In Home Outreach Counselor

Bilingual differential for qualified candidates.

This position provides intensive services to families in the Family Preservation (FP) Program in-home or wherever it is most beneficial for the family. The In-Home Outreach Counselor provides a full range of services, including family assessments within scope of practice, service planning, case management, crisis intervention, linkage/referral and advocacy.

• Supports and promotes the mission of the Agency:
  Foothill Family empowers children and families on their journey to achieve personal success.
• Provides services to Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Probation referred families who meet the Family Preservation Alternative Response Services - Emergency Response Referrals, Open DCFS/Probation Open case, and Intensive Family Preservation target population criteria.
• Encompasses Engaging, Teaming, Assessment, Planning & Intervention, and Tracking & Adapting into services delivered as guided by the values and principles of the Core Practice Model.
• Provides strengths-based, trauma-informed care within scope of practice and focuses on building Protective Factors of Parental Resilience, Social Connections, Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development, Concrete Support in Times of Need, and Social and Emotional Competence of Children.
• Facilitates and updates the Family Assessment Form (FAF), Protective Factors Survey, and other tools to assess and monitor family strengths and needs.
• Works collaboratively with the family, DCFS and Probation staff, as an active member of the Multidisciplinary Case Planning Committee (MCPC), as well as Team Decision Making/Child and Family Team (TDM/CFT) meetings.
• Develops comprehensive treatment plans, monitors progress toward court ordered and non-court ordered treatments/case plan goals.
• Drives or arranges transportation for clients, parents and children as appropriate and necessary to ensure that service needs are met.
• Drives to clients' home, school, community or Agency offices to provide field-based services to clients and families as assigned and based on the families' needs and availability.
• Provides in-home case management services at a minimum of 4 times per month for each assigned family.
• Provides services in alternative locations of the family's choice and may be more frequent at the beginning of services or during critical times in the family's life.
• Maintains a minimum of 10-15 family case load.
• Assists families to develop the skills necessary in improving, maintaining or restoring their functioning.
• Engages families to develop service plans collaboratively.
• Works collaboratively with therapists, county staff, school personnel and parents/guardians to ensure progress.
• Reinforces positive parenting skills to increase parent's ability to meet their child's needs for healthy physical, social and emotional development.
• Arranges for/links families to Supplemental Services and resources needed to support achievement of their goals.
• Provides services including but not limited to: teaching and demonstrating homemaking, budgeting, case management, assisting parents in accessing translation, tutoring, help access respite care, educational support, parenting support, crisis counseling, domestic violence services, behavioral management, medication education, stress management, mentoring/role model for the parent, psychosocial skills training.
• Provides services that are flexible and in tune with the needs of individual families, while maintaining open communication among the team.
• Provides care or services to minors or comes into contact with minors as part of their job duties.
• Provides services relating to the administration of public funds or benefits, including eligibility for public funds or public benefits.
• Assists in monitoring the children and families to ensure child safety.
• Identifies risk factors for child abuse or neglect, develops treatment plans to lower the risk to children and report any cases of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by California child abuse reporting law.
• Documents all interventions and assessments and submits all required documents within…