Manager Social Services

Founded in 1887 Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 392-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles. The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center the Los Angeles Center for Womens Health obstetrics and pediatric services and comprehensive cardiac and surgical services. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.

One Community. One Mission. One California.

• Assist with interviewing, hiring and orienting new staff, and complete annual performance evaluations for assigned FSCs.
• Identify staff training needs and plan, develop, and facilitate in-service training to meet these needs
• Provide leadership for weekly case conferences, ensuring that social service and mental health issues are adequately addressed in the development of family service plans.
• Provide social service and mental health consultations on an as-needed basis, including meeting individually with clients and families to assess needs and providing crisis intervention, advocacy, and referrals when indicated, as well as clinical interventions for children, parents, and families through individual, group, and conjoint services.
• Provide leadership for program governance functions, serving as liaison to the Policy Council and Board Committee with primary responsibility for developing parent leadership and civic engagement skills.
• Develop and conduct parent workshops related to issues of family and community violence, self-esteem, stress management, coping strategies, and other social service and mental health-related topics.
• Collaborate and act as a liaison with community agency representatives at various organizational levels to facilitate and coordinate provision of needed services, including, as necessary, convening joint case conferences with staff from other involved agencies.

If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

Benefits and offerings for this position include (plus much more!):

• Annual employer contribution to retirement program (no employee contribution needed).
• Medical benefits for the employee at no payroll deduction.
• 29 days PTO accrued annually.

• Masters degree in social work, psychology, or a related field required.
• A minimum of five years clinical work experience required.
• A minimum of one year of supervisory experience required.

• Possession of a valid California driver's license and valid auto insurance, and the ability to make home visits to various Los Angeles County locations.
• Fire Safety Certification required within 90 days of hire.

Required Special Skills: 

• Ability to function as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Experience in providing clinical services to low-income families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrated group leadership skills and experience in developing small-group workshops.
• Direct experience in working with families around issues related to marital discord, parenting, alcohol and/or other drug abuse, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and poverty.
• Knowledge of the field of child abuse and neglect and familiarity with child abuse reporting laws.
• Demonstrated ability to execute assigned projects in an independent and responsive manner.
• Experience in staff supervision, coaching and mentoring.
• Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with lay-persons and professionals from a variety of disciplines and at various organizational levels.
• Skill in organizing and maintaining a comprehensive record-keeping system.
• Ability to speak clearly, concisely, and in an organized manner to professionals.

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