Community Wellness Specialist - Educational Support Services

Sycamores; Covina (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Sycamores is seeking a Community Wellness Specialist - Educational Support Services to deliver behavioral and academic interventions that promote safety and academic success for at-risk youth. You will help develop coping skills and ensure transfer of those skills to school, home, and community.

The role includes wellness-focused interventions, travel between client locations, and coordination with a student team to support positive outcomes for students and families.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or AA degree with one year of direct care experience; two years preferred, or Bachelor's with one year direct care experience.
• Valid California driver’s license and reliable vehicle; proof of auto insurance.
• Ability to travel between client locations; driving is an essential function.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral and academic interventions to promote safety, academic success, and attachment.
• Develop coping and problem solving skills and transfer them to school, home, and community.
• Support wellness and build resilience through linkages and referrals to community resources.

Skills

Direct care experience

Driving

Strong computer skills

Typing proficiency

Education

High school diploma or AA degree with direct care experience

Bachelor’s degree with direct care experience

Tools

California driver’s license

Job description

JOB SUMMARY: Sycamores provides a spectrum of equitable mental health services through various programs to multicultural populations of all acuities. Although it serves a variety of consumers, the agency focuses primarily on providing care to low-income, high at- risk youth.

The role of the Community Wellness Specialist - Educational Support Servicesis to provide behavioral, and academic, interventions and supports that develop coping and problem solving skills which promote safety, academic success, and attachment; and teach transference of those skills into the school, and into the home and community when needed. These interventions are provided to maintain youth in the least restrictive school environment possible, with carryover to the home and community when needed, and are developed within the student team meeting process. Additionally, this is a position that is focused on wellness and building resilience through interventions, linkages and referrals to appropriate community resources when identified as a need.

Starting Pay Range:

$21 - $25 per hour (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background.)

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or AA degree with one year of direct care experience required; two years of direct care experience preferred, OR Bachelor’s degree plus one year of direct care experience preferred.
• Maintains all required licenses and certifications.
• As this position requires regular and flexible travel between various client locations, driving is an essential function of this position. Candidate qualifications therefore include:

• Personal, reliable vehicle for travel to various locations.
• Valid California driver’s license.
• Acceptable driving record as determined Agency policy.
• Proof of auto insurance meeting minimum coverage requirements.

Additional Requirements:

• Availability to ride the school bus both in the morning, and after school, to provide supervision and support.
• Be part of a team who is passionate about providing excellent and quality services which consistently results in positive outcomes for the students, schools, and families we serve.
• An excellent candidate for this position would be an individual who has knowledge of both behavioral and academic interventions and has successfully implemented these interventions with youth who have had severe behaviors (e.g., physical aggression, verbal aggression, and defiance).
• Ability to work a non-traditional work schedule to meet family needs. May include weekends, holidays, early morning, and/or late evening hours.
• Have strong computer and typing skills to complete necessary documentation.
• Experience in a Residential Facility, Special Education Classroom, Group Home, or Probation is highly desired.
• Knowledge of resources in Service Area a plus.

All candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.

Sycamores is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Further, Sycamores is a Fair Chance employer and complies with California Government Code Section 12952, Employment Discrimination: Conviction History.