Permanency Child Protection Lead Social Case Worker

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 whobenefitfrom your passion,skillsandexpertise.

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 salarycommensuratewith education and experience.

The target hiring range for this position is $71,000 - $77,000.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 + 12paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 wellness dayand 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and visionplanseffective 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 Do

At 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,at-riskadults, families, and individuals navigate social and economic pressures by connecting them to services and experts who support their overall well-being.

Denver Human Services isseekinga dedicated and experienced Lead Social Case Worker to serve on thePermanency

Child Protection  this role, you will be a lead on a team of 4 Social Case Workers and activelyparticipatein leadership,supervision and development. You should bea strong team player andpossessgood decision-making skills and the ability to effectively handle conflicts.

The Permanency Child  Protection team primarily provides service to children ages 11 and under. Therefore, it is imperative that the Lead Social Case Worker has a clear understanding of child development and the impact of child abuse and neglect on both children and their families.

The Lead Social Case Worker will perform permanently assigned lead work over professional social case workers,assistthe Social Case Worker Supervisor with establishing unit goals, plans, and specific unit functions. You will provide intensive social case work services including case management, counseling, referral, placement, and assessment/evaluation.

The Permanency Child  Protection Lead Social Case Worker will:

• Maintain current supervisory certification andparticipatein 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

• Coach, train, and mentor staff at various levels of experience

• Lead by example and set a precedent for Social Case Workers

• Attend voices meetings and court hearings with Social Case Workers when needed

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels.

You’llbe right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Previous leadership experience

• Extensive experience with Child Protection in a County…