Adult Protection Social Case Worker

Adult Protection Social Case Worker

Provides assessment and case management services to elderly and disabled adults who are at risk of neglect, abuse, or exploitation.

Essential duties include:

• Provides one-on-one assessments of at-risk adults based upon physical appearance and hygiene, medical, nutritional and environmental needs, competency and ability to understand self-determination and the result of the situation that is placing him/her at risk, activities of daily living, support systems, and ability to manage financial affairs.
• Seeks court action to obtain protective services and/or potential guardian ships in emergency situations.
• Works closely with law enforcement agencies and district attorney's office in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of at-risk elders. Works collaboratively with multiple community agencies to assess, investigate, and implement services for at-risk adults.
• Performs case planning for individuals who require ongoing protective services which may include referral for services to reduce harm and risk.
• Provides coordination of assessments and/or ongoing service delivery with appropriate collateral agencies.
• May attend inter-disciplinary team meetings regarding client care, advocacy, and service coordination; attends conferences and meetings of various types to accrue mandatory continuing education hours.
• Provides outreach, information and education to the community and organizations regarding adult protection services.
• Documents assessments and actions taken throughout all phases of the case.
• Oral and written communication must be clear.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications required include:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a major in a human behavior science field, OR a degree with 30 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of qualified work in development in human behavioral sciences or health care related courses, such as, social work, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, gerontology, nursing special education, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, therapeutic techniques, guidance and counseling, criminal justice, or other human behavioral sciences, or a medical field relevant to the APS program and/or at-risk adults.
• AND One year of professional casework in a public or private social services agency completed after the degree is obtained.
• Experience working with adults is preferred.

Additional information:

• Offer of employment contingent on criminal history, MVR check and education verification. Must have valid driver's license, if you are from out of state, you must obtain a valid Colorado driver's license within 30 days of hire date, and you must not have any major violations, including DUI, DWI, and/or DWAI conviction(s) in the past three years.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) (desired)

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Social Case Worker Levels

SCW
- Non Exempt/Hourly

SCW I
- Exempt/Salary

1 yr of hire date and/or proficient to carry full workload

SCW II
- Exempt/Salary

2 yrs from hire date and in good standing

SCW III
- Exempt/Salary

4 years from hire date and in good standing

Physical requirements and working environment include standing, stooping, sitting, bending, twisting, and lifting up to 10 pounds. Work is generally confined to a standard office environment.

Employee may be exposed to disease of known or unknown origin, blood borne pathogens, body fluids and tissue, the threat of indirect violence/conflict by other individual, and other unanticipated circumstances associated with the position. Employee may be exposed to fumes, noxious odors, dusts, mists, gases, and poor ventilation that affect the respiratory system, eyes, or the skin.

In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act the following items can be used as a determining factor in the starting and ongoing wage of an employee working in this position: a seniority system that rewards employees based on length of employment, a merit system that rewards employees for exceptional job performance, education, training, or experience to the extent that they are reasonably related to the work in question, another factor related to job performance or business operations, such as paying a shift differential to workers on less popular shifts, and travel, if the travel is a regular and necessary condition of the work performed.

This position is eligible for the following Mesa County benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Paid Sick and…