Transition Facilitator​/Social Worker; Bilingual

Overview

Campus - Camarillo, CA 93012

Salary Range: $23.50 - $36.00 Hourly Position Type:
Full Time

Job Shift:
Day Education Level:
Bachelor Degree Category:
Nonprofit - Social Services

Wage band range $23.50 - $36.00; however, starting pay is ultimately determined by the scope of the position, the candidate's relevant experience, and internal equity. Bilingual in Spanish is required, and position is eligible to test for a bilingual pay incentive.

Under the oversight of the Director of Transitional Youth Services, the Transition Facilitator (TF) is responsible for implementing the clinical case management component of the overall treatment plan.

The Transition Facilitator upholds Casa Pacifica's Standards of Behavior and embodies our core values of respect, integrity, compassion, and courage, helping to facilitate a positive living and learning environment.

We are a diverse and inclusive team providing excellent services to all our surrounding communities. Our team members are empowered to share their identities, ideas, and perspectives. A culture built on diversity, equity and inclusivity is essential to creating a safe and healing environment at Casa Pacifica.

• Partners with social workers and probation officers to assist in the continued development and progress of transitional‑age youth individualized Transitional Independent Living Plan and Agreement (TILP).
• Transition Facilitator will be able to engage the youth and emerging adults to establish and build rapport through a strength‑based approach. The Transition Facilitator will assist the youth and emerging adult in creating an individualized TILP.
• Transition Facilitator will assist youth in finding their voice to advocate for themselves by clarifying personal rights and role‑modeling positive self‑advocacy. The Transition Facilitator will also work to help emerging adults develop personal choice and social responsibility.
• Transition Facilitator will participate in individualized TILP transition conferences for the emerging adults who remain under the supervision of a Social Worker or Probation officer. The Transition Facilitator will assist the emerging adult in addressing their individual needs and goals within Extended Foster Care.
• Transition Facilitator will provide emerging adult who are parents with “in the moment” suggestions to encourage positive parenting. They will be familiar with community and natural resources to address individual parenting needs such as, respite, child‑care subsidy, medical, dental and medical insurance, parenting classes and PCIT.
• Transition Facilitator support youth and emerging adults in developing a transitional plan that focuses on five life domains based upon the Transition to Independence Process Model (TIP):
  Living Situation, Employment and Career, Educational Opportunities, Community Life Functioning and Personal Effectiveness and Wellbeing. The goal is to help youth and emerging adults become self‑sufficient and develop life skills in the area of life functioning that she/he desires to focus on.
• Transition Facilitator will be able to directly assist in‑care and after‑care youth in developing an academic or vocational plan, enrolling in school or vocational training, completing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications, linking them with community resources for assistance with coursework, as well as other scholarship applications.
• The Transition Facilitator will assist the emerging adult in identifying possible employment opportunities, developing a resume, completing job applications, and developing job skills. The TF may do mock interviews, provide on the job coaching, and work with worksites as appropriate.
• Transition Facilitator will be familiar with or be trained in and expected to use motivational interviewing and collaborative problem‑solving techniques to engage youth and assist them as they work toward developing skills in the five life domains. The TF will also be expected to attend other trainings as needed.
• Transition Facilitator will provide “in the moment” life coaching and create situations that facilitate opportunities for youth to practice life…