POSITION SUMMARY:

South Coast Community Services takes pride in providing our staff with competitive compensation, opportunities for professional growth, access to diverse client populations, clinical autonomy, and a strong support system of seasoned employees. Youth Partners have a unique perspective on the needs of current system involved youth as they focus on ensuring each youth is afforded their own voice, choice and preferences separately from parents and caregivers. They directly support youth to imagine and describe their own personal vision and hope for a better future. Youth Partners prioritize emotional Support, peer connection, and advocacy. Throughout the Wraparound process, the Youth Partner advocates to ensure the youth’s lived experience is recognized, their voice is heard, and their autonomy is respected.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The Adoption Assistance Program serves adopted children/youth and their families. This program provides a collaborative and highly individualized process for developing specific resources and services for the referred child and their families. The goal of the program is to utilize an adoption-competent, strength-based approach to maximize the capacity of each family to meet the child’s needs, and maintain permanency outcomes and well-being. AAP uses the CA High-Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) model, which is a team-based evidence-based practice that includes an “anything necessary” approach to care for youth and families with the most intensive mental or behavioral health challenges.

Tier I: Bachelor’s Degree in human services or a related field from an accredited college or university

AND One (1) year of experience working with target population

RATE $23.00 – $23.99 Hourly

Tier II: Bachelor’s Degree in human services or a related field from an accredited college or university

AND 2 years of experience as a Youth Partner or equivalent 

RATE: $24.00 – $24.99 Hourly 

Tier III: Bachelor’s Degree in human services or a related field from an accredited college or university

AND 4 years of experience as a Youth Partner or equivalent 

RATE $25.00 – $25.49 Hourly

Tier IV: Bachelor’s Degree in human services or a related field from an accredited college or university

AND 6 years of experience as a Youth Partner or equivalent

OR Master's degree & 1 year of experience working with the target population

RATE: $25.50 – $26.00 Hourly 

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Education/Experience

1. Bachelor’s Degree in human services or a related field from an accredited college or university.
2. One (1) year of experience working with target population.
3. Lived experience in child-serving systems as a minor/youth
4. Experience working with youth and/or Non-Minor Dependent (NMD) in an employment or volunteer capacity is desirable.

• Licensure, Registration, Certification

1. Valid CA driver’s license and proof of automobile insurance.
2. Completion of CPR/First Aid/ProACT certification within the first thirty (30) days of employment.

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide a consistent, supportive environment in which the client can learn and practice pro-social behaviors, problem-solving, coping skills, and other independent and transitional living skills.
• Ensure sensitivity to family culture, values and beliefs, and operate from an adoption competent, trauma-informed, strength-based perspective.
• Maintain proficient and accurate documentation adhering to all program and contract standards. 
• Teach, model, and reinforce social skills for the development of ongoing relationships within the client’s family and community. 
• Provide transportation to the youth for academic, social, recreational, and/or employment activities.
• Work in coordination with the client’s multidisciplinary team, including schools or other child-serving systems, etc. Attend all required meetings.
• Develop and utilize knowledge of community resources to serve children and their families. 
• Possess knowledge of behavioral support principles and Wraparound principles and fidelity standards. 

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES 

• Service Delivery 
• Meeting expectations in Service Delivery Skills encompass the ability of paraprofessional staff to identify and recommend appropriate service types that align with the needs of clients, while staying within the bounds of their training, expertise, and professional role. This competency requires an understanding of the range of services available within the organization and the ability to match those services to the specific needs and preferences of clients.
• Crisis Intervention and Safety Planning
• Meeting expectations in Crisis and Safety Planning encompasses handling crisis situations effectively, including suicidal ideation, self-harm, and acute psychiatric symptoms, by adhering to established safety protocols and accessing appropriate resources. Participate as needed in the implementation of safety plans in collaboration with clients, their support systems, and the treatment team. 
• Productivity & Service Billing 
• Meeting expectations in Productivity and Service Billing skills focus on the ability to hit program productivity expectations on a monthly basis.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to drive a motor vehicle without restrictions, often in heavy traffic and frequently long distances (one hour or more) to ensure safe transport to client settings and to safely transport clients to appointments as needed.
• Senses of vision, hearing and smell sufficient to regularly operate a motor vehicle, to visualize threats in the environment or risks to clients, and to operate safely in the field.
• Required to occasionally lift and carry 10-20 pounds.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, climb stairs (1 or more flights) and walk while in route to and during family visits.
• Regularly required to sit and use computer in office settings.

EOE, INCLUDING DISABILITY/VETS

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under California law.