The Foster Youth Social Worker is responsible for both the clinical treatment and case management of four to six youth placed in intensive Resource Family Approved (RFA) homes, or a combination of these youth and lower needs youth placed in foster or adoptive homes. The Social Worker will support the caregiver in many capacities including providing psycho-education and coaching, foster care compliance and managing sustainability. The Social Worker will support resource parents in meeting all expectations to gain and maintain Resource Family (RF) approval as well as meeting the needs of the youth. They support the youth through clinical assessment and direct care to meet their immediate and long term needs. They work as part of a multidisciplinary team to support the youth meeting all treatment goals and transition to a more permanent placement.   Seneca offers weekly individual and group supervision toward licensure hours, free CEUs, many free trainings to improve clinical skills, and yearly scholarship opportunities for professional development.   ABOUT PLACEMENT Seneca's Placement Programs operate with a core belief that every child deserves a family. Families are recruited, trained, and certified to provide permanency and safety for children of all ages who are not able to remain with their family of origin. Some are impacted by behavioral, emotional, developmental, or medical challenges and many have experienced trauma and loss. The program provides youth and children with the safety, stability, and support of a nurturing and trauma-informed family. Placement will match approved families with children who need homes and provide children who need homes and provide children and families ongoing support and resources.   ABOUT SENECA Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca provides a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year. The agency’s growth has been guided by a commitment to our Unconditional Care® model – doing whatever it takes to help children and families thrive, even when faced with tremendous challenges. Seneca is committed to supporting historically underrepresented communities and informing agency policies and practices through its agency-wide DEI Initiative and DEI Advisory Board. Seneca is committed to fostering an agency culture that is welcoming, cooperative, and inclusive of diverse peoples and worldviews.

The Facilitator's primary responsibility is to facilitate Child and Family Team Meetings using wraparound principles that are family-centered, individualized, strengths-based, and outcome-focused. Monterey County Wraparound's goal is to help children and their families with complex and enduring needs receive intensive treatment in the least restrictive environment that is appropriate. In addition, this role provides assessment of the client and family's needs and leads the team in providing treatment to support the family toward meeting their goals. Clients are aged 0-21 years of age, and this position is community-based. Services are provided where the family is most comfortable.   About Seneca's Wraparound Programs The focus of Seneca Wraparound programs is to offer family-centered, individualized, culturally relevant, and strength-based support to families with complex and enduring needs. Wraparound works in close partnership with Department of Social Services, Juvenile Probation, Behavioral Health, and group homes. Wraparound provides strengths-based and outcome-oriented alternatives to group care placements for children and youth by drawing upon community and family strengths. Treatment and support services are tailored to address behaviors and meet family needs, even as they change over time.   Seneca has developed a clinical practice model which integrates ideas and methodologies from three intellectual traditions that are not usually discussed together: attachment theory (to build healthy relationships), learning theory (to replace negative behaviors with positive ones) and systems theory (to address environmental factors). At the core of the Wraparound model is the Family Team, comprised of the child/youth, family members, and other adults connected with the child/youth, the County representative who referred the child/youth for Wraparound, and Seneca staff including a Facilitator, Support Counselor, and Family Partner, The Wraparound team builds consensus and leverages the strengths of its members to identify and meet needs that require intervention to support the child/youth and family in reaching their long-term goals.

