Bilingual Facilitator

Westcare • Fresno, CA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for organizing, planning, and delivering onsite group education sessions for parents and children in various life skills areas, following evidence-based curricula for the Celebrating Families Program. The role involves working with a team to assess family needs for educational services, including substance use prevention and healthy living skills, facilitating a positive learning environment, providing input at case staffing meetings, and evaluating participant progress. The individual will objectively observe participant behavior and interactions, maintain accurate client records, and embody the mission, vision, and goals of WestCare Foundation.

Requirements

• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Superior organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in word processing programs, preferably MS Word, and spreadsheet programs, preferably MS Excel.
• Internet skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• High level of initiative.
• Adherence to the highest standard of ethical conduct, especially to standards governing confidentiality.
• Professional appearance and demeanor.
• Bilingual (fluent in English and Spanish) is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a criminal history background check.
• CPR Certification, First Aid Certification, and an annual Tuberculosis test.
• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Must be able to de-escalate situations in the program.
• Requires the ability to defend oneself and clients in physically abusive situations using approved physical de-escalation techniques.
• Requires the ability to defend oneself and clients in mentally/verbally abusive situations using approved mental/verbal de-escalation techniques.

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of one (1) year of experience working in the field of social services or human services is preferred.
• Customer service experience is preferred.
• Bachelors degree in relevant field (psychology, social work, rehabilitation) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Organizing, planning, and delivering onsite group education sessions for parents and children in various life skills areas following evidence-based curricula for the Celebrating Families Program.
• Work with team to assess each family's need for educational services, including substance use prevention and healthy living skills.
• Facilitate a positive learning environment.
• Provide input at case staffing team meetings.
• Evaluate the progress of the participants assigned to their groups.
• Objectively observe participants behavior alone and their interactions with other parents, children, and peers.
• Keep accurate client records/charts.
• Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision, and goals of WestCare Foundation.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• As mandated by the State of California those employees who work at Residential, Outpatient, Sober Living, provide Mental Health Services, Administrative Staff or Transitional Living Facilities must be fully vaccinated and have received a booster.
• Employees that have requested a Medical or Religious Exemption, which has been approved by Human Resources will be required to test for the virus weekly.
• During your tenure with WestCare there may be new requirements, including, but not limited to vaccinations that are issued by local, State, Federal, and/or Funders that WestCare may have to comply with. Should this occur Human Resources or appropriate personnel will inform you.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED