Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

Job Summary

DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES is recruiting for a Social Worker 3 position in the Carson City Child Welfare office. Position works independently to provide child welfare services to children and families to include but not limited to: assess/manage ongoing safety threats; deliver strength‑based family centered case management and permanency services that promote safety, well‑being, and permanency of children.

Ensure children have their medical, mental health and educational needs met. Ensure Case Plans are developed and reviewed in accordance with policy and practice guidelines; document assessments, CFTs, monthly caseworker visits, court reports, social summaries, diligent search efforts, TPR packets, and other pertinent paperwork. A current Nevada Social Work license is a requirement for employment.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; the agency is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Social Workers are licensed professionals who provide case management services to children, families, vulnerable adults with intellectual, developmental, physical disabilities, serious mental illness, and older adults, and other individuals within local communities and institutions. Case management is defined as the process by which an individual's needs are identified and the social, habilitative, and medical services designed to meet those needs are located, coordinated, and monitored.

Positions in this series may specialize in one service area, or may work in several areas as a generalist, depending upon the needs of the community and the mission of the agency to which it is assigned.

Licensure or provisional licensure as a Social Worker, Clinical Social Worker, Independent Social Worker or Associate in Social Work and one year of professional experience providing case management in child protective services, foster care services, and/or adoption services in a social work setting equivalent to a Social Worker I in Nevada State service.

• Assess and reassess client levels of functioning by interviewing clients, family members and other community contacts; utilize tests, inventories, and other assessment tools; review medical, legal and law enforcement reports; and evaluate client resources for the purpose of identifying the level of assistance needed and services appropriate to meet client emotional, social, financial and health needs.
• Develop and implement a case plan that presents intervention strategies to meet client needs including alternative placement, job training, socialization, nursing services, legal and medical intervention, and financial assistance according to federal and state regulatory guidelines and budget limitations.
• Locate and coordinate a network of services and resources provided by other state agencies, community organizations and private service providers in areas such as mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, developmental, homemaking, financial assistance, and employment programs pertinent to assessing client needs and case plan goals.
• Provide ongoing case management services by conducting home visits, monitoring delivery of services and quality of care, and reassessing client needs; track client progress and well‑being, evaluate case plan effectiveness, and effectively manage resources; assist clients in identifying strengths and barriers and developing problem‑solving and coping abilities; collaborate and coordinate case reviews with families, friends, attorneys and multiple agencies including social and community services and law enforcement to ensure case continuity and prevent conflicting case plans and duplication of services.
• May organize multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to assist in strategic assessment and planning of protective services, issues regarding the delivery of service, programs, or individual plans for preventing, identifying, remedying, or treating abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation, or abandonment of children or vulnerable adults; MDT teams may include representatives of other organizations concerned with education, law…