Family Support Counselor
Full Time
Petaluma, CA 94952
$22.00 - $24.50 an hour
Posted
Job description
Overview:
ABOUT PLACEMENT
ABOUT SENECA
Do you who have a passion to support youth through navigating foster family placements to promote stability, security, and permanency?
Apply today for our
Family Support Counselor
role at Seneca Family of Agencies.
Family Support Counselors work to ensure that that clients placed in Seneca’s foster care programs are successful in their placements by providing mental health support, skill building, crisis intervention, and case management services. The primary responsibilities are to act as behavioral coach and mentor to clients referred into the program and in need of additional support.
ABOUT PLACEMENT
Seneca's Placement Programs operate with a core belief that every child deserves a family. Families are recruited, trained, and certified to provide permanency and safety for children of all ages who are not able to remain with their family of origin. Some are impacted by behavioral, emotional, developmental, or medical challenges and many have experienced trauma and loss. The program provides youth and children with the safety, stability, and support of a nurturing and trauma-informed family. Placement will match approved families with children who need homes ongoing support and resources.
ABOUT SENECA
Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca has expanded to provide a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year. The agency’s growth has been guided by a commitment to our Unconditional Care® model – doing whatever it takes to help children and families thrive, even when faced with tremendous challenges. Seneca is committed to supporting historically underrepresented communities and informing agency policies and practices through its agency-wide DEI Initiative and DEI Advisory Board. Our agency’s values of love and compassion, hope and courage, respect, curiosity, joy, equity and justice anchor our work across all programs, ensuring our staff leverage the cultural strengths of the families and communities we serve
. Seneca is committed to fostering an agency culture that is welcoming, cooperative, and inclusive of diverse peoples and worldviews.
Responsibilities:
- Provide mental health interventions, skill building, crisis intervention, and case management services to ensure the successful placement of clients in foster care homes.
- Support resource parents in the implantation of client treatment goals and guide them in assisting client’s in their acquisition of new skills and behavioral responses.
- Provide on-call coverage to the clients and their families.
- Participate in all treatment reviews, program staff meetings, and IEP meetings when necessary
- Complete mental health notes and other paperwork, and complete service tracking documentation as indicated
- Assist with planning arrangements and transportation for school, therapy appointments, and court hearings.
- Participate in weekly supervision with the program supervisor or designee.
- Maintain professional behavior at all times, appropriately representing Seneca’s mission and philosophy.
- Maintain accurate documentation and paperwork including, but not limited to, time sheets, petty cash, and mileage.
- Collaborate as part of multidisciplinary team
- Other job duties as required by Nursing Supervisor, Manager of Operations, or Program Director
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in a social service related field
- Prefer at least 1 year experience in working with emotionally disturbed youth in out of home care
- Flexible schedule with ability to work evenings and weekends as needed
- Own a vehicle, California driver’s license and insurance - this position requires local travel
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination
- Ability to work as a team player
- Ability to work with a diverse population
- Full Time
- Tuesday - Saturday OR Sunday - Thursday
- One weekend day is required, but we are flexible on which day it is
- $22.00 - $24.50 per hour, additional compensation provided upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- 5 weeks of PTO and 11 paid holidays.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package, including:
- Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, acupuncture, and fertility coverage
- Long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance
- 50% paid premiums for dependents
- 403b retirement plan
- Employer-paid Employee Assistance Plan
- Training stipend and professional development opportunities.
- Opportunities to develop specialized skills, including clinical supervision and evidence-based practices.
- Abundant promotional opportunities across the agency in California and Washington.
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