families throughout Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus, Stockton, Tulare and Ventura Counties.

What We Offer

• Compensation for this role pays up to $27.16 per hour. Compensation will vary based on qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
• We Offer Medical, Dental & Vision benefits, retirement options, Flex Spending, EAP, and more!
• Employee engagement and advocacy opportunities to advance our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda across our Agency and throughout the communities we serve.

The Position Family Specialist II

Opportunity to strengthen and support families in the city of Antioch through the provision of supportive resources, case management, skills enhancement and community connections. The focus is on the removal of barriers to child and family success and increase the protective factors that strengthen families. Engagement, listening and supporting families to ensure children remain safely with their families.

Job Summary

Works within the vision, mission, and philosophy of the agency. The Family Specialist II trains or oversees the development of a strength-based relationship with youth and caregivers. Models how to implement positive behavior change through the creation of behavioral strategies that will support stabilization in the home and community. Does whatever it takes to meet the needs of the family in a strength-based approach while also preserving the family unit. Assists in transitioning kids to the lowest level of care. Provides staff with morale building, leadership development, role modeling, and overall support to the Family Specialist I to ensure that needs are met for families and each other. Continues to bring creativity and strength-based philosophy to the office and our families. Works independently in the family’s home and a variety of community and/or treatment settings. This position works directly with children and adults.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Demonstrates mastery of Family Specialist I job description.
• Provides direct billable mental health services, documents in alignment with MediCal regulations and achieves set productivity expectations.
• Coaches and mentors others in the principles and concepts of functional behavior analysis and the development of individualized engagement processes.
• Teaches others how to utilize strengths of children, families, and others to assist in the implementation and achievement of goals and outcomes.
• Initiates and leads groups in developing resources within the community to serve children and families.
• Mentors, coaches, and trains Family Specialists I
• Coaches others on how to engage caregivers in building youth-specific parenting responses that support positive behavior change and overall family relationships.
• Documents interactions and practices and maintain administrative expectations in a timely manner and provides documentation coaching to others.
• Provides leadership in developing program responses to needs identified across a number of youth and families where natural community resources are not available or appropriate.
• Performs other responsibilities, as assigned, to support department/business needs.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Conflict Resolution
• Documents clearly and accurately
• Encouraging customer focus
• Initiative
• Time Management

Minimum Education And/Or Experience

• BA degree plus 2 years’ experience working with children.
• AA degree plus 6 years’ experience working with children.

Preferred Qualifications

• MHRS certification eligibility.
• MA degree in a mental health-related field plus 2 years related experience in a mental health setting, Or.
• BA degree plus 4 years related experience in a mental health setting, OR
• AA degree plus 6 years related experience in a mental health setting.

Highly Desirable Qualifications

• Speak, read, and/or write another language.

Other Specific Requierments

• Must pass Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), and Child Abuse Index Check (CAIC) background clearance.
• Valid California Driver’s license with two years’ experience driving and a clean driving record may be required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

In addition, this position requires standing, sitting, walking, climbing, and kneeling.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.