Case Manager; CPS - Bachelor's - Faribault & Martin Counties

Case Manager (CPS) - Family Preservation Worker

Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties seeks a full‑time (39 hours a week) position located in the Faribault County Human Services Center (Blue Earth, MN).

• Interview clients at intake.
• Carry a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provide counseling to families and individuals.
• Conduct complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepare intensive long or short‑term treatment plans requiring a strong casework knowledge.
• Identify client situations requiring intensified service and bring to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provide adult and child protective services.
• Provide vocation/employment services.
• Provide adult and child mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.
• Provide or assist in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems.
• Interpret programs to clients, refer clients to appropriate community services.
• Interpret social and emotional factors to others involved in the treatment of clients.
• Prepare social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervise foster home placements.
• Interview and screen prospective adoptive parents.
• Provide preventive services.
• Interpret policies and regulations to clients.
• Provide casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepare and maintain case records that meet federal, state, and local guidelines.
• Dictate findings and correspondence.
• Prepare regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work paraprofessionals.
• Participate in in‑service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four‑year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology, or a closely related field.
• OR a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four‑year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a social worker/case manager in a public or private social services agency.
• May apply prior to graduation, but must be within 60 days of receiving the degree.

• Health insurance (including optional high‑deductible plan) with employer sharing in cost.
• Employer‑paid $20,000 term life insurance.
• Earned sick and safe time, generous paid leave policy, and 11 paid holidays each year.
• Defined benefit annuity through PERA (Public Employees Retirement Association).
• Options for dental, vision, accident, critical care insurance, and additional life insurance.
• Pre‑tax contributions to health savings account, flexible spending accounts, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance, and Section 457 deferred compensation plans.
• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program.

An Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action Employer