Visitation Specialist - Bilingual Spanish

Requisition Number: 13448

Position Title: Visitation Specialist

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SHIFT: Tue-Fri, 1:30-7:30PM, Sat 12-8PM

What's Your Calling?

You can find a job or you can find your mission. We want you to help us make a meaningful difference.

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 resource family support, residential care, adoption services, support for youth making the transition from foster care to adulthood, mental health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We provide services throughout the state.  

Join Our Mission

Everyone who is part of Aspiranet is passionate about the important work they do. You'll join a group of like-minded people who care deeply about the children and families in our care.

Your Future Team

Aspiranet’s Family and Community Services provide home, visiting, center-based and school-based services to children and families in their communities and offers assistance that is client-centered, trauma-informed, and reflective of best practice standards in the field.  Our services are designed to strengthen families and communities while preventing child maltreatment.  When you join our multidisciplinary team, you become part of a passionate group determined to impact lives and empower youth. 

Your Impact

The Visitation Specialist is responsible for supervising visits and in coordinating visitation schedule of the center.  Major responsibilities include coordinating maintenance of the site, supervising visits, monitoring site activities during business hours, when indicated  coordinating  intake and screenings, scheduling visitation plans, assisting  families in completing and signing visitation contracts, developing safety plans, obtaining court documents and county social worker visit expectations. In concert with Core Program Manager, the Visitation Specialist is responsible for coordinating the schedule of visitation staff.  The Visitation Specialist is responsible for communicating visitation schedule to all parties including Center Visitation.  In the absence of the CPM, oversees the Center.

Your Skills and Duties

• Conduct intakes and orientations when indicated.
• Coordinate receipt, review and record maintenance for each case.
• Assign cases to center visitation staff.
• Develop safety plans as needed. 
• Supervise visits.
• Monitor site activities and assist when indicated.
• Provide resources and referrals to families, as needed
• Work in coordination with County and community providers develop and communicate visitation schedule.
•  Supervise visits of non-custodial family members of court dependent minors. This includes monitoring and, if necessary, intervening with the parent or child who demonstrated inappropriate physical or verbal behaviors.
• Maintain communication with relevant parties regarding cases.
• Immediately inform CPM of any center incidents and complete draft of all incident reports. 
• When required, attend court proceedings to testify on observations during supervised visits. 
• Immediately inform CPM of problems or concerns regarding to the program.
• In the absence of the Core Program Manager, oversee the Center.
• Work with all stakeholders in a collaborative manner to best meet the needs of the client.
• Attend in weekly supervision with Program Manager..
• Participate in weekly staff meetings, and trainings.
• Complete required written documentation within stated time frame.
• Complete own administrative paper work (time sheets, mileage, time off requests, flex fund requests, etc.).
• Maintain positive, open communication with staff, families, community agencies
• Maintain client and case confidentiality per agency standards.
• Represent agency in a professional manner, support and model Aspiranet’s values, and abide by the agency’s Professional Code of Ethics.
• Demonstrate knowledge, sensitivity, and responsiveness to cultural differences.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with staff, youth, caretakers and
• community partners.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by Supervisor.
• Excellent verbal communication skills are required in both English and Spanish

Education and Work Experience 

• BA or BS degree in psychology or a related field
• A minimum of 1 year experience in related field.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends.
• Meets all state required conditions of employment; i.e. Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical. Valid CDL and clean driving record.

Compensation: Competitive DOE 

Benefits: Aspiranet is a collaborative environment where everyone has a voice in creating the best possible outcomes for our clients and our staff. We offer an exceptional work environment and a competitive benefits package for full-time employees. Our benefits package is robust, aimed at keeping you healthy and well, financially secure, providing a work-life balance, and protecting you from the unexpected.

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

 

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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.

City: Salinas

State: California

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Location_formattedLocationLong: Salinas, California US