Care Coordinator and Group Facilitator (Bilingual Spanish)

• Outreach to and engagement with youth; being a strong advocate for the youth within the team
• Provide community-based trauma-informed services to foster youth or former foster youth transitioning to or struggling with independent living. 
• Provide intensive skill building with youth, with a focus on independent living.
• Provide assessments, crisis intervention, stabilization, and safety plans. 
• Identify and connect youth & young adults with other agencies to address their needs, including housing, medical, mental health, education, employment, advocacy, placement stability, and enrichment activities. 
• Work collaboratively in partnership with the team to engage and connect clients to appropriate resources and services.
• Assist with initial contact and intake, establishing relationships and building trust in order to help clients navigate systems for access to services.
• Provide advocacy, targeted case management and community based rehabilitation services to children and their families. 
• Provide services and participate in agency meetings in a combination of environments including virtual (zoom / phone) and in-person office or community locations (drop-in center, client homes, school, parks, etc.)
• Provide stabilization support services to children and TAY in an in-person milieu environment.

• Direct, lived experience with foster care, social services, juvenile justice, mental health, residential treatment or group home placements, wraparound services, or other related community resources.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (required)*
• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Criminal Justice, Social Work or related field (preferred)
• Experience providing case management and rehabilitation services.
• At least 2 years experience working with system-involved youth.
• Demonstrated ability to work with families who have experienced high levels of trauma and demonstrate high mental health needs.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven ability to be organized, manage time well, complete high quality and timely documentation.
• Ability to travel by car to meet with clients, generally within a 90 mile radius of the WCC office. Clean CA DMV record, current car insurance and a vehicle; travel is required.

This is a bilingual Spanish/English position. Candidates must demonstrate advanced Spanish language proficiency in order to effectively provide services to Spanish-speaking clients and families.

Final candidates will be required to complete an ALTA Language Proficiency Test administered by WestCoast Children’s Clinic and must achieve a minimum score of Level 9 (Advanced) to qualify for the position.

• Demonstrated experience working with children and families who may be involved in the child welfare system.
• Case management skill – assessment/evaluation, crisis intervention, ability to use supervision effectively, ethical and legal responsibilities, high quality documentation.
• Cultural humility - knowledge of issues of race, class and ethnicity.
• Efficiency and time management - ability to be well-organized and complete timely documentation.
• Collaboration and team functioning - able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Participate in in-depth conversations in Spanish across a broad range of topics at a normal rate of speech
• Understand most spoken Spanish in professional and conversational contexts, using context to interpret unfamiliar slang, idioms, or complex grammar
• Communicate clearly and effectively on a wide range of subjects, even if some grammatical errors or a noticeable accent are present
• Be readily understood by native Spanish speakers without causing misunderstanding
• WestCoast Children’s Clinic will provide the ALTA language assessment to eligible candidates during the hiring process.
• Ability to work with clients who have complex traumatic histories and other attachment difficulties.