Are you interested in being part of positive changes in Children and Family Services?   

Founded in 1975 with locations across California, Aspiranet is a trusted neighbor, partner and care provider that exists to help families thrive. With personalized care, Aspiranet offers a unique blend of services including foster family support, residential care, adoption services, and services for foster youth transitioning to adulthood, mental health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We celebrate our values of respect, integrity, courage and hope through our work, and most importantly, our people. 

Aspiranet staff gain inspiration from human connection and understand that success is the product of teamwork. We seek champions for our mission and those committed to excellence. 

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 Father Child Specialist (FCES) is responsible for conducting outreach and engagement and enrollment activities to African American and Black fathers with a pregnant partner or infant and toddler up to age one.  The FCES also facilitates evidence based parenting classes, provides case management, planning and hosting activities, events and workshops.

Your Skills and Duties

• Develop and implement outreach and engagement campaigns that results in AA/Black fathers enrolling in the Fatherhood project.
• Create space and opportunities for new African American/Black fathers to learn about parenting young children.
• Develop and host father-child engagement events, activities, workshops, support groups, and parenting classes.
• Facilitate 12-week parenting  class series.
• Provide case management inclusive of  resource, referral and linkage to services.
• Work collaboratively with Antioch First 5 Center staff to provide joint activities and transition Fatherhood clients to the Center.
• Strengthen their social supports and encourage them to become part of a strong parent community. 
• Maintain records, collect data, prepare reports and conduct work utilizing a data system; monitor attendance, participation, and evaluation of services.
• Complete program and administrative paperwork per guidelines; ensure compliance with program, funder, and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience 

• AA Degree in Early Childhood Education OR working towards AA Degree in Early Childhood Education with minimum of 12 ECE units completed.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in the field of family support and/or early childhood.
• Experience working with African American/Black fathers in an in-home or center based services desired.
• Meets all state required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility, i.e. fingerprinting and child abuse index clearance, TB/health physical, valid CDL and clean driving record.

Benefits:

Flexible Time Off

• 13 paid holidays along with 10 vacation and 10 sick days

Comprehensive Healthcare

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• A 100% fully employer paid (premium) medical and dental benefit plan
• TelaDoc® employer paid telehealth program

Flexible Spending Accounts

• Medical and dependent care plans

Retirement Savings

• 403(b) retirement plan with employer contributions

Income Protection

• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital gap plan

Training and Advancement

• Ongoing training & development opportunities
• Advancement opportunities

Employee assistance program

• Free confidential crisis line 24/7 (365 days a year)
• Six (6) face-to-face or telephonic sessions per issue

Other Perks

• Commuter program and mileage reimbursement
• Employee recognition and discount programs
  
  
  

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