Social Caseworker – Children, Youth Family Services; Kinship Unit

VISION

El Paso County will be a trusted regional leader known for excellence in county service delivery.

We provide essential public services to the Pikes Peak Region in support of our residents, businesses, and communities, enhancing the freedom for all to thrive.

Service Focused

• Collaborative
• Accountable
• Trustworthy
• Transparent

• To be considered, applicants must upload their unofficial transcripts with their completed application.**

Kinship plays a critical role in supporting children who are unable to remain safely in their parents’ care by identifying, assessing, and supporting kinship caregivers. This position focuses on working collaboratively with families, caseworkers, and community partnerships to preserve family connections while ensuring child safety, permanency, and well‑being. As a Kinship Caseworker, you will support relatives and kin‑like caregivers who step in during a family crisis.

You will identify and assess safe kinship placements, complete kinship assessments and licensing requirements, ensure providers are paid in a timely manner, connect caregivers with appropriate resources, and guide them through complex child welfare systems. Throughout the case, you will provide ongoing support and help caregivers understand and navigate each step of the process.

$57,800.00 - $62,800.00 annually

$60,538.40 annually

This is a child protection position; child protection includes engaging families. It is reasonable to anticipate the need for flexibility in work hours periodically to accommodate client schedules. The average workday hours are Monday‑Friday 8:00am ‑5:00pm. Schedule is subject to change. Hybrid schedule may be available upon successful completion of the initial evaluation period; subject to change.

Due to the sensitive nature of this role, additional background checks may be required, including a Government Program Fraud check, Child Welfare Abuse & Neglect database (TRAILS) check, and Child Welfare Caseworker Falsification check.

Please be advised this position may close without advance notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications.

This position works to preserve and/or rehabilitate families while protecting children’s physical, emotional, and mental well‑being through child protection, adolescent services, placements, and/or permanency plans. Based on position assignment, coordinates the practice and is responsible for primary decision‑making of child protection practices or coordinates the services and secondary‑service decisions as related to safety, permanency, well‑being and preserving families. This position is part of the Social Caseworker
- Children, Youth, & Family Services (CYFS) career progression series, which includes Associate Social Caseworker
- Children, Youth, & Family Services and Social Caseworker
- Children, Youth, & Family Services. Employment is subject to the terms, conditions, and policies detailed in the Personnel Policies Manual (PPM). This position requires regular in‑person presence as an essential job function.

• Interviews clients and develops appropriate treatment plans; initiates and/or participates in home studies, and provides intensive casework services to families and children; investigates allegations of child abuse and assesses imminent danger for children; makes referrals to community resources and collateral contacts.
• Monitors and reports clients' progress and provides service recommendations/referrals. Ensures that needed services are being provided, that treatment plans are being followed through in a timely manner and determines the appropriateness of the placement and services provided.
• Addresses child safety issues in…