Founded in 1975, Legal Services for Children (“LSC”) is one of the country’s first non-profit law firms dedicated to providing free legal representation and social work services to children. Our mission is to ensure that all children in the San Francisco Bay Area are raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education and other services that are necessary to thrive and grow. We believe that youth deserve positive alternatives to unnecessary placement in foster care, juvenile justice facilities, and immigration detention.
LSC started the interdisciplinary approach that is considered a best practice in juvenile law today. We deploy attorney-social worker teams to assist Bay Area children who need to access the legal system to stabilize or improve their lives. LSC’s attorneys represent children in legal matters that involve guardianship, dependency, school discipline, immigration, and other civil legal matters. Our social workers provide crisis intervention, case management, counseling, and psychosocial assessments. LSC staff also engage in policy and advocacy projects aimed at advancing the rights of children.
To promote social justice and best serve our clients, LSC is committed to maintaining a diverse staff and providing services with cultural humility. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and ensuring a workplace where staff can flourish and grow professionally and well beyond. We strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities and historically oppressed groups including People of Color and LGBTQ individuals to apply. Bilingual/bicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Below you will find a list of LSC’s current open positions. Click on the job title(s) to take you to their job description on this page:
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
ABOUT THE POSITION
LSC seeks an immigration attorney who is bilingual in English and Spanish to represent children in immigration proceedings. Our immigration clients are primarily monolingual Spanish speakers, and also include Central American and Mexican indigenous youth as well as youth of African descent. Applicants awaiting bar results or planning to take the July 2023 California bar exam will be considered.
Key areas of responsibilities include:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
This position will be eligible for a “hybrid” model in which the person can work some of the time outside of the office. This position is based in San Francisco and requires presence in the area with the ability to come to the office and other locations in the Bay Area.
This position is in a bargaining unit represented by IFPTE Local 20.
SALARY & BENEFITS
Salary is commensurate with experience, ranging from $71,500-79,500 (Staff Attorney, 0-4 years) or $86,500-96,500 (Senior Staff Attorney, 5-10 years). A one-time signing bonus after hire is available for this position. Benefits include fully paid health insurance for employees and majority paid for child dependents (medical, dental, and vision) or a stipend for staff with existing insurance coverage, retirement contribution, and generous paid leave (vacation, sick, holidays, and sabbatical every 4 years). LSC also offers a monthly tech reimbursement, a flexible spending account for qualified health and dependent care expenditures, and a pre-tax commuter and parking program.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please send cover letter, resume and contact information for three references to jobs@lsc-sf.org with “Immigration Staff Attorney” in the subject line. In your cover letter, please address the following in order for your application to be considered:
LSC’s clientele is extremely diverse, and the majority of our clients are low income youth of color. To ensure that our agency is best serving these children, LSC strives to promote an evolving set of behaviors and attitudes amongst our staff, as well as policies that enable us to work effectively in all cross-cultural situations, with clients, with our coworkers, and with the community. We see this as a commitment to enhance the provision of our services to all clients; to raise the level of positive client outcomes; and to create an inclusive and respectful workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued. How do you think your personal background or experiences, professional or otherwise, have prepared you to contribute to our commitment to cultural humility and diversity amongst our staff? Feel free to think broadly about your response to this question, applying various aspects of your life and personal experiences.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
ABOUT THE POSITION
LSC seeks a social worker with an MSW who is bilingual in English and Spanish to work with children in our Detained Immigrant Children’s Project (DICP), which serves children who are unaccompanied and in the custody of Office and Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Our clients are resilient young people fleeing poverty, intrafamilial and community violence in their countries of origin seeking safety in the United States. Students who will obtain their MSW in May or June of this year are eligible to apply.
This social worker will:
LCSW clinical supervision will be provided.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
This position will be eligible for a “hybrid” model in which the person can work some of the time outside of the office. This position is based in San Francisco and requires presence in the area with the ability to come to the office and other locations in the Bay Area. Primarily, this position requires in-person facility visits, in particular near Fairfield, California, 1-2 days per week, which can be balanced by working from home or in the office. Zip Car and/or mileage reimbursement is provided for travel to facilities.
This position is in a bargaining unit represented by IFPTE Local 20.
SALARY & BENEFITS
This is a full-time, exempt position. Salary is commensurate with experience, ranging from $71,500-79,500 (0-4 years experience working with an MSW). Benefits include fully paid health insurance for employees and majority paid for child dependents (medical, dental, and vision) or a stipend for staff with existing insurance coverage, retirement contribution, and generous paid leave (vacation, sick, holidays, and sabbatical every 4 years). LSC also offers a monthly tech reimbursement, a flexible spending account for qualified health and dependent care expenditures, and a pre-tax commuter and parking program.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please send cover letter, resume and contact information for three references to jobs@lsc-sf.org, with “Social Worker” in the subject line. In your cover letter, please address the following in order for your application to be considered:
LSC’s clientele is extremely diverse, and the majority of our clients are low-income youth of color. To ensure that our agency is best serving these children, LSC strives to promote an evolving set of behaviors and attitudes amongst our staff, as well as policies that enable us to work effectively in all cross-cultural situations, with clients, with our coworkers, and with the community. We see this as a commitment to enhance the provision of our services to all clients; to raise the level of positive client outcomes; and to create an inclusive and respectful workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued. How do you think your personal background or experiences, professional or otherwise, have prepared you to contribute to our commitment to cultural humility and diversity amongst our staff? Feel free to think broadly about your response to this question, applying various aspects of your life and personal experiences.