Social Worker
Help Our Community’s Transition Age Youth Gain Independence and Launch into Adulthood
Transitioning to adulthood is hard for anyone, but can be especially challenging for our most vulnerable current and former foster youth. TLC provides comprehensive mobile case management including employment, health and wellness, education, finance management, accessing resources, and navigating the ins-and-outs of independently living. We help youth (ages 16-25) to rise up from foster care successfully by providing a safe housing environment where they can learn and practice the life skills necessary to work on self-identified life goals.
Position Summary:
The primary functions of the Social Worker are to uncover barriers to meeting independent living skills and goals identified in the participant’s youth-centered assessment plan, coordinate services, link necessary resources, and support youth’s ongoing daily challenges of independent living. Social Workers have a caseload of no more than 15 youth and engage in weekly contact with program participants within the participant’s home and community. This position requires dedication, commitment and patience in developing effective case management practices and plans while implementing policies and procedures in a teamwork model and harm reduction approach in accordance with agency policy and California Community Care Licensing Regulations, Title 22, Division 6. This position requires flexibility in personal scheduling and meeting a variety of needs as assigned on a daily basis by the immediate supervisor. Rotating on call, holiday, night and weekend hours required. This employment opportunity requires the employee to live in Sonoma County.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in social work, or a related field preferred
- BA in Social Services applicants welcomed with experience in a related field
- Must be able to transport the youth in employee’s personal vehicle and have a clean driving record, valid CA driver’s license, and maintain minimum vehicle liability and property insurance limits
Essential Functions:
- Conduct assessments of participant’s strengths and needs and advocate for them accordingly
- Aid each youth as they develop and meet the goals established in their goals assessment plan, outlining personal, financial, educational, employment and housing objectives and carry out appropriate interventions according to case management practice
- Maintain case records and provide timely reports on progress and outcomes
- Oversee arrangements for transportation to appointments
- Monitor participant’s participation in employment, education, and independent living skills training
- Ensure participant’s compliance with program rules and responsibilities
- Maintain appropriate working relationships with private and public agencies for the purposes of effective case management and collaboration
- Compliance with all applicable California State Community Care Licensing regulations
- Provide supervision of Transitions Advocates
Skills:
- Demonstrate capacity to establish rapport and motivate youth and young adults
- Passion for working with a diverse group of youth including LGBTQI, youth with disabilities, and youth from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds
- Understanding of a youth-adult partnership framework
- Have an understanding on the effects of complex trauma and relationship to mental health and substance abuse
- A strength-based perspective is essential
- Strong ability to organize and prioritize to balance documentation and youth needs
TLC offers a generous benefit package for full-time staff including:
- 100% employer paid health, dental and vision plans for the employee.
- Dependents would be covered at 50% of the base health plan by TLC, dental and vision would be the employee’s responsibility.
- Coverage is available on the 1st of the month following the date of hire.
- Paid Time Off: Starting at 14 days per year based on 40 hour work week; Plus 11 paid Holidays
- Employee ability to contribute toward a 403b retirement plan. TLC offers a matching contribution with vesting schedule, beginning at the completion of 6 months service.
- Employer paid $50,000 Life Insurance policy
- Employee Assistance Plan
TLC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and strive to create a workforce that is reflective of the ethnic and cultural makeup of our community.
Salary Range: $50,960 – $62,674 per year, depending on years of experience.
