Job Description
Other - Full-time
About Community Kids
Community Kids exists to transform communities through kids by providing long-term, life-changing, worldview-expanding relationships, led by Jesus Christ. Learn more at CommunityKids.org.
Social Worker
Full Time: 30-45 hours a week.
Compensation: Salary based on history and experience.
Education Preferred: Bachelors of Social Work, Criminal Justice, Ministry, or related field
Minimum Qualifications
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High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one year of experience with an individual(s) whose everyday lives are impacted by ongoing trauma or a traumatic experience.
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At least 22 years of age
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Demonstrated communications skills in listening and speaking
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Demonstrated time management skills
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Demonstrated competence as services and supports to families.
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Possession of a valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation
Preferred Qualifications :
Knowledge of trauma-informed theories, principles, and practices (includes multi-
faceted understanding of concepts such as community trauma, intergenerational and
historical trauma, parallel processes, and universal precautions).
The Role:
The Social Worker will serve as a member of the Community Kids (CK) Leadership Team and be a champion of the CK ministry values and mission, helping guide kids, mentors and families in crisis situations and trauma. They will help create and execute a system that tracks the progress of kids and families navigating through difficult times. The social worker will help lead groups for kids who are struggling emotionally.
Qualities of desired Applicants
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You have a heart for kids.
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You have some sort of formal experience with helping people who experience crises.
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You feel called to the city’s neighborhoods, wherever the kids may be.
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You desire vibrant relationships with co-workers, volunteers and supporters of this ministry.
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You have the ability to work in unpredictable and unsecured situations.
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You love Jesus and want kids to be led by Him.
Responsibilities and Key Tasks
Administration
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Create and maintain reports of kids and families dealing with trauma.
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Keep accurate and organized assesements, plans, and progress reports for all kids to ensure that there are no undocumented breaks between meetings with kids.
Direct Care and Support
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Meet regularly with kids going through traumatic experiences.
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Support mentors who are dealing with kids having emotional difficulty
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Be present at Community Kids programs such as Bible Club, retreats, trips, and camps to assist kids who are having problems.
Program Development
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Develop class and groups for kids who are struggling emotionally and are under discipline.
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Create training and seminars for staff, mentors, parents, volunteers, and kids on how to develop good spiritual and mental health.
Connector
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Research and connect with agencies that can assist families.
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Organize a team of professionals to advise and assist with different needs.
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Connect families and kids with resources that can help them in times of crisis.
Working Relationships for the Social Worker
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Reports to the Mission Vision Director
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Regularly presents organizational progress to the CK board of directors.
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Works with Mentors, mentor specialists, and teen interns.
Personal Requirements
Be in relationship with other Christians
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Meet with a small group for accountability in becoming more like Christ.
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Routinely check-in with one another — celebrate victories and be there for losses.
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Share Christ as you journey through life together.
Maintain a prayer and testimony ministry
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Participate in prayer meetings at local churches.
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Send out monthly prayer updates to a large group of prayer supporters, routinely send out prayer and praise requests.
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Continually share prayer requests with the community and testify to God’s ongoing work in the lives of kids.
Maintain a relational fundraising ministry (see the “commitments for compensation” sheet for detailed list of commitments)
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Continually make needs and opportunities known to people in the community, personally inviting them to participate in the lives of kids with resources that God has given them.
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Invest in the lives of donors by setting up care appointments to encourage them towards love and good deeds.
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Mass communicates with donors by helping create quarterly and annual reports.
Send Resumes to office@communitykids.org
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