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.

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CPS/Community Resource Specialist - 14599

Regular Full Time
On-Site

Brentwood, CA 94513, USA | Antioch, CA, USA | Richmond, CA, USA | Concord, CA, USA

Posted within last 24 Hours
 
CPS/Community Resource Specialist
 
📍   Location: On-Site – Antioch, CA, Brentwood, CA
📅  Schedule: Full - Time | Non-Exempt
💼  Department: Family and Community Services
📈  Reports to: Program Supervisor/Program Director
💰  Pay Range: $28.00 - $30.00 per hour
 
Shift Time: Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM, evenings, and weekends monthly
 
The hourly range for this position is $28.00 - $30.00 for employees hired in the Contra Costa, Antioch, CA area. The pay range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate for candidates hired within the Bay Area region. Candidates hired in other California locations may have different starting rates based on cost of living and market data variations. Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting rate include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparisons to other employees in similar roles. 

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

Founded in 1975, Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with locations across California. Our six divisions Foster Care & Adoption, Transitional Aged Youth, Residential, Intensive Home-Based Services, Behavioral Health, and Family & Community provide holistic supports for children, families, and communities. Every role contributes to something greater: building brighter futures where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

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. 

 📝️ Position Summary

The Core Program Supervisor (CPS) is responsible for oversight of direct care staff and the provision of quality services according to funder and regulatory policies and procedures. Major responsibilities include supervision of staff and volunteers, coordination of services and adherence to program design. CPS is responsible for upholding and supervising to the Agency’s operational, financial, personnel and practice rules, policies and procedures.

The Community Resource Specialist (CRS) will provide engagement, case management and facilitation of classes, workshops, events, etc. The CRS interfaces with center attendees to provide information regarding community resources and when indicated provides referrals, linkages and warm hand offs to needed services.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

Core Program Supervisor

  • Assist in hiring, training new staff, and volunteers
  • Provide day to day direction and supervision of direct care staff
  • Oversee provision of services to contract and agency standards
  • Oversee program within operational, financial, personnel, and practice standards
  • Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences
  • Perform additional duties as assigned

 

Community Resource Specialist

  • Assess Center participant’s needs for additional community resources
  • Conduct ASQs
  • Connect families with available community resources
  • Provide workshops and parenting classes
  • Facilitate events and community provider workshops
  • Educate all Center participants of available community resources
  • Initiate and support parent support groups
  • Participate in, and conduct, program related trainings
  • Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences
  • Perform additional duties as assigned

 Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or a BA in a related field or a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the field of early childhood development.
  • Supervised or served as lead for direct care staff, preferred
  • Experience working with parents of children 0-5
  • Knowledge of Community Resources
  • Provide Training to parents and or staff
  • Experience in serving as liaison to resources in the community
  • Strong engagement and relational skills
  • Experience providing Evidence Based  curriculum
  • Experience working in a family resource center, First 5 Center, child development or preschool setting

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

  • On-site in Antioch, CA, and Brentwood, CA, in Contra Costa County
  • Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM
  • Occasional flexibility required to meet program and client needs.

️ Why Aspiranet?

  • Growth potential.
  • 14 paid holidays (including birthday and diversity holidays).
  • 10 vacation days + 10 sick days annually.
  • 100% employer-paid medical and dental plans.
  • 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
  • Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
  • Wellness, commuter, and mileage reimbursement benefits.
  • Employee Assistance Program (24/7 support + counseling).
  • Professional development, training, and advancement opportunities.
  • Supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture.
  • Operate at a leadership level where you impact multiple cottages and teams.
  • Be a key player in building consistency, structure, and excellence across programs.
  • Work in a beautiful country environment with new facilities and innovative resources.
  • Small-group model (max 4 youth per cottage) allows for meaningful, individualized care.

🏋️ Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.

 

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity

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 with a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.

 

📝️ How to Apply

Join us in building brighter futures.

Apply today through our career portal:

👉 Click here to apply: www.aspiranet.org/careers

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