Facilitator 1

Overview

This position is eligible for a $1,500 hiring incentive!*

LPHA Preferred! 

Compensation We Offer  

• The initial compensation for this position ranges from $71,760 - $88,256 per year, depending on experience, location, and internal equity considerations 

Possible Additional Compensation (may vary based on position eligibility) 

• 8% License Differential for LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, PsyD. and select Peer Certifications 
• Possible Bilingual Differentials: Up to 7.5% for qualifying direct service roles; up to $80.00/month flat fee for qualifying non-direct service roles. 

Benefits We Offer 

• Benefits Eligibility starts on day ONE!
• We provide a robust benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision. See our Benefits Page HERE.
• 401 (k) employer match up to 4% 
• Competitive Time Off Plans 

Must meet eligibility requirements based on employment status

*Hiring incentive paid out after 30 days and 6 months

About our Program: Wraparound is a Pacific Clinics program that provides wraparound services for children with behavioral issues who would otherwise need residential care or a higher level of care. A family-centered team approach to stabilize the child in the least restrictive environment is provided

Schedule: Varies but mostly M-F 9-5 with evenings

Pay Range

$71,760 - $88,256 per year
Job Summary

Facilitator I is responsible for leading group discussions, workshops, or training sessions to help individuals or teams achieve specific goals or outcomes. They create a supportive and engaging environment, guide discussions, manage group dynamics, and ensure that objectives are met. Facilitators may also provide feedback, encourage participation, and help participants develop skills and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provides facilitation and coordination in the development of individualized services for youth and families.
• Implements strength-based family centered methodology into planning and develops creative methods to ensure individualized culturally sensitive care.
• Understands interactions of complex systems in the context of a family’s life, service delivery structures and the community’s resources.
• Elicits, values and incorporates divergent perspectives in action plans and strategies in order to help youth stabilize in a placement and connect them with a permanent setting. 
• Participates with families as a complete unit with focus on individual strengths/concerns/needs.
• Partners with parents of special needs children in order to ensure parent voice, choice and access.
• Facilitates the development and refinement of effective reactive and proactive safety plans.
• Provides leadership role in linking parents, youth and staff when a crisis arises.
• Ensures the involvement of natural members with the Child and Family team.
• Assists Family Specialists and other line personnel to develop strength-based interventions and strategies which include plans for transition to primary caregiver.
• Provides meeting minutes to all Child and Family Team members and facilitates communication plans to support on-going inclusion and accountability of all team members.
• Participates effectively in both internal and external multidisciplinary clinical teams.
• Assesses and integrates internal and external customers’ concerns, needs and expectations into planning process.
• Organizes and presents clinical evaluation and initial treatment plans to staff and community partners and participates in service reviews.
• Understands and implements funding policies/procedures and trains Child and Family Teams in stewardship practices.
• Provides effective, therapeutic linkages with referral sources, collateral contacts, community resources and program staff.
• Manages flexible schedule consistent with family and program needs.
• Monitors effectiveness and efficiency of interventions with youth and families.
  Demonstrates effective personal organizational systems for ensuring paperwork/information management accuracy and timeliness.
• Performs other responsibilities, as assigned, to support department/business needs.

Qualifications

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 qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Master's Degree (M.S./M.A.) in related field and one (1) or more years of experience serving individuals with complex needs including SED youth/families and/or youth residential settings, and with the mental health, child welfare and/or juvenile probation systems, or equivalent combination of education and experience (two years of relevant experience equals one year of education)
• Speak, read, and/or write another language may be required in some programs/areas.
• Availability to participate in 24-hour on-call program.
• Programs in San Bernardino require BBS registration and Facilitators to be licensed in six (6) years.

Job Competencies

• Conflict resolution
• Documents clearly and accurately
• Encouraging customer focus
• Leads team performance
• Time management

Physical Requirements

• The work environment conditions as described below 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 qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must remain physically fit enough to keep youth and self-safe. While performing these duties the employee is required to perform the following physical tasks when the need arises: Working with youth in crisis may require certain physical skills to avoid (i.e. being attacked) objects (i.e. being thrown at you), moving objects to safe locations, and watching for and/or keeping others safe.
• Move quickly/run.
• Drive a car.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Driving Required May have unsupervised contact with children. Requires full background check and TB Exam. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with a disability. We will consider for employment, qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with ordinance 184652 Sec.189.04 (a) and San Francisco Police Code, Article 49. Section 4905.