Social Worker

Fresno, CA

📍 Location: On-Site – Fresno, CA

📅 Schedule: Full-Time | Exempt

💼 Department: Foster Care and Adoption

📈 Reports to: Program Director

💰 Pay Range: $70,304.00 - $72,000.00/ Annually

The base salary range for this position is $70,304 - $72,000 per year for employees hired in the Central Valley, CA. The pay range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired within the Central Valley region. Candidates hired in Southern California or Bay Area locations may have higher starting salaries due to cost of living and market data differences. Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparison to other employees who hold a similar role. 

✨ Make a Meaningful Impact

Aspiranet, a leading California-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a passionate and driven Permanency Social Worker to join our team. If you thrive in a fast-paced. Mission driven environment and are committed to creating safe, loving homes for children by supporting foster and adoptive families with training, resources, and compassionate care, we would love to hear from you.

❤️ About Aspiranet

 Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with a proud legacy of supporting California communities since 1975. We are committed to ensuring that every child is loved, every family is supported, and every individual has the tools to succeed. Our services span the state and are delivered through six dedicated divisions: Foster Care and Adoption, providing support for children and families throughout the foster and adoption journey; Transitional Aged Youth (TAY), offering programs that guide young adults as they transition from foster care to independent living; Residential, delivering therapeutic care in structured, supportive environments to help youth thrive; Intensive Home-Based Services, focused on meeting individualized needs within the home, school, and community; Behavioral Health, delivering short-term, intensive mental health services for youth at risk; and Family and Community, emphasizing early intervention and family-strengthening supports. At Aspiranet, every role contributes to something greater. Helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

📝️ Summary Position 

As a Resource Family Social Worker for Aspiranet, you will have the opportunity to work from a place of deep meaning and impact supporting foster and adoptive families.  You’ll be a part of a team that focuses on helping families and foster children thrive. Although your primary responsibility is to manage a small caseload, your real job, the job you’ll remember, is to provide these families and children with compassion and guidance so that they can succeed together.  

🔍Key Responsibilities -

• Provide individualized support and case management services for family, children and youth.
• Link clients to information and referral resources, adoption competent professionals, and services/programs for at risk children and families.  
• Provide access to educational and resource materials, including agency adoption libraries. 
• Provide crisis assessment/intervention and follow-up services. 
• Facilitate support groups for children, youth and adults. 
• Provide support counseling and coaching to parents related to implementing trauma, attachment, and permanency informed techniques. 
• Strengthen families and children in the early phases of the adoption process to increase protective factors that will minimize the likelihood of disruption/dissolution. 

✅ Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or similar discipline
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Proficient computer skills including: Microsoft Office: Excel; Word, Power Point; Outlook; SharePoint, Internet Explorer
• 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.

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

• Some evenings and occasional weekends required, to meet client schedules
• Travel throughout Fresno County required

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits package, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.  
• Access to the free Aspiranet Employee Perks Program. Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, wellness, pet care, gym memberships, theme parks, and more
• Flexible Hybrid Schedule. Enjoy the mix of remote and in-office work, supporting work-life balance 
• Flexible paid time off including 11 paid holidays, 10 vacation days, 10 sick leave days, two diversity days, and paid birthday time off.
• Access to our employee assistance program including 24/7 crisis line; up to 6 counseling sessions per issue.  
• Training opportunities are available to support your ongoing development and career aspirations.  
• Collaborate in a supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture. 
• Opportunity to lead meaningful initiatives that support employee wellbeing.

🏋️‍ 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

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

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