Bilingual Youth Partner/Skills Trainer - Wrapworks

By joining the San Diego Center for Children, you will empower children and families through transformative mental health care and educational services. Our vision is to inspire a world where children and families live joyful, healthy lives. We serve over 1,000 people every day.

About the role

As part of the San Diego Center for Children’s WRAP Program, the Bilingual Youth Partner/Skills Trainer uses their own lived experience to provide culturally resonant and trauma-informed services to youth and families involved with the foster care system. This role utilizes a community-based and strength-based approach to support youth and families in meeting their treatment goals. For youth, treatment goals typically include independent living skills, coping skills, social skills, and emotional regulation. For families (biological and resource parents), goals may include parent education, linkage to community resources, and case management. The Bilingual Youth Partner/Skills Trainer also acts as the youth and family’s advocate in the Child and Family Team (CFT) setting.

Responsibilities

• Utilize personal lived experience to support trauma-informed treatment
• Provide youth and families with community-based and culturally sensitive services to support treatment plan goals
• Help develop formal/informal support networks for youth/families within their communities
• Promote greater youth/family participation and voice at the practice, program, and policy levels of the System of Care
• Participate as the youth/family advocate in Child and Family Team meetings, IEP meetings, and other required meetings
• Attend SDCC and program-required training, including evidence-based practices, HIPAA, and cultural competency
• Demonstrate a strong ethical foundation and use System of Care values in work provided to families (individualized, strength-based, culturally competent, family-focused, trauma-informed)
• Maintain accurate, timely, and complete case records per Medi-Cal requirements and SDCC policies
• Maintain clear, effective, and open communication between multi-disciplinary clinical staff and administrative personnel
• Utilize supervision, consultation, and training to provide high-quality services to youth/families
• Availability to work evening and weekend hours, and to be on-call as needed by youth/families on caseload
• Provide transportation to youth/families as needed and as clinically appropriate
• Maintain a full caseload (approximately 10-15 cases) and meet productivity expectations (currently set at 25%, subject to change)
• Travel between office and community locations, including client homes, in a personal vehicle
• Perform special projects and other related duties as required

Requirements

• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Valid California Driver’s License and reliable transportation (must be willing to utilize personal vehicle for work-related responsibilities)
• Good driving record and vehicle insurance
• High School Diploma or GED
• Good verbal and written communication skills, and ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and functioning through a culturally sensitive lens
• CA Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist (PSS) Eligible
• Must meet either of the following criteria:
  • Lived experience as a consumer of Children's Behavioral Health Services, Child Welfare Services, the Juvenile Justice System, or Special Education
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft System Applications

Preferred Qualifications

• CA Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist (PSS) Certified
• Proficient in SmartCare (Electronic Health Care System)
• Experience with Wraparound Services, ABA, foster/probation youth, and/or as a mentor/educator

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret medical records, journals, reports, and legal documents
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
• Ability to effectively present information to management and public groups

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear
• May be subjected to physical aggression from clients (e.g., kicking, hitting, punching, biting, hair pulling)
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions
• Moderate noise level in the work environment

Benefits

• Team-oriented, multidisciplinary approach
• Ongoing, high-level learning and development opportunities
• Culturally diverse environment
• Joint Commission Accredited Organization
• Comprehensive health insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision, Pet)
• Retirement Savings Plan: 403(b) with employer match up to 3%
• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays)
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement or assistance for continuing education
• Employee discounts
• Employee recognition program
• Opportunities for career advancement
• Eligibility for state or federal loan forgiveness programs for work with underserved populations