Child And Family Social Worker - Partial Remote (Ventura County)

Koinonia Family Services is seeking a qualified individual to work as a full-time Child and Family Social Worker to serve youth and families in Koinonia's foster care and adoption programs in Ventura County. This is a Partial Remote position, with team meetings conducted at our Palmdale office, and the remainder of the time working remotely or in the local community visiting youth and parents in their homes. Koinonia is one of California's leading children's services agencies. Responsibilities include social work and case management of children in foster-adopt placement; providing support services to resource parents; writing home study assessments for Koinonia approved resource families who are adopting foster children placed in their homes; writing home study assessments for county-referred families, and providing on-going case management and services for children in approved adoption placement, including post-adoption services.
The position requires a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW). Prior experience as a foster family agency Social Worker preferred. Prior experience completing S.A.F.E. home studies preferred. The work schedule is regular business hours, Monday-Friday, with some occasional early evening and weekend work (with flex time to offset those hours).
Koinonia offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefit package for the employee and their dependents. Benefits include employee and dependent group health insurance (medical, dental and vision), life insurance, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, and supervision toward LCSW licensure. The medical plan has very low co-pays/deductibles and offers great coverage. The starting annual salary is $64,480 (or higher depending upon overall qualifications and experience) with another increase expected on January 1 to $66,560, and eligibility for annual increases thereafter.
Koinonia is a qualified employer under the federal Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after a minimum number of qualifying monthly payments have been made while working for a qualifying employer.
Our employees say Koinonia is a great place to work! Koinonia has an attractive organizational culture that emphasizes a focus on quality of relationships.In a recent employee satisfaction survey, 99.5% of employees said they work well with coworkers, 96.7% said they are satisfied with their supervisor, and 95.7% agree they are treated with dignity and respect.Koinonia is more than just a great place to work--it's an opportunity to do something meaningful.
Join us in our mission to bring hope and healing to children, youth and families through meaningful relationships and quality programs and services.Koinonia is a trauma-informed agency with a person-centered treatment philosophy.Working with children and youth who have experienced trauma is challenging but also extremely rewarding. We welcome qualified individuals to apply. Koinonia is an equal opportunity employer.
Important: Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background clearance through Department of Justice and FBI as well as a pre-employment physical and TB test. Also, must have a driver's license in good standing, reliable transportation and be able to meet auto insuranceeligibility requirements.