Making life better — for your team, your patients, and your community — is at the heart of everything we do at Legacy Health.

If that’s what drives you too, and you’re passionate about empowering others to make a difference, you may be a great fit for Legacy as a Child Abuse Clinical Coordinator.

If you share our commitment to compassion, collaboration, and excellence, we’d love to talk with you.

At CARES Northwest, the health and safety of children come first. We are passionate about ending child abuse through effective prevention, medical evaluation, treatment and support. Join us as we help children and families overcome the crisis of abuse, and move forward toward hope and healing. Established in 1987, CARES Northwest is one of nation’s oldest children’s advocacy centers and the largest in Oregon. Our program is a unique collaboration of four health systems – Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, OHSU’s Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, and Providence Children’s Health – and child abuse multidisciplinary partners in Multnomah and Washington counties. Advocating for over 42,000 children in our 34-year history, CARES Northwest is a leader in our region’s efforts to protect our community’s children and promote their healing.

The Child Abuse Clinical Coordinator-Culturally Responsive (CACC-CR) – non licensed, provide key services in guiding the patient through the continuum of care from our Latinx community.  Key services include (but are not limited to) brief psychosocial assessment, crisis management, planning and coordination of services, implementation, transition planning, and post-discharge follow-up. CACC-CR demonstrates critical thinking to assess and meet the needs of patients and their families/caregivers by providing care coordination throughout the care continuum using a culturally responsive lens.

We at CARES NW believe that racism is child abuse and we are committed to eliminating racial inequities. This position requires a candidate with a strong racial equity lens, who is confident, capable, and able to institutionalize racial equity into all our programs, policies, and procedures.   

English and Spanish fluency are essential functions for this position.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Services or related field required.
• Master’s Degree in Social Services related field preferred.

Experience:

• A minimum of two years of applicable clinical experience or equivalent education and experience in child maltreatment.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience working with the Latinx community, as demonstrated by knowledge of traditions, values, and customs of the community and lived or professional experience working directly with individuals who identify as Latinx.        

Skills: 

• Excellent organization, oral and written communication skills for effective remote interaction with patients, patient's families, physicians and staff and community agencies.
• English and Spanish fluency are essential functions for this position.
• Knowledge of discharge/transition planning. 
• Knowledge and understanding of the range of evaluations and treatments needed by children alleged to have been abused.
• Knowledge of community resources related to children/families, mandatory child abuse reporting laws, and experience with crisis triage.
• Engage in culturally competent practice using demonstrated knowledge of the traditions, values, and customs of the Latinx community.

Preferred: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) actively working toward LCSW licensure, or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), or Registered LPC Intern actively working toward LPC licensure.  

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you