Family Support Counselor - Los Angeles (Wilshire)

Family Support Counselor - Los Angeles (Wilshire)

Bring your talent. Build your career. Make an impact. At All For Kids, you'll join a mission-driven team where your skills matter, your growth is encouraged, and your work helps create brighter futures for children and families.

Position: Family Support Counselor
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $24 hourly

Benefits and Perks:

• Comprehensive benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision and 401K.
• Generous PTO, holidays, and wellness days for work-life balance.
• Growth-focused culture with Elevate University.
• Recognized as "DEI Non-Profit of the Year" by the LA Business Journal.
• Bi-weekly and semi-annual monetary bonuses for Behavioral Health Service Providers that meet specific qualifying criteria. (Clinical Roles Only)

Learn more about the Job:

The Family Support Counselor (FSC) is responsible for initiating and maintaining regular and long-term (up to three or five years) contact and support with families. This activity will occur primarily within the family's home; each visit should last for at least one hour. Virtual visits may take place as needed. The interventions should be family-centered, strength-based, and directed at establishing a trusting relationship; strengthening the parent-child relationship; promoting healthy childhood growth and development; and enhancing family well-being by reducing risk and building protective factors. FSC partners with families honor diverse family structures and parenting practices. Activities may also include but are not limited to administering the Family Resilience and Opportunities for Growth Scale (FROG) Scale; administering screening tools such as the ASQ, ASQ-SE, Depression Screens etc.; identifying and referring families for other supportive services, including health care services. The process be responsible for assisting the family in establishing goals and supporting them throughout this process and is responsible for implementing activities outlined on the Family Service Plan to address areas of concern that were identified on the FROG scale.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain caseload of 15-20 families and responsible for all home visiting records in database and e-chart filing.
• Conduct assessments and screenings for program eligibility at family's home to assess for multiple risk factors including, domestic violence, depression, and family stressors.
• Assist families in identifying/reaching appropriate community resources by providing referrals.
• Aid families in crisis situations such as immediate need for shelter, childcare, health care, etc. by providing proper referrals
• Develops and maintains community resource file. Works with staff and supervisor to provide proper referrals to the families.
• Attends community meetings and/or agency collaboration meetings as assigned
• Provide home visiting coverage as well as maintain case notes, contact logs, and other records as required by the agency and funding source
• Teach and model trauma informed /empathetic approach when communicating with the families, agency staff, and community partners
• Establish a trusting relationship with families
• Deliver research-based information on health and safety, nutrition, family functioning and child development
• Attend team meetings and weekly individual reflective supervision meetings
• Build trusting relationships with community partners
• Assist with community outreach and tabling events
• Conduct program outreach events for program referrals and enrollment
• Conduct and document needs assessment
• Development of a written individualized service plan
• Linkage, Consultation, and Referral including follow-up within 30 days
• Assistance with accessing services
• Crisis assistance planningPeriodic review
• Maintain case files and notes (including releases, etc.)
• Maintain work and activity sheets, statistics, court reports/letters, as required

Job Qualifications:

• Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Experience in working with or providing services to children and families
• Experience and ability to work with culturally diverse families
• Knowledge of infant and child development
• Willing to engage in building reflective capacity (e.g., capacity for introspection, communicating awareness of self in relation to others, recognizing value of supervision, etc.)

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI)

Diversity is a core value at All For Kids and in the Behavioral Health program. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all staff, and people leaders. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. We value inclusivity and support our employees' diverse needs.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or sit; walk; use hands and talk or hear. Fine motor skills such as typing, and the use of a computer mouse is required. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. If you are unable to perform any of the above abilities and require special accommodations to do so, please advise your recruiter. We're dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone can excel.