Child and Family Team Facilitator, Bilingual

Casa Pacifica; Santa Maria (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Tuition assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Casa Pacifica seeks a skilled Child and Family Team Facilitator, Bilingual, to coordinate and lead family team meetings in Santa Maria, CA. The role emphasizes strength-based planning, collaborative decision-making, and culturally responsive service delivery.

The position requires bilingual abilities (Spanish preferred), robust engagement with high risk families, and logistics coordination to ensure meetings run efficiently.

Qualifications

• Ideal: Bachelor’s degree in related field plus 1–2 years working with high risk families, or AA plus 4 years in similar settings.
• Must work with diverse ethnic and cultural groups.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate child and family team meetings to develop an action plan.
• Contact identified parties within 48 hours to schedule meetings.
• Orient participants to the meeting purpose and logistics.
• Keep CFT meetings under 2 hours and address all areas.
• Integrate CANS information into the CFT process.
• Promote partnerships and family decision making in the CFT process.
• Ensure voices of all participants are heard and reflect family history.
• Use Solution Focused Practice to build trust and assess strengths.
• Develop strength-based, needs-driven, culturally relevant family plans.
• Provide interpretation to conduct CFT in family’s preferred language.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Meeting facilitation

CANS knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

AA in related field with 4 years of experience

Job description

Child and Family Team Facilitator, Bilingual

Overview

Description

Wage band range $19.00 to $25.00 per hour; however, it is ultimately determined by contract obligations, the scope of the position, the candidate's relevant experience, and internal equity. Bilingual in Spanish, preferred and position is eligible to test for a bilingual pay incentive. This position will not be offered as a remote workstyle.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (illustrated by typical activities):

• Coordinate, schedule, and facilitate child and family team meetings using strength based, needs driven and solution focused approaches to develop an agreed upon action plan to support the family.
• Upon receiving the initial referral will make reasonable efforts to contact all identified parities within 48 hours to schedule the team based meeting during a time the CWS or Probation Officer identified, that is convenient to the family’s schedule and location.
• Orient all participants of the CFT to the purpose of the meeting and provide appropriate logistics prior to the scheduled CFT
• Efficiently structure and facilitate CFT’s so that all areas are addressed and meetings last no longer than 2 hours
• Integrate information from the Child Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) measure into the CFT process
• Promote child and family/professional partnerships and family decision making as a part of the CFT process.
• Ensure that the voices of all participants are heard during the CFT process, and that the CFT draws on the family’s history.
• Utilize Solution Focused Practice to build trusting relationship with the family while gathering detailed information about strengths and protective capacities of a family.
• Use Solution focused Inquiry to use questions designed to strengthen an individuals or family’s capacity to achieve their goals by identifying past and present capacities, achievements, strengths, values and traditions and visions of their future.
• Using the family history to provide input, develops a child and family plan that is strength based, needs driven and culturally relevant that will impact the placement decision made by CWS and the services provided to support the youth
• Must be able to conduct the CFT in the preferred language of the family either by speaking the family’s preferred language or utilizing interpretation services.
• Assist in providing crisis management to families and children when plans disrupt and on-site consultation to others involved in plans.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all case related contact within 48 hours of the contact.
• Submit required forms and reports in a timely basis.
• Attend Case Review on time and arrived prepared to discuss critical issues in families engaged in the process. Additionally, participates in individual clinical supervision.
• Establish and maintain collaborative and effective working relationships with both internal staff throughout all levels of the agency and with external resources.
• Ensure plan created during CFT is distributed to all participants promptly following the meeting.
• Provide written CFT summaries to the referring party within 48 hours following the CFT.
• Participate in training activities as directed.
• Assist in monitoring and ensuring effective linkages with community and agency service providers.
• Maintain a flexible work schedule as necessary to provide support for families at varying times, days, and places, including early mornings and late evenings.
• Maintain flexibility in providing services throughout Santa Barbara County.
• Maintain Confidentially amongst all team members involved in the CFT process.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, plus one to two years’ experience working with high risk families; or have an AA in a related field, plus four years of working with high risk families and have demonstrated ability to successfully work with families from diverse ethnic and cultural groups.
• Must be able to work successfully with families from diverse ethnic and cultural groups.
• Valid California Driver's License with excellent driving record. Use of personal car at times with mileage reimbursement. Requires proof of insurance.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including 401k with up to 5% fully vested employer matching contributions made after first year of service
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance options
• Flexible spending and dependent care programs
• Education/tuition assistance programs
• Discount gym and wellness options
• Group Discount Pet Insurance
• Aflac Critical Illness, Accidental & Dental supplemental plan options
• Employee Assistance Program
  • Free Confidential Crisis Line 24/7 (365 days a year)
  • 4 face to face or telephonic sessions per issue
    • Stress, Anxiety, Depression
    • Life transitions
    • Grief and Loss
    • Divorce
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Substance Abuse
    • Work-Life Counseling
    • Free Legal and Financial consultations
    • Identity Theft Recovery Services

Casa Pacifica restores hope, enhances resilience, and strengthens community connections for children, young adults, and families.

We are a diverse and inclusive team providing excellent services to all our communities. Our team members are empowered to share their identities, ideas, and perspectives. A culture built on diversity, equity and inclusivity is essential to creating a safe and healing environment at Casa Pacifica.

Casa Pacifica is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer; all applicants will be given full consideration under state, local, and federal law.