POSITION SUMMARY
The Alliance for Children’s Rights seeks a dedicated Social Work Assistant for our Caregiver Support Project and Caregiver Helpdesk, aiding our social workers providing front line support to caregiving families in the foster care and guardianship systems. The Social Work Assistant reports directly to our Social Work Program Associate Director. This is a full-time, non-exempt position.
ABOUT THE ALLIANCE
We are a nonprofit organization that provides free, holistic legal services and advocacy to youth and families impacted by child welfare and juvenile justice systems in Los Angeles County and works to advance policy change statewide. Our lawyers, advocates, and social workers, together with hundreds of pro bono attorneys and community volunteers, work together to ensure that those we serve have the tools to overcome barriers to stability and success and can access the education, healthcare, and financial supports they need. Since 1992, we have helped over 165,000 children and young adults. For more information visit: www.allianceforchildrensrights.org.
WHAT YOUR IMPACT WILL BE
Reporting to the Social Work Associate Program Director, the Social Work Assistant will:
- Assist social worker in assessing clients needs
- Assist with referrals to community resources and ensure access
- Assists social worker with intake from Alliance programs and Help Desk.
- Fulfills grant requests and responsible for financial reconciliation
- Input and maintain relevant client information in database, including case closures
- Maintain a current list of community based resources relevant to caregiving families
- Performs other duties as assigned
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field required
- 1-3 years of professional experience preferred
- Knowledge of the child welfare system
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice
- Spanish fluency required
- Demonstrated awareness of sensitivity to and competence in dealing with cultural and socioeconomic diversity of client population
- Well organized, detail oriented and skilled with time/task management, able to adapt to frequent changes
This job description is of a general nature and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties of the position.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Excellent written and oral communication and active listening skills
- Familiarity with public benefits and community resources is preferred
- Ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with all community partners, children, caregivers, supervisor, and co-workers.
- Strong computer skills, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
This position is assigned to our Los Angeles office, with in-person presence required at the Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Court once a week and at the Court or our Los Angeles office as needed to facilitate training, client services, and departmental activities. Otherwise, the Social Work Assistant may elect to work remotely from home, although may be asked to return to work in the office at any time at the Alliance’s discretion.
Vaccination Requirement
The Alliance is committed to prioritizing and safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our employees, their families, our clients, and members of our community against the COVID-19 coronavirus. In response to COVID-19 and the increased transmissibility with recent variants, and to support a safe environment for everyone, all new Alliance employees must provide original documentation confirming they are fully vaccinated, and or evidence of an approved qualifying medical exemption or religious held belief exemption at the time of hire.
Salary Range
This is a non-exempt, full-time paid position, with a target starting annual salary in the range of $50,000 – $55,000 DOE.
Benefits include generous vacation and paid holidays; comprehensive health plans covering 100% of the employee cost of medical, dental and vision insurance; life insurance; flexible spending accounts for childcare and health expenses; generous retirement savings plan with company contributions to your 403(b) after one year of employment, and discounts on fitness memberships and other activities.
TO APPLY
Email resume and cover letter to Denise Velasquez, Director of Human Resources at dvelasquez@alliancecr.org. Due to a high volume of interest, we are not able to contact each interested applicant. No calls please. If selected for consideration, candidates will be contacted to discuss our recruitment process and next steps.
The Alliance for Children’s Rights is committed to building and supporting a culturally diverse and inclusive environment that values all staff members’ backgrounds and perspectives in our work. We strongly encourage individuals from all traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and prohibit discrimination against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other unlawful basis.