CAT & JD Youth and Family Development Associate

Youth And Family Development Associate

SBCS (formerly South Bay Community Services) transforms communities to support the well-being and prosperity of children, youth, and families. For more than 50 years, we've worked throughout San Diego to provide safe shelter, transitional housing, intervention prevention programs, mental health support, and many other services that meet the ever-changing needs of our communities.

Our organization is dedicated to offering high-quality services and ensuring all services align with the community's needs. To best serve our communities, SBCS partners with various grassroots organizations throughout California to develop innovative strategies that enhance services, empower clients, and ensure that culturally appropriate and trauma-informed care is offered. SBCS provides a wide range of services tailored to meet each client's unique needs.

At SBCS, our client-centered approach highlights the importance of respect, empathy, and compassion when interacting with all community members.

As a mission-driven organization, our work is centered around providing exceptional, face-to-face support to our clients and community members to foster trust, accessibility and personal connection that are critical to our mission.

You are an advocate and champion of nurturing communities where families can pursue their dreams and fulfill their potential.

You are dedicated to and energized by engaging directly with individuals and communities.

You care deeply about the well-being and prosperity of ALL children and youth throughout San Diego.

You want to become a part of an energetic and effective team, and contribute your expertise, creativity, and insights to a unique role encompassing program management, development, and direct counseling services for at-risk children, adolescents, and families.

SBCS is home to a committed team of 470 dedicated employees and volunteers who diligently serve all of San Diego County. Having offered services for 52 years, SBCS is committed to providing hope and support for numerous young children, individuals, and families facing adversity. With an annual budget of $68 million, SBCS continues to be a beacon of assistance in the community.

SBCS' Community Assessment Team (CAT) & Juvenile Diversion (JD) program works to keep kids in school and out of the Juvenile Justice System by providing early intervention/prevention to youth and families. Embedded in the Youth Prevention & Intervention (YPI) Team, the program provides an array of support services for first-time youth offenders, runaways, youth on Probation, and non-offenders and their families.

The Community Assessment Team (CAT) & Juvenile Diversion (JD) Youth and Family Development Associate (YFDA) under the supervision of the Program Coordinator & Program Director is responsible for providing intervention services to school age youth (ages 6-18), who may be at risk of entering the justice system. Services will be in keeping with agency goals, objectives, mission, and style and provided within a team framework.

The CAT & JD YFDA works one on one with youth building a relationship of trust, empowering the youth, addressing their needs, developing skills and realistic goals, and providing positive opportunities to avoid justice system processing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide various direct one on one services when working with at-risk youth including Individualized trauma-informed case management and working with youth and their families to connect them with needed resources.
• Complete comprehensive family-based assessments for identified youth and develop strength-based service plans including goals and objectives.
• Coordinate with police, probation, and other agencies for continual service of clients, including presentations to other service agencies.
• Facilitate group sessions and/or presentations on topics such as youth leadership, anger management, parenting skills, independent living skills, and gang involvement prevention, if needed.
• Meet assigned scope of service and maintenance of case files and assist in writing of quarterly and annual reports including accurate and timely submissions of…