Intake Coordinator - Bilingual Required
Job in
San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92189, USA
Listing for:
San Diego Youth Services
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-08-02
Job specializations:
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Social Work
Youth Development, Community Health, Crisis Counselor, Family Advocacy & Support Services
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Youth Development, Community Health
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 30307 - 33062 USD Yearly
USD
30307.00
33062.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Description
San Diego Youth Services JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Intake Coordinator - Bilingual Required
San Diego Youth Services seeks a Bilingual Intake Coordinator in the Community Assessment Team program to be based in San Diego. This is a full-time & non-exempt position reporting to the Program Manager.
San Diego Youth Services:
Who we are
San Diego Youth Services has helped improve the lives of more than 834,000 homeless, runaway and vulnerable youth since its beginning in 1970. We provide safe places to live and long-term solutions through shelter, foster homes, community centers and housing to more than 16,000 youth every year at 100+ community and school locations. Through prevention, early intervention and treatment, we also help youth before they need higher levels of care or become homeless.
We aim to:
Meet the basic needs of youth. Hunger, poverty and youth homelessness are on the rise for many youth and their families today. We help meet these basic needs for youth. What could be more vital than food and shelter? We provide safe places to live and long-term solutions through shelter, foster homes, community centers and housing.Create positive connection. We help youth focus on positive life changes and healthy relationships as part of providing needed resources and services. San Diego Youth Services has long provided foster homes and adoption support services for families considering adopting a youth in the foster care system.Help youth develop life skills. In addition to a range of safe and stable housing options, we offer support to help youth develop the independent living skills necessary to become self-sufficient and keep off the streets.Promote overall health and well-being. Early intervention and care for the whole child are critical. We provide a broad continuum of services to help youth overcome trauma and challenges that put them at risk, including case management, counseling, mental health treatment and educational support and resources.SDYS has a staff of approximately 250 employees and 80 volunteers working across San Diego County and an annual budget of approximately $24 million.
You can learn more about us outhservices.org.
CONTEXT OF THE POSITION:
To provide comprehensive trauma-informed services as part of the Community Assessment Team (CAT) program. The goal of the CAT program is to prevent youth ages 6-18 in East and Central from entering or continuing in the juvenile justice system by providing prevention and intervention services for identified at-risk youth and their families. The CAT Program provides services in the home, on school campuses, and in the community.
Intake Coordinator is responsible for all administrative duties as assigned, covering all potential referrals to the appropriate programs throughout CAT Central Region. Responsible for providing early intervention services to the following diverse target population:
Central and East County youth, who are at risk of entering the justice system. Collaborate with schools and law enforcement to conduct outreach, gather referrals, conduct joint interventions and provide on-site resources. The intake coordinator is responsible for screening possible intakes, providing intake assessments, crisis management, creating a service plan in partnership with the youth and their parent/legal guardian, facilitating appropriate referrals, as well as community outreach.
In addition, responsible for providing prevention and intervention facilitated groups on a variety of topics, including alcohol and other drug use, teen pregnancy prevention, self-esteem, positive choices, and anger management.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:The development, implementation, and evaluation of an integrated treatment approach for youth with co-occurring psychiatric and substance disorders and quality trauma-informed youth programs that adhere to and uphold the rigorous standards of San Diego Youth Services as mandated by its mission, purpose, guiding principles, and standards of quality.Adhere to and uphold the rigorous standards of SDYS as mandated by its mission, purpose, guiding principles, and standards of quality. Participate in their refinement.Assist in updating agency policies and procedures. Carry agency big picture and stay current on agency activities.Welcome and support volunteers in the organization and assist them in accomplishing their services whenever applicable.Participate in appropriate agency-wide committees as applicable.Attend and actively participate in all required agency and contract training and meetings.Prepare case presentations and actively participate in weekly Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings by providing consultation and support as applicable.Work collaboratively and cooperatively with staff and volunteers within the program, the center, the agency, and the community.Triage and assign referrals; if youth are not a service match, provide appropriate information and referral; log all calls. Disseminate information to appropriate programs within the…
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