Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

Social Worker
- Behavioral Health

Location:

Onsite
- Stockton, CA

Schedule:

Full Time│Exempt

Department:
Behavioral Health

Reports to:

Program Manager

Pay Range: $70,304.00- $72,104.00

Hiring Bonus: $500 Sign-On Bonus (Paid 50% at 1 month and 50% at 6 months)

The salary range for this position is $70,304 - $72,104 per annual 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.

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?

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 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.

• Conduct intake assessments capturing identified needs and safety issues.
• Conduct timely screenings.
• Provide appropriate referrals and develop safety plans when indicated by assessment and or screenings.
• Work collaboratively to engage the Child and Family Team in the identification of strengths and needs which inform the development and implementation of service plans.
• Facilitate the development of service plan.
• Attend meetings related to child/youth or family’s needs and service plan.
• Maintain contact with community professionals involved with child/youth and family to facilitate communication and coordination of services.
• Work in collaboration with child/youth, family, family team members, community members and other collaborative partners to facilitate successful completion of service plan and to support permanency and lifelong connections.
• Develop a professional supportive relationship with children/youth, families, referring parties, collaborative partners and community.
• Complete quality and timely strength based service plans, reports, and other case documentation per Agency, funder and regulatory standards.
• Provide case contact and support (training, resources, advocacy, and interventions) to children, youth and their families as needed to meet service plan objectives.
• Document all contacts per Agency standards.
• Secure required documents to maintain files per Agency, funder and regulatory standards.
• Utilize program database and related reports to meet program standards.
• Respond to and report all incidents, complaints and grievances per program, Agency and regulatory guidelines.
• Adhere to all program, Agency and regulatory requirements.
• Provide on-call services per Agency and program standards.
• When requested by supervisor, carry reduced caseload in order to support projects, initiatives, child and/or family trainings and /or specific program functions.
• Conduct and participate in Agency sponsored trainings and special events.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with staff, clients and community resources.
• Participate in scheduled case review, individual and group supervision, and staff / program meetings.
• Maintain client and case confidentiality as per HIPAA, state and Agency standards.
• Secure and maintain adherence to program consents.
• Accurately complete administrative paperwork (time sheets, mileage, time off requests, expense reimbursements, weekly schedule, etc.) on time.
• Support and model Aspiranet’s values, represent the Agency in a professional manner, and abide by the Agency’s Professional Code of Ethics.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by Core Program…