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WestCoast Children’s Clinic, located in Oakland, California, is a non-profit community psychology clinic that provides mental health services to Bay Area children, youth and families.
Working at WestCoast Children’s Clinic means being part of an organization that is client-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, and committed to justice and equity.
We are currently seeking a highly skilled Outreach and Engagement Specialist to be a vital part of Project AWOL, an innovative initiative dedicated to empowering these young individuals to reach their full potential.
As a Outreach and Engagement Specialist, you will be on the frontline, providing essential outreach and support to youth who have left their foster or group homes.
Collaborating closely with our esteemed clinical staff and child welfare workers, your primary mission will be to engage with these youth and identify their unique needs, connecting them with the vital services they require.
We are looking for an exceptional individual who can build strong connections with distrusting youth, demonstrating empathy and understanding.
Serving in the communities of Oakland, Alameda County, and neighboring areas within a 90-mile radius, you will be a beacon of hope, offering crucial services where they are needed most.
Flexibility, initiative, discretion, and independent judgment are at the heart of this role. As an ideal candidate, you will leverage a strengths-based approach to support and empower abused and neglected children, making a lasting impact in their lives.
Project AWOL is a collaboration between WestCoast Children's Clinic and Alameda County's Department of Children and Family Services.
Together, we are on a mission to enhance the placement stability of Alameda County dependents by reducing the number and duration of AWOL episodes.
By providing outreach and engagement services, as well as intensive clinical case management services, we are dedicated to helping children and young adults, ages 0-21 years, cope with the traumas of abuse and neglect, while minimizing the emotional impact of separation from their family, home, and community.
How the Outreach and Engagement Specialist makes an impact :
The ideal candidate has :
Note that this position is not remote and will require onsite work at the Assessment Center in Hayward, CA
About the Assessment Center :
STAT is a mental health screening and assessment program, located at the Alameda County Assessment Center. When a child is taken into protective custody by Alameda County Child Protective Services or the police, s / he is brought to the Assessment Center, a child friendly receiving center located at a confidential site where the child can comfortably wait until placement with a relative, foster home or group home is found.
Position Details and Compensation :
This is a full-time position reporting to the STAT Assistant Program Director. Hourly rate $31.25 per hour ($65,000 per year), plus a 10% bilingual Spanish language differential, if applicable.
Includes competitive benefits package, 403(b) plan, and performance-based compensation.
Why work here?
Some of our trainings include : CSEC and CSE-ITChild and Adolescent DevelopmentComplex Trauma / Trauma-Informed CareChild and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)
We also offer :
Join us and make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families in the Bay Area.
WCC is passionate about leading and encouraging open conversations around race, gender, power, and privilege and how these impact community mental health.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diminishing the influence of privilege and discrimination in our field and our workplace, whether due to differences concerning age, citizenship, color, disability, marital or parental status, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
Last updated : 2024-05-29
Full Time
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
$92k-119k (estimate)
05/31/2024
08/29/2024
westcoastcc.org
OAKLAND, CA
100 - 200
1979
STACY ANNE KATZ
$10M - $50M
Ambulatory Healthcare Services