Child Welfare Caseworker 1-3 After Hours (P​/T

Position: Child Welfare Caseworker 1-3 After Hours (P/T)
Position Overview

Under supervision and utilizing a team approach, provides direct casework services to children, birth families, kinship caregivers, foster families, and community providers in situations involving abuse, neglect, dependency, risk to harm, and/or families in need of services. Positions in this classification will play an active role in investigations, assessing child risk and safety, and/or providing ongoing, direct casework services to ensure the well-being and permanency of children.

Employees will exercise independent judgement within established policies, procedures, and legal guidelines. Work will include direct interactions and face-to-face contact with children, families, caregivers, and/or community partners, often in complex and high-risk situations. Caseworkers are responsible for developing and implementing service plans, coordinating resources, and monitoring progress towards safety and permanency goals. Work is performed in a combination of office and field settings and is subject to strict, regulatory, legal, and documentation requirements.

Summary of

Job Duties

* Maintains accurate case records, documentation, reports, and data entry in SACWIS or other required systems.

* Attends court hearings, meetings, case conferences, trainings, and other required proceedings.

* Collaborates with internal staff, community partners, service providers, schools, courts, medical professionals, and other stakeholders.

* Assesses client, child, family, placement, or service needs and coordinates appropriate services or referrals.

* Communicates regularly with families, caregivers, providers, and agency personnel regarding case progress and needs.

* Supports child safety, permanency, placement stability, and well-being.

* Ensures compliance with agency policy, state regulations, and applicable procedures.

If assigned to Intake/Ongoing

* Provides direct casework services to families in which children may be dependent, neglected, or abused, and secures protection for children from potentially unsafe environments.

* Conducts home visits with parents, children, kinship caregivers, and foster families to ensure the safety and well-being of children.

* Assesses family functioning, risk factors, and available supports to develop service plans that reduce safety concerns and improve family stability.

* Assesses client needs and implements services that promote family preservation, placement stability, reunification, concurrent planning, and permanency.

* Collects relevant information for possible legal action and presents factual evidence in court proceedings.

* Develops and supports a team-based approach when working with birth families, kinship caregivers, and foster families.

* Ensures youth receive educational and independent living services.

* Assists families and children in accessing appropriate community resources.

* Develops and maintains professional relationships with agencies serving children and families.

* Maintains regular contact with treatment specialists, educational providers, medical providers, and other service team members.

* Provides support to foster families to maintain placements and facilitate timely reunification, while pursuing alternative permanency plans when necessary.

* Prepares written assessments, reports, and related documentation.

* Provides foster families with guidance regarding the placement process, roles, responsibilities, child needs, and reunification efforts.

* Advocates for both natural families and foster families.

* Participates in placement matching decisions and coordinates pre-placement and post-placement activities.

* Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

If assigned to Intake - Rapid Response

* Conducts Specialized and Third-Party investigations.

* Completes Rules Violation investigations involving agency foster homes.

* Sends required notifications to licensing agents regarding Specialized Investigations and Rules Violations.

* Sends required notifications to licensing agents regarding specialized investigations and rule violations.

* Investigates new referrals of abuse and neglect for open, ongoing, and 90-day cases. Facilitates conferences with all parties involved, including weekly Thursday morning meetings to review outcomes of specialized investigations

* Performs other related duties as required and assigned

If assigned to Adolescent Services - Special Placement

* Travels frequently out of state and throughout Ohio to residential treatment facilities.

* Participates in ongoing, intensive communication and frequent team meetings/conferences to support youth with complex diagnoses, including medication management, specialized education planning, and step-down transitions

* Attends residential committee meetings.

* Works with youth in various custody statuses.

* Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

If assigned to Adoptions

* Provides adoption readiness services for youth in permanent custody of Montgomery County Children Services.

* Prepares…