Job Description

Provide childcare referral services to foster parents, resource parents or relative caregivers who take in a foster child.  Effectively engage foster parents, resource parents, or relative caregivers by phone or in person to discuss their child care needs, create a child care plan and link them efficiently to licensed childcare resources.  Provide technical assistance to family, child welfare worker, social worker or probation officer and other child and family team members with accessing childcare.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct intakes, assess needs, discuss options and assist foster and resource parents or relative caregivers participating in the BRIDGE program.
• Connect the family to information and resources about school readiness and childcare.
• Assist caregivers to navigate childcare system for placement on relevant waitlists for ongoing childcare subsidy.
• Assist with preparing for and facilitating Trauma-Informed Care Training Workshops for child care providers serving foster care children.

Company Description

The Community Child Care Council (4C Council) is a non-profit, community-based agency that serves as the community childcare link for families and childcare professionals who live and work primarily in Santa Clara County, California. The agency and its staff are proud to serve the Silicon Valley families, for more than 46 years. It is currently supported by the California Department of Education, US Department of Agriculture, County of Santa Clara and the City of San Jose. The 4C Council provides Early Care and Education, Information, Referrals, childcare voucher payments, nutrition services and family supportive services to families, children, and child care providers within Santa Clara County.