Intensive Services Social Worker - Bilingual

Intensive Services Social Worker - Bilingual - Bakersfield, CA

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Location:

Onsite – Bakersfield, CA
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Schedule:

Full Time│Exempt
💼Department: IHBS
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Reports to:

Program Supervisor
💰Pay Range: $70,304.00- $72,104.00

Are you passionate about helping youth overcome barriers to success? Do you thrive as part of a creative, collaborative team supporting youth with complex trauma? Are you confident communicating and building trust with families in both Spanish and English?

Aspiranet is seeking a Bilingual Child and Family Social Worker in Bakersfield, California to provide leadership within our IHBS program. In this role, you will guide a multidisciplinary Child and Family Team in delivering individualized, trauma-informed interventions directly in homes and community settings.

Through empathy, cultural responsiveness, and a strengths-based approach, you’ll help youth improve daily functioning while building safer, stronger, and more independent families. Reignite your passion for service by making a meaningful difference in your community.

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
• Transitional Aged Youth (TAY)
• Residential
• Intensive Home-Based Services (IHBS)
• Behavioral Health
• Family and Community Services

At Aspiranet, every role contributes to something greater, helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

As a Bilingual Child and Family Social Worker, you will coordinate and lead Child and Family Team services to ensure individualized intervention plans are effectively developed and implemented. This role remains child-centered, family-focused, culturally responsive, and strengths-based at all times.

You will provide leadership to team members while directly supporting youth with extensive trauma histories in their homes and communities. Your work will focus on improving daily functioning, strengthening family systems, and promoting long-term safety and stability.

• Coordinate, conduct, and document assessments, screenings, and Child and Family Team meetings in homes and community settings
• Lead development and implementation of individualized behavioral support plans
• Inspire and guide multidisciplinary team members to execute strength-based interventions
• Meet individually and collectively with team members for case updates and care coordination
• Use rapport-building and motivational strategies to increase parent engagement
• Adjust your schedule to meet families’ availability (school hours, evenings as needed)
• Participate in a rotating after-hours on-call schedule to provide crisis support
• Ensure all services remain culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate for Spanish-speaking families

• Bilingual in Spanish and English
• Master’s degree in Social Work or a related field
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills
• Commitment to trauma-informed, strengths-based, family-centered practice

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

• On-site role in Bakersfield, CA

• 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 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.

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