Family and Child Social Worker

Requisition Number: 10548

Position Title: Social Worker

External Description:

As a Family and Child Social Worker in Tulare, California, you’ll use your leadership skills to see that proper intervention plans are developed and implemented by the Child and Family team in the family’s home or community.  While providing intensive home-based services you will collaborate and direct the team in assisting the individual and family’s needs and goals are identified and addressed. Using respect and empathy, you’ll lead the team in providing child-centered, family-focused and strength-based services directly to youth and families with extensive trauma histories. While spearheading the treatment team, you will see that the focus is on building stronger, safer and more independent families and children. Reignite your passion for helping families in need by using your education and experience to make a meaningful difference in your community.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY    

As a Family and Child Social Worker in Tulare, California, you’ll coordinate, conduct and document assessments, screenings and child and family meetings in homes or community settings.  You’ll use a strength-based approach to inspire your team to execute the individualized behavioral support plans for their families.  You’ll meet with the support team individually and as a group for status and care updates. At times, you’ll use your rapport and motivation skills to help parents fully engage with the support offered.  You will meet with families around their schedules, so some days may begin when school starts, while other days may end around dinner time.  You’ll adjust your day accordingly. Participation in after-hours on-call on a rotating basis allows you to provide immediate support to a child and family in crisis.

YOUR GROWTH

Aspiranet supports your success at each step. We believe in providing small caseloads to enable you as a Social Worker to have a deeper and more creative engagement with your clients. We provide ongoing training and career development opportunities that include trauma training, Life Skills Training, Motivational Interviewing, and Community Resiliency Model training. In addition, you will have the opportunity to gain group and individual clinical supervision hours as a registered AMFT, ASW or PCC.

As a social services agency, Aspiranet provides endless opportunities for social workers to build a long and varied career path.  If you have the desire to gain additional skills, you could grow into supervisory or program management roles. There is plenty of room for advancement, both throughout the county and state-wide.

YOUR REWARDS

Aspiranet offers a competitive salary, an exceptional team-based environment, and a great benefits package that includes employer-paid healthcare, dental, vision and wellness care. Aspiranet provides the opportunity to make an important difference in your community.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

If you have a Master’s degree in social work or psychology; or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus at least two years’ experience working with high-risk youth in a group home or school environment, we encourage you to apply today.  

OUR MISSION

Aspiranet is a one-of-a-kind social service agency dedicated to building a world where all children and youth are loved and cared for, and all families have the resources to thrive. Founded in 1975, our core mission is to help California kids and families. Aspiranet’s services include foster care and adoption family support, residential care, support for youth making the transition from foster care to adulthood, mental and behavioral health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We provide services throughout California.

Aspira means hope. We are a network of people bringing hope forward. We look forward to learning what makes you passionate.

 

Job Category: Intensive Home-Based Services

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Aspiranet is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer; all applicants will be given full consideration under state, local, and federal law.

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Location_formattedLocationLong: Visalia, California US