At Wayfinder Family Services, we understand the unique challenges facing some of our state’s most vulnerable children, youth and adults. Those with disabilities, those without a home of their own, those who have been abused and many, many more. We answer the call for them. We believe in the amazing potential in, and for, each and every one of them. And, together, we find a way to turn that potential into reality.
Program and Role Summary:
Our statewide Foster Care and Adoption programs match children and youth who have been displaced from their homes due to abuse or neglect with families that can provide safe, caring homes. Wayfinder recruits, trains and certifies resource (foster) families, some of whom ultimately adopt the children they foster. We emphasize a child achieving permanency, which can be reunification with birth parents, living with relatives, adoption or guardianship.
The primary focus of the Social Worker II is to be responsible for conducting resource family assessments for relative and non-relative families, completing reports approving or denying the family, or providing case management services to the family and youth until the case closes to reunification, guardianship, or adoption. Social workers may work in both roles simultaneously as needed. In case management, social workers will also develop, coordinate, and supervise treatment plans for children in kinship and unmatched family homes. The social worker monitors the cases for safety, well-being, and progress on the case plan.
This position serves both the Martinez and Santa Rosa areas.
Primary Responsibilities:
