Family Specialist, Resource Family Approval
Wayfinder Family ServicesMartinez, California, United States
Posted April 2, 2026
25 - 27
Full Time
About the Company
Wayfinder Family Services is a California‑based nonprofit that delivers comprehensive support to children, youth, adults, and families facing vision loss, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and other life challenges. Since 1953, the organization has served more than 21,000 individuals each year through a continuum of services—including foster care, transitional and residential housing, early intervention, special education, mental health, rehabilitation, and social work—tailored to the unique needs of each client. Wayfinder’s distinctive advantage lies in its integrated, cross‑silo approach that addresses the complex, intersecting issues of vulnerable populations, making it the only human services provider in the state to combine specialized visual impairment programs with a full spectrum of disability and family services. By bridging gaps in care and fostering empowerment, Wayfinder helps clients achieve independence, health, and quality of life.
Job Description
At Wayfinder Family Services, we understand the unique challenges facing some of our state's most vulnerable children, youth and adults. We match children and youth who have been displaced from their homes due to abuse or neglect with families that can provide safe, caring homes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work OR 18 units of Psychology, Sociology and/or Communication and a minimum of two years of experience in a case management role.
- Knowledge of crisis intervention and the unique needs of kinship care.
- Bilingual (Spanish), required.
- Valid CA Driver License with a minimum of three (3) years good driving history and must be approved by the agency's insurance carrier to drive agency vehicles.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, 11 paid holidays, plus five winter holidays
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match up to 4%
- Employee referral program: Encourage your colleagues to join us
- Education tuition assistance program: Invest in your career development
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible
- Flexible spending account (FSA) plans
- Generous Paid Time Off