Family Support Counselor
Family Support Counselor
Posted on :
16-05-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 27 - 30
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
16-05-2025
Job Description
NOTE: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued new requirements for health care and congregant care facilities to decrease the risk of COVID19 outbreaks. Based on the CDPH public health mandate all candidates for positions at Edgewood Center must provide proof of vaccination. Edgewood Center will consider applicants with ADA and Title VII exemptions on a casebycase basis.
Mission
Edgewood is the place to begin for any child or youth to get the mental health care social services and academic support they need from highly trained welcoming professionals.
Vision Statement:
For everyone we serve to have the power to live life with understanding confidence strength and joy.
Family Support Counselorthis is a fulltime nonexempt position MonFri. generally 95pm (start and end are flexible based on need and crisis support) this is a hybrid position with community work remote and office location.Please note community work is within a 90 mile radius from the Vicente campus office location in San Francisco.
About Edgewood
Each person who works at Edgewood Center for Children and Families shares a passion for making a difference in the lives of the children and families who we serve in the San Francisco Bay Area. Employees find themselves surrounded by a diverse and extraordinary group of dedicated professionals in welcoming environments characterized by wholeperson care open communication creative support and a commitment to growth healing and improving each day. Edgewoods successes come from our employees and the positive results they help create for children and families. When you join Edgewood you join a culture of purpose and belonging where your growth is a priority your identity is embraced and the work you do matters.
Position Summary:
The Family Support Counselor provides familybased mental health counseling support crisisintervention and case management services to children and families who are referred through social services probation or mental health departments. Identified clients are in the process of stepping down from an institutional setting into family or familylike setting or at risk of transitioning into an institutional setting from a family or familylike setting. Services will be provided almost exclusively in the community (i.e. familys homes community centers schools etc.). The primary role is to provide direct support to the child family and team members weekly as needed with the goal of stability and sustainability for the child and family leading toward the goal of permanency. Responsibilities include: weekly face to face meetings with the client and caregiver case management participation in team meetings collaboration with internal and external team members in progress towards treatment goals and excellence in communication skills.
Essential Functions:
- Provide oneonone support to client via intensive homebased services and oncall coverage to the clients and their families as needed.
- Provider intensive care coordination and case management services consistent with the Wraparound Model.
- Participation in monthly Child and Family Team (CFT) meetings for each client.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal and external providers and natural supports.
- Create Wrap Action Plan documents taken from notes created at CFT meetings.
- Collaborate with the entire treatment team ensuring all members have copies of the Wrap Action Plan and follow up with team members to ensure action steps have been accomplished before next CFT meeting.
- Attend and participate in weekly supervision group supervision and team meetings.
- Attend all required trainings.
- Maintain accurate documentation and paperwork including but not limited to mental health progress notes time sheets reimbursements and mileage.
- Maintain professional behavior at all times appropriately representing Edgewoods mission and philosophy.
- Perform all other duties as necessary for the good of the agency as directed by supervisor.
Core Competencies
- Contributes positively to creating a healingcentered welcoming antiracist LGBTQ affirming team and organization
- Demonstrates cultural competency humility and sensitivity treating youth families and colleagues with dignity and respect
- Ability to work both independently and within a team to support clients and families.
- Ability to create and formulate progress notes safety plans etc.
- Ability to navigate complex systems and support clients in accessing necessary resources to reach a lower level of care.
- Ability to provide coaching and psychoeducation to clients families and providers.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with and across a range of caregivers providers and families.
- Ability to assess needs analyze systems identify problems and collaboratively develop solutions within multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to manage ones own schedule complete documentation and paperwork in a timely fashion.
- Ability to manage crisis in the community seek support when needed from supervisors team members etc.
Applied Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Two years of relevant experience working with children youth and families
- Vehicle California drivers license and insurance
- Fingerprint clearance
- Flexible schedule with ability to work early mornings and evenings as needed
- Strong organization skills as demonstrated by the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and attend required meetings
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to work with a diverse population
- Cultural humility
- Build authentic and trusting rapport with youth and families
- Ability to respond to crisis situations
- Bilingual skills are desired
The hourly rate for this position is: $27.88$30.67 dependent on language and experience differentials.
As part of our team benefitseligible employees receive an excellent comprehensive benefits package:
- PTO in coordination with school summer and holiday breaks
- One floating holiday
- Nine paid holidays
- Five health and wellness days off annually
- 10% additional pay for communityrelevant second language fluency
- Medical/Dental/and Vision plans
- 403 B Retirement Plan with agency match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Medical and Childcare Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pet Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection Plan
- Paid employee referral program
- Flexible work schedules
- Career advancement opportunities
- Retention bonuses for many positions
- Continuing Education expense reimbursement
- Professional licensing fee reimbursement
- Professional Development reimbursement opportunities
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Equal Opportunity
Edgewood is proud to be an equalopportunity employer. People of color women persons with disabilities and persons who are lesbian gay bisexual transgender or intersex are encouraged to apply. Edgewood maintains a policy of nondiscrimination with respect to employees and applicants for employment. No aspect of employment will be influenced in any matter by race color religion sex age national origin marital status ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression physical disability (including HIV or AIDS) medical condition perceived physical disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by statute.
Employment Type
Full Time
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