Community Resource Specialist Part Time

Are you interested in being part of positive changes in child welfare services? 

Founded in 1975 with locations across California, Aspiranet is a trusted neighbor, partner and care provider that exists to help families thrive. With personalized care, Aspiranet offers a unique blend of services including foster family support, residential care, adoption services, and services for foster youth transitioning to adulthood, mental health services, intensive home-based care, and community-based family resources. We celebrate our values of respect, integrity, courage and hope through our work, and most importantly, our people.

Aspiranet staff gain inspiration from human connection and understand that success is the product of teamwork. We seek champions for our mission and those committed to excellence.

Your Future Team

Aspiranet’s Family and Community Services provide home, visiting, center-based and school-based services to children and families in their communities and offers assistance that is client-centered, trauma-informed, and reflective of best practice standards in the field.  Our services are designed to strengthen families and communities while preventing child maltreatment.  When you join our multidisciplinary team, you become part of a passionate group determined to impact lives and empower youth.

Your Impact

Under the direction and supervision of the Center Director, the Community Resource Specialist/Outreach Worker will provide leadership in interfacing with the broader community by facilitating access to community resources for families with children ages 0 to 5.

Your Skills And Duties

• Assess needs of families and children from diverse cultural backgrounds utilizing appropriate interview techniques and a variety of methods and tools.
• Conduct child development screening (training to be provided).
• Assist and facilitate family eligibility for specific programs based on federal, state regulations and policies.
• Connect families with available community resources by providing information, referrals, education, advocacy, enrollment assistance/eligibility and follow up as necessary.
• Expand current programs and initiate parent peer support groups at Center, focusing on empowerment.
• Working with other agencies in assigned area to ensure availability and provision of supportive services for clients (e.g., vocational rehabilitation, medical, mental health, education).
• Develop and maintain up to date community resources and library for parents, community partners and staff use.
• Design and implement workshops, support groups and trainings for parents on community resources and/or common social emotional child development issues.
• In partnership with First 5, First 5 Center and Aspiranet, participate in program design and implementation to include the development of systems to collect appropriate documentation.
• Maintain records, collect data, prepare reports and conduct work utilizing a data system.
• Participate in First 5 evaluation and other efforts to improve the quality of the overall program service delivery system.
  
  

Education And Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Services, Sociology, Psychology or Early Childhood education or related field.
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience providing training or technical assistance in family services and/or community partnerships.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to the unique challenges faced by families living in poverty, its effects and the effects of trauma.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of case work, group work or community organizations.
• Knowledge of human behavior and development.
• Knowledge of the basic principles of analyzing the physical, psychological, and social factors contributing to family functioning.
• Knowledge of the scope and activities of public and private health and welfare agencies and public assistance programs.
• Ability to design and implement workshops, support groups and trainings for parents on community resources and/or common social emotional child development issues and participate in program planning and development.
• Ability to maintain records, prepare reports and correspondence related to the work.
• Ability to maintain favorable public relations.
• Ability to utilize agency resources, technology and library to appropriately answer questions and provide guidance to staff, parents and other service providers.
• Ability to educate and assist parents to respond to the social emotional needs of children.
• Ability to engage families and facilitate opportunities that foster empowerment and self sufficiency.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) in Spanish and English effectively and appropriately with others (strongly preferred).
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Proven ability to maintain professional boundaries and client confidentiality.
• Ability to work with families of varying cultural, social, and economic backgrounds.
• Ability to prioritize work, organize, and manage time effectively.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.  
  
  

Compensation: Competitive DOE

Aspira means hope. We are a network of people bringing hope forward. We look forward to learning what makes you passionate.