Administrative Assistant ~ "Care Specialist"

Looking for purpose? Enjoy people, children & families? Are you warm, welcoming and in tune with others? You may be reading the posting for your next fulfilling career home. We are looking for a very special person who can warm our office with who they are, organize us with our systems (paper and electronic), be our communicator when we are in sessions and our preparer for what our families and clients need. We are looking for unique support and care of our office, our clients and us. You help us help families and clients heal. You are the first point of connection, the impression of our practice and the supporter of our sanity.

We are a small psychotherapy private practice in Irvine, California by the Spectrum shopping center who loves to help families with life's hiccups and hard stuff. With the work we are privileged to do, no little one is too small, and all experienced ones are treasured. Being a family can be tough, and we help families... "family." Connection is our compass and anchor.

In your cover letter (required for consideration), show who you are, tell about you. We are looking for a very unique personality who will fit well with our staff, and be exceptionally warm and supportive with our clients. Skip all the usual cover letter jargon. Your cover letter is the most important part of your application. Check out our website www.connectedlifecenter.org and tell us if/how what we do inspires you.

We need you. We cannot do it without you. We will adore you!

If you are thinking, "I cannot wait to...

• Care for the people I work with
• Be cared for by the people I work with
• Greet our families and friends who arrive warmly and helpfully
• Wake up the offices with lights, music, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and anything else we need/provide that day
• Schedule families and individual's time to meet for get-to-know-you assessments and sessions
• Coordinate meetings and calls with other therapists, teachers, doctors, occupational therapists & other professionals
• Make sure all information, digital, paper & electronic, are not homeless, but have a home and are well organized
• Communicate with families about anything we can help them with, including receipts, scheduling & general questions
• Relay information smoothly to therapists and other Care Specialists
• Prepare all that is needed for families when they arrive, from coffee, tea, water and hot chocolate to clipboards, papers, pens and toys
• Take care of, and make sure, therapists and Care Specialists (including you :) have what we need to help those who come into our space, from goldfish crackers to phone numbers, and papers to blankets
• Call families & individuals for information we need from them
• Help with toy organization & cleanliness
• Be flexible & patient with our families and friends that come to play, talk and heal
• Contribute to the warm, caring tone we highly value with our staff
• Have an interest and openness to grow and learn
• Keep confidentiality above all else

... then we would like to know about You!

While we are not able to provide health or insurance benefits with this position at this time, there are life-changing valuable additional benefits we do offer such as...

• Purpose
• Connection
• Appreciation
• Growth
• Be an integral part of helping children, tweens, teens, parents, caregivers, families, grandparents, men and women heal, and get through some small and big life "stuff"
• Learn about yourself and others in ways that will help you with your relationships, and your life

If you just read this, and your heart is pounding from excitement and you just want to get started...

• Waking up the office, warmly greeting our consumers on the phone and in person,
• Organizing the heck out of our files, systems and cupboards, and
• Learning more about yourself and others,

In your cover letter (required for consideration), show who you are, tell about you. We are looking for a very unique personality who will fit well with our staff, and be exceptionally warm and supportive with our clients.

Looking forward to reading who you are!

If this posting is still up, we are still looking for our next warm, supportive, connecting Care Specialist.