Join our amazing Social Services team! If you are looking for a fulfilling career that lets you improve lives and create bright futures with people in our community, consider applying for a position with Aldea. Our staff are the foundation of all we do and creating a work environment that values and respects our staff is our priority.
Why work at Aldea?
• Receive reimbursement for cost of credential renewal fees.
• Experience in a state of the art Council on Accreditation (COA) agency to ensure best practices and provide high quality services.
• Be part of a team of passionate, collaborative, and dedicated professionals where staff input is highly valued.
• Enriching training opportunities including potential for leadership development program participation and promotion.
What does Aldea have to offer?
• $1,000 Sign On Bonus
• $4,000 per year Bilingual Stipend
• 19 paid Holidays
• Vacation accrue 15 days first year
• A flexible work schedule that promotes the importance of work-life balance
• Company cell phone and laptop to promote separation of work and home life
• Commuter Assistance with personal mileage over 20 miles to work office from their home
• Excellent benefits package to meet the needs of staff and their families including medical coverage (Aldea pays your deductible!) and dental, vision, life insurance and EAP at no cost to employees!
• Generous retirement up to 5% employer match contributions after 6 months of service (includes free Financial Planning)
The Emergency Placement Clinical Social Worker provides case management and behaviorally focused services.
Essential Duties:
1. Provide 24-hour on call phone coverage for Emergency Placement during assigned shift, remaining reachable by agency-issued cellular phone during business hours (and after hours if on-call) to assist with emergency and/or urgent situations.
2. Coordinate logistics of placement with resource families for youth placed in out-of-home placement into Emergency Resource Homes within contract-required timelines.
3. Perform home visits to meet with youth, complete placement packet and provide case management services and complete accompanying paperwork.
4. Provide transportation to school, appointments, or court for children placed in care.
5. Supervise family visits between foster children and birth family members and complete accompanying documentation.
6. Maintain frequent supportive contact with the resource family and foster child(ren) placed in the home as needed to support the success of the placement.
Qualifications:
1. Experience or interest in working with youth with complex needs and trauma history.
2. Required education: Bachelors degree required.
3. Preferred education: Master’s degree from an accredited or state approved graduate school in social work or social welfare, marriage, family and child counseling, child psychology, child development, counseling psychology or social psychology. MSW preferred.
a. If candidate is meeting the educational requirement with a Bachelor’s degree, the following experience is required in order to ensure the candidate has the skills and education required in the position: At least three semester units or 100 days of field practice or experience in a public or private social service agency setting. At least nine semester units of coursework related to children and families or eighteen months experience working with children and families. At least three semester units addressing working with minority populations and cultural considerations or six months of experience working with minority populations. At least three semester units in child welfare or two years’ experience in a public or private child welfare social service setting (preferred).
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