Social Caseworker – Children, Youth Family Services; Chafee

Social Caseworker
- Children, Youth, & Family Services

To be considered, applicants must upload their unofficial transcripts with their completed application. Are you committed to helping young adults succeed? Do you excel at staying organized, managing deadlines, and producing high-quality work? Do you enjoy working independently while also contributing to a collaborative, dynamic team? As a Social Caseworker, you will play a vital role in supporting young people who have experienced out-of-home placement as they work toward becoming confident, self-sufficient adults.

In this position, you will carry a caseload of youth ages 14 to 26 and partner with them and their support teams to identify and work toward independent living goals. Responsibilities include conducting monthly face-to-face visits, coordinating services, developing and leading pro-social activities, and actively engaging with young people to help them achieve their goals.

Hiring Range: $57,800.00 - $62,800.00 annually

Anticipated Hiring Rate: $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.

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.

El Paso County is an E-Verify and Equal Opportunity Employer. El Paso County adheres to Federal drug screening guidelines and requires a pre-employment drug screen.

Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid vacation, sick, and personal leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Onsite health centers
• Onsite fitness centers
• Reach Your Peak wellness program
• Short and long term disability
• Life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts to include dependent care
• Employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement plan
• Deferred compensation (457b)

El Paso County adheres to Federal drug screening guidelines and requires a pre-employment drug screen.