Bilingual Skills Trainer

By joining the San Diego Center for Children, you will empower children and families through transformative mental health care and educational services.  Our vision is to inspire a world where children and families live joyful, healthy lives.  We serve over 1,000 people every day - are you ready to make an impact?  

Join us - and work with purpose!  

SUMMARY

Bilingual Skills Trainers will provide skills training to program youth directly related to the goals of the youth's treatment plan; Bilingual Skills Trainers will act as the youth’s advocate, mentor, and behavior coach, and attend wrap meetings for coordination of care.  The average caseload is 10– 12 youth, many of whom will have families who are monolingual Spanish speaking. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides rehabilitation services to youth in the home, school, and community focusing on specific skill deficit areas including, independent living skills, emotion regulation, social skills and coping skills.
• Helps develop formal/informal support networks for youth/families in the communities in which they reside.
• Participate in wraparound team meetings.
• Triage crisis situations with team members, including doing basic risk assessments, safety planning, and connecting to resources to maintain safety in the home, school, and community.
• Acts as a positive role model for youth and promotes greater youth participation and voice at the practice, program, and policy levels of the System of Care.
• Documents all clinical work per Medi-Cal requirements and SDCC policies and procedures.
• Maintains clear, effective, and open communication between multi-disciplinary clinical staff and administrative personnel within and between SDCC programs.
• Utilizes supervision, consultation, and training as necessary to provide high quality services to youth in an effective manner 
• Availability to work evening and occasional weekend hours, and to be on-call during working hours by the youth on their caseload 
• Assist in translation of documents from English to Spanish, and in coordination of care with mono-lingual Spanish families, as needed 
• Fulfills all required training including Cerner, applicable EBP training, cultural competency, and HIPAA 

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret medical records, journals, reports, and legal documents; Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community; Ability to effectively present information to management and public groups 

REASONING ABILITY  

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret medical records, journals, reports, and legal documents; Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community; Ability to effectively present information to management and public groups 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hand to finger; or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Due to the emotional instability of the clients the employee may be subjected to kicking, hitting, punching, biting, hair pulling, etc.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Most services will be provided in or near the homes of the families we serve.  Employees are considered essential service providers and will be expected to work with families in need during pandemics or natural disasters. 

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

The San Diego Center for Children is committed to:

• Actively recruiting, retaining, and supporting diverse staff at all levels of the organization
• Ensuring that diverse perspectives are included in the development and implementation of policies, practices and services, and that individuals feel empowered to advance our mission within an atmosphere of trust, safety, and respect
• Encourage and provide access to professional development in order to deliver equitable and culturally informed services to the population we serve.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid California Driver’s License and reliable transportation
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in a related field
• 2 years experience working with youth and families, Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare, or Regional Center services
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organized and able to manage a calendar and work cohesively on a team
• Bilingual in Spanish

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Child Development, Sociology, Psychology, or Criminal Justice
• Work experience in a wraparound program 
• Work experience as an advocate or trainer 
• Work experience documenting in an Electronic Health Record

TOTAL REWARDS PACKAGE:

• Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Retirement savings plan: 403(b) - with employer match up to 3%
• Paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays)
• Flexible work schedules
• Wellness programs
• EAP - Employee Assistance Program
• Professional Development and training opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement or assistance for continuing education
• Employee discounts
• Employee recognition program
• Opportunities for career advancement