Lead Intake Social Caseworker- Child Welfare

About Our Job With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brough into the organization between $71,000 - $80,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
457B Retirement Plan
140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness day and 1 volunteer day per year Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

What You’ll DoAt Denver Human Services (DHS), we envision a healthy community where people are connected, supported, safe, and well. One in three people in Denver turn to DHS for support at all stages of life. Our employees help children, older adults, families, and individuals navigate social and economic pressures by connecting them to services and experts who support their overall well-being.

About Protection & Prevention Denver Human Services works to protect Denver's children, youth, and at-risk adults by providing services and advocacy while promoting family stability, respecting diversity, and working to create and strengthen connections to community resources. We work to prevent abuse by providing education, resources, and support to parents, families, and community organizations.

Denver Human Services is seeking a dedicated and experienced Lead Social Case Worker for the Intake section within Child Welfare Services. The Intake team primarily is responsible for investigating new allegations of abuse/neglect of children ages 0-18 in a fast-paced and demanding environment. You will also be expected to contact families and conduct interviews on behalf of the child, as well as maintain professional contacts with community leaders and regularly communicate with law enforcement representatives.

As a Lead Social Case Worker, you will be a lead on a team of Social Case Workers and actively participate in leadership, supervision and development. You should be a strong team player and possess good decision-making skills and the ability to effectively handle conflicts. Overall, the Lead Social Case Worker will:

Create and implement a training and development plan for workers at all levels that encourages professional growth and commitment to excellence

Create and implement a system that helps staff manage workload at a high volume and fast pace Obtain and maintain supervisory certification and participate in training the Social Case Worker staff

Maintain current supervisory certification and participate in training the Social Case Worker staff

Demonstrate critical decision-making skills with their staff and section

Assist Social Case Worker Supervisors and perform supervisory roles in their absence

Demonstrate competencies and critical decision-making skills when working with intake assessments, ongoing cases, and youth cases

Lead by example and set a precedent for Social Case Workers Attend family team meetings and court hearings with Social Case Workers when needed

What You’ll Bring We value diversity of ethnicity,…