Child Watch Specialist

CORA•San Mateo, CA

8d•$25 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

This POSITION will be a vital role in CORA’s Mental Health team. An essential part of the position will be to providing supervised activity and play time with minor children while their parents are in therapy or other program service sessions. We are looking for someone with an eagerness to engage children in age appropriate activities and to support them emotionally while their adult family members receive care at CORA. This position works closely with the Mental Health Clinical team and at times with staff from the Legal Department or Housing staff, including its staff and volunteers, while reporting directly to the Mental Health Child Program’s Coordinator.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old

Nice To Haves

1 year working directly with children preferred (can be paid or volunteer work)
Computer skills such as use of outlook, word preferred
Language skills including speaking any of the languages most spoken by our clients, preferred (Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Tagalog especially of interest)
High school diploma or GED preferred

Responsibilities

Provide Trauma-informed care to all children and youth in support of parent support groups and individual therapy sessions.
Work alongside Children’s Program Coordinator, Volunteers and Child and Family Therapists to assist in establishing playgroups and developmentally appropriate activities for children.
Create an environment of learning, cooperation and safety.
Communicate with parents upon on arrival and departure to ensure a warm handoff of their child.
Maintain clean, organized and sanitized children’s areas.
Support staff in calling parents for reminders of appointments.
Meet, on an as-needed basis, with the mental health department and clinicians for support, training, and referral assistance.
Maintain observations of children and enter up-to-date records and reports into spreadsheet and Empower database.
Assist in completing daycare applications or school referrals for families.
Assist in planning, organizing and conducting Children’s Program events and other CORA related events under the guidance of the Children’s Program Coordinator.
Collaborating with Clinicians and Supervisors regarding concerns caused by a child’s behavior or statements during a child watch session.
Support mental health clinicians in administrative work such as running reports on client survey completions, reviewing files for file completion, sending reminders to staff on incomplete data.
Others duties as assigned