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 Family and Community Liaison is responsible for building and strengthening relationships with families and community stakeholders and for increasing center caregiver participants with children 0-5 years.

Child Care Aide is responsible for the care and supervision of children while parent/caregivers are participating in Center classes or workshops. Major responsibilities include providing supervision of children, engaging children in age appropriate activities, providing children snacks, greeting parents/caregivers at drop-off & pick-up times, and preparing and keeping clean the child watch area.

Your Skills and Duties

Family and Community Liaison

• Recruit and engage families in Center services through building and strengthening relationships with community partners. Identify potential referral sources (community partners) in the center’s catchment area.
• Develop new and maintain existing family referral sources (resource library) to help families with common parenting and early childhood concerns t; provide on-site initial contact with potential participants, when indicated.
• Provide information about Center programming and referral process to collaborative community partners.
• Hold events, workshops, open houses at the Center as a means to increase enrollments and advance early childhood initiatives in the community.
• Distribute marketing materials, class in a bag, center calendars etc. to community partners.
• Provide on-site intake at referral agencies as required.
• Participate in outreach events and represent the -Turlock Family Resource Center at community fairs and other events.
• Develop, evaluate and revise family & Community Liaison/outreach plan.
• Work with Center staff to see that new enrollments were appropriate for center services.
• Demonstrate curiosity and responsiveness to cultural differences maintaining perspective of cultural humility in all transactions.

Child Care Aide

• Provide care and supervision to children whose parent or caregivers that remain on the premises attending classes or workshops.
• Engage children in child watch in age appropriate learning activities.
• Prepare and provide snacks to children, when indicated.
• Prepare and clean Child Watch area before and after sessions.
• Complete required paperwork
• Attend required meetings and trainings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience 

• Possess a High School Education
• Strong engagement and relational skills
• Proficient at providing community outreach and engagement activities of all kinds (i.e. social media, community events, flyers, etc.)
• Proficient at providing care and supervision of young children
• Oral and written proficiency in Spanish and English.
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office: Word, Power Point; Outlook; SharePoint, Internet Explorer and experience with Customer Relationship Management Software a plus.
• Meets all state required conditions of employment as set forth by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility; i.e. Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical, valid CDL and clean driving record.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet and, at all times is within safe OSHA standards.

Communication

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, verbally and in writing, with clients comprised of parents and children, staff, and partners; make presentations and lead classes.
• Ability to listen actively and clearly to intake and comprehend the needs of clients, follow instructions, or to collaborate effectively with partners.
• Ability to see clearly to operate a vehicle, read instructions, write documentation and reports, and conduct visual assessments of client and sites. 
• Ability to comprehend, follow, and clearly convey information to others.

Physical Activities

• Ability to work on premise in the office and/or client’s home environment.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, and climb stairs.
• Ability to stand and make presentations and deliver training to a live audience.
• Ability to operate a telephone, cell phone, copier, computer and other office equipment as required.
• Ability to handle or manipulate objects, materials, tools, and operate controls.
• Ability to reach for stacked products, store and retrieve file boxes on high shelves.
• Ability to push, pull, lift and/or carry as much as 40 lbs.
• Ability to have the ability and skill to drive a vehicle.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position and work on a computer for up to 20 hours per week.

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 matching

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

EEO

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole.  Aspiranet strives to provide our employees a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.