Child Well-Being Specialist

Summary And Scope

The Child Well-Being Specialist will support the Child Well-Being program by providing direct interventions and recommendations for operational and environmental adjustments as it relates to child well-being.

Essential Functions

• Monitor and observe the physical environment, individual interactions, and verbal and non-verbal conversations to assess child welfare concerns and ensure proper interactions between facility staff, family members, and children.
• Serve as a resource by advising and supporting facility decision-making involving complex child well-being concerns.
• Aid facility partners in documenting and transferring information for individual cases.
• Provide crisis support, interventions in emergency situations, and assist with de-escalation of children and parents.
• Deliver ongoing education and provide facility partners requested tools to respond to specific situations with children and provide other insights into culturally sensitive care.
• Support children by providing resources that are child-friendly from a multicultural perspective while accounting for language diversity.
• Submit documentation to leadership promptly including daily recommendations based on environmental walkthrough checklists, end of shift logs, and case notes documented in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

Skills And Specifications

• Maintain Microsoft Office proficiency.
• Communicate effectively.
• Show adaptability and collaboration.
• Have strong research skills.
• Be able to solve problems.
• Have attention to detail.

Education And Experience

• Required: Master's Degree in Behavioral Health or related field.
• Required: Full, current, and unrestricted licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW or LICSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Doctor-level prepared psychologist (LP), or equivalent.
• Required: 2+ years demonstrated post-licensure work experience in child development, culturally aware and trauma-centered care, performing clinical evaluations in direct engagement with children and their families.
• Required: 1+ year experience working in a multidisciplinary team-based environment.
• Desired: 1+ year experience in an immigration setting.
• Desired: Bilingual (English and Spanish).

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk, see, hear, sit for extended periods, stand, walk, engage in repetitive motions, and use hands and fingers to manipulate objects, tools, or controls.
• May lift and carry materials and equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

• Operates in professional office, facilities, and field environments.
• Works 24/7/365, inside and outside, in all weather conditions.
• Routinely uses standard office equipment, hand tools, site equipment and vehicles, and is required to use and wear standard PPE, which will be provided by the company.
• Expects clear written and verbal communication in English.

Travel

• Travel is dependent on contract load.
• The ability to travel to job sites and be away for extended periods of time based on contract needs is required.
• Short notice travel is required with 24-48 hours' notice.