Social Worker - MeckWorks

Social Worker 1
-Meck Works
The Department of Community Resources

Please apply: 8/5/2025

“Follow Your Calling, Find Your Career”

Salary Range:$50,108.93 - $62,636.16

This is an exempt (salaried) position.

Please note:

pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant’s salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job.

At Mecklenburg County, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. We’re counting on YOUR unique voice and perspective to help Mecklenburg County become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Position Specific Summary

Through the Mecklenburg County Department of Community Resources, Meck Works (formerly Unified Workforce Development) provides Mecklenburg County customers who need additional assistance with employment due to experiencing two or more barriers, access to upward mobility and economic stability through employment placement and integrated services. Meck Works Social Workers provide customers with wrap-around, customer directed services that address external and internal obstacles through rapid employment, individualized support, and retention services.

Position Summary
Provides community-based services to clients, including evaluation, case management, brief intervention, and referrals. This position, under direct supervision, is responsible for determining the individual's specific needs and assisting in developing an action plan and/or mutual responsibility agreement. The selected individual will provide access to upward mobility and economic stability through integrated services and employment placement.

Essential Functions

• Interview clients and assess the needs of individuals and families

• Determine clients' eligibility for assistance and if referrals are appropriate

• Provide crisis management and wrap around services to individuals with multiple barriers to employment

• Discuss goals, expected outcomes, and develop plans to meet goals

• Provide concrete information and refer clients to community resources for services such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, and financial assistance

• Assist clients in the completion of required paperwork including but not limited to items that may be used to determine program eligibility, referrals for services, and job applications

• Manage records and maintains history records and prepare reports of services provided

• Manage records and documentation of services provided and participate in team meetings and case staffings

• Act as a liaison with other staff and agencies when making referrals and transitioning clients

• May be required to staff shelters in the event of a disaster

• Advocate and assist clients obtain resources that would improve their well-being.

• Maintain contact with clients to ensure that their situations have improved.

• Evaluate services provided to ensure they are effective.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:
Bachelors of Social Work from an accredited school of social work and one year of social work experience; or a bachelor's degree in a related field with 15 hours of social work/counseling courses and two years of social work experience; or Master's degree from an accredited school of social work; or a master's degree in a related field with one year of social work experience.

Education:
Please see experience.

Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted?:
No

Licenses and Certifications

• Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License

• Requires County Driving Privileges

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of

• General social work principles and available resources

• Social services procedures, practices and methods

• Social services related federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations relating to provision of public assistance, and social welfare

• Case management methods and techniques

• Services offered by the county and other…