Community Responder - California

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Driving Systems Change in Child Welfare

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Description

•As part of our Direct Impact Team, we are offering Virtual Support Services (VSS), a digital resource navigation model that leverages tech-enabled strategies to give young people and families direct access to resources for kinship families in the state of California. •The Community Responder (CR) serves as a navigator - helping to research, call and vet resources based on what individuals tell us they need. •The CR also researches and builds our directory of resources (traditional AND non-traditional), including partnerships with virtual solutions beyond the scope of traditional child welfare (e.g. education coaching, telehealth and more).

Requirements

•Experience accessing and navigating child welfare systems and/or other systems relative to social services •Lived experience and/or proximity to child welfare, whether as a former foster youth, kin caregiver, mental health professional, or other is a plus •2+ years of professional experience in mental health or related field •Strong communication (written and verbal) skills •Experience communicating with and serving populations in child welfare (i.e., kinship families, foster youth, child welfare professionals) •Fluency in Google Suite and other tech tools like Slack and Asana •Prefer fluency in languages other than English, Spanish preferred •Adaptability to learning necessary tech tools required for the position •Deep commitment to our mission and nuanced understanding of systemic, structural oppression and inequity •Demonstrates Unconditional Positive Regard within all interactions to serve our population •Unwavering commitment to centering the voices and experiences of people with lived experience in every part of the work.

Benefits

•“Build your office” stipend •Medical / Dental / Vision Coverage - We cover 100% of your premium and 50% of your family's premium for our "base" plan •Health Care & Dependent Care FSA •Employer-sponsored Short Term Disability •Employer-sponsored Life and AD&D •Voluntary Supplemental Life •Voluntary Long Term Disability •8 major holidays + 3 Org wide Breaks over Summer, Thanksgiving, & Winter •Flexible PTO •Sick Leave •Paid Leave of Absence •401k for pre-tax retirement contributions •Individual ($1500 per person) & Organizational-wide Learning & Development •We hold monthly learning sessions organization-wide to deepen our understanding of foster youth's Lived Experience. •We put you at the cutting edge of change in the child welfare system. •We offer you the chance to engage with inspiring leaders in government, foundations, the nonprofit sector, and entertainment who are passionately committed to transforming the child welfare system.