***Now offering a $2,000 sign-on bonus and a four-day work week!*** AMFT, APCC, ASW, AND licensed for all areas qualify   Seneca offers weekly individual and group supervision towards licensure hours, free CEUs, many free trainings to improve clinical skills, and yearly scholarship opportunities for professional development.   As a Mobile Response Team Social Worker with Seneca MRT, you provide proactive early intervention before crises escalate to divert youth from more restrictive interventions. Our team consists of mental health professionals dedicated to same-day crisis intervention for youth facing immediate crises and ensures that families receive coordinated care and access to long-term services. The Mobile Response Team's overarching goal is to prevent suicide, minimize unnecessary psychiatric hospitalizations, decrease police involvement, and reduce the criminalization of mental health. This program specifically caters to low-income and at-risk community members, offering assistance to youth with Medi-Cal or no insurance. These crisis intervention services are provided in homes, schools, and various community locations. You will respond to each crisis as a team, never going out alone, while collaborating with fellow community partners that work to serve our youth.   ABOUT SENECA  Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca provides a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year. The agency’s growth has been guided by a commitment to our Unconditional Care® model – doing whatever it takes to help children and families thrive, even when faced with tremendous challenges. Seneca is committed to supporting historically underrepresented communities and informing agency policies and practices through its agency-wide DEI Initiative and DEI Advisory Board. Seneca is committed to fostering an agency culture that is welcoming, cooperative, and inclusive of diverse peoples and worldviews. Seneca has been voted as a top workplace 7 years in a row and is one of California's top nonprofit providers of specialty mental health services in California.

The Support Counselor  provides family-based mental health support, crisis intervention, and case management services to children and families The primary role is to provide support to children in order to allow them to learn and practice prosocial behavior, problem solving, and coping skills. Support Counselors  are members of a treatment team, and provide services almost exclusively in the community: in families' homes, group homes, foster homes, schools, etc. Responsibilities include: direct services to children and their families, completion of documentation, participation on multidisciplinary teams, providing strength-based and culturally competent services, resource linkage, and flexibility to work evenings and weekends.   ABOUT SENECA  Seneca Family of Agencies is a non-profit with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca provides a broad continuum of permanency, mental health, education, and juvenile justice services, which today reach over 18,000 youth and families throughout California and Washington State each year. The agency’s growth has been guided by a commitment to our Unconditional Care® model – doing whatever it takes to help children and families thrive, even when faced with tremendous challenges. Seneca is committed to supporting historically underrepresented communities and informing agency policies and practices through its agency-wide DEI Initiative and DEI Advisory Board. Seneca is committed to fostering an agency culture that is welcoming, cooperative, and inclusive of diverse peoples and worldviews.

In the Central Coast, Seneca provides in-depth fieldwork placement and training opportunities for MSW interns, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT trainees) and Professional Clinical Counseling (PCC trainees).  Graduate Fieldwork Placements follow a standard school year schedule beginning in the fall and ending in the spring/early summer. First year students are required to work at least 16 hours per week and second year students are required to work 20-24 hours per week. Exact schedules are decided on with the supervising clinician according to the students’ availability and the program’s needs. Due to the sensitive needs of the kids and families we serve, we ask that students assist in providing a healthy transition into and out of our kids and families lives.    Students are provided with the following opportunities: - Two week New Employee Orientation (Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm) is mandatory. - An intensive orientation to Seneca’s population served, values, philosophy, and practice at the beginning of their fieldwork placement. - An opportunity to conduct hands-on fieldwork. - Training and supervision focused on the Seneca treatment model. - Multiple and varying training opportunities presented on a wide range of topics applicable to working with children and their families. - Weekly supervision provided by a Seneca Clinician with an appropriate degree or license. - Weekly group supervision when applicable to the student’s fieldwork agreement. - Be part of an agency dedicated to helping provide permanent families to allow the children to thrive. - Clearance of TB test, fingerprints, and any other mandatory State/Federal licensing or certification requirements. - Proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster required. Who should apply?  The training settings we offer are most appropriate for advanced students who already have some exposure to clinical populations and direct work with clients. You must be currently enrolled in a clinical graduate program with one of our partnering universities to qualify to apply. Please note: Fieldwork placements do not automatically lead to employment at Seneca. To Apply: You will need to complete theFieldwork Matching Form and attach it to your online application. To begin your online application, click the "Apply Now" button on this page. To learn more about our internships, please visit our Internship Informationalpage.   Note for Post Graduate Clinical Interns: As a post graduate MSW (ASW) or MFT (AMFT) you may qualify for any of the Clinician/Therapist positions at Seneca. As an employee, Seneca will assist you in gaining your hours, trainings, as well as supervision and support, as you move towards licensure. For more information about applying for a Clinical position with Seneca, please go toEmployment Opportunities and browse our full-time employment openings.