Required

1. Bachelors degree in social work or related human service field
2. Experience working in human services or the mental health field is strongly desired with community-based and/or school-based programs
3. Experience working with foster and former foster youth as well as probation youth from diverse backgrounds
4. Knowledge of Microsoft Offices applications
5. Demonstrated skills in case work, group work, and case coordination
6. Understanding of transformational care planning and  targeted case management principles of service delivery
7. Excellent interpersonal skills (verbal and written) with demonstrated leadership in facilitating and linking services among a diverse variety of mental health programs 
8. Ability to maintain a positive perspective in the treatment and care of emotionally disturbed youth/young adults
9. Strong knowledge base with Medi-Cal documentation standards.
10. Other important competencies include the ability to motivate and maintain effective working relationships with staff and partners, excellent time management skills 
11. Ability to get CPR and First Aid certificate within 30 days of start date, and maintain a current certificate
12. Must clear a Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check, including fingerprinting before start date and maintain clearance
13. Must clear a health screening, including TB before start date and maintain clearance
14. Must be at least 21 years of age and able to work in a Community Care Licensed Facility
15. Must be able to drive, have a valid driver’s license, clean driving record and maintain a clean driving record.
16. Meet and maintain the minimum vehicle liability and property insurance limits (in order to be insured by our insurance carrier for transportation of residents)

Preferred

1. LPHA, LCSW, MFT preferred
2. Five years’ experience engaging with foster and other systems-involved youth and    young adults
3. Bilingual / bicultural, especially with Spanish fluency 
4. Experience working in a residential setting 

1. Read and interpret documents and procedure manuals.  Write routine reports and correspondence.
2. Speak effectively in small setting and groups, i.e. UC employees, clients, or residents.
3. Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. 
4. Resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
5. Identify negative disruptive behaviors and redirect behavior using mediation and de-escalation techniques.
6. Employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. 
7. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 
8. Employee may be required to make or receive physical contact with clients and residents, such as  in the process of delivering First Aid/CPR or de-escalation interventions.
9. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
10. Must have CPR and First Aid certificate within 10 days of start date and maintain a current certificate with Human Resources.
11. Must clear a Department of Justice background check including fingerprinting before start date and maintain clearance.
12. Must be able to work in a DSS Community Care Licensed Facility.
13. Must clear a health screening, including TB before start date and maintain clearance.
14. Must have a car, valid California Driver License and be able to drive, have a clean driving record and maintain a clean driving record.
15. Meet and maintain the minimum vehicle liability and property insurance limits (to be insured by our insurance carrier for using vehicle for business purposes such as  transportation of residents or reimbursement of business-related mileage expenses).