Social Worker A​/T - CPS- In-Home

This position is open until filled. The Human Resources Office is unable to provide status updates by telephone. The salary range is listed above. Starting salary will depend on qualifications and experience.

In this position, the Social Worker I A/T will develop a Family Services case plan or intervention plan which is applicable to individual cases where abuse, neglect or dependency have been determined. The goal is to work with the family, community support, and community providers to provide services and assistance in attempting to alleviate any abuse, neglect or dependency with the goal of maintaining the family unit.

This position with conduct Family Assessments only in current open cases as needed should additional abuse, neglect, or dependency allegations arise. In-home services will seek legal intervention at any given time in order to ensure a child’s safety. The family services case plan will be reviewed and prescribed intervals and more if necessary to monitor progress in achieving identified goals.

The worker will provide intensive in-home mentoring and guidance, and/or connect the family with various community resources and services to address the abuse, neglect and/or dependency issues with the goal to eliminate intervention and to maintain the original family unit and to ensure the provision of safety and permanent home to all juveniles within the parameters of said family unit.

This position is required to be available to provide after hour/on call coverage as needed and required during non-agency hours.

Normal work hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. After-hours work will regularly occur due to the nature of this position. Position may require after-hours and weekend on-call coverage. Position may be required to assist with foster children being cared for in the DSS office when appropriate placement is not available. Flexing of work schedule must be done in consultation with unit supervisor and program administrator.

Worker must:

• Have the ability to provide intensive in-home guidance to all client juveniles and all client adults pertinent to the achievement of the goal of maintaining an intact family where juveniles are provided a minimal standard of care
• Be able to quickly ascertain facts on accepted reports to determine within mandated time frames what, if any, steps are necessary to protect and ensure the safety of the alleged victim during the course of Family Assessments. Said steps include the completion of necessary safety plans for Family Assessment cases so as to define measurable progress, or lack of progress toward the goals desired by said case plans and assessments by working with parent/caretaker on case goals.
• Be able to develop, and continually reevaluate, in-depth case assessments, of various names and formats, so as to define measurable progress, or lack of progress, toward the goals desired by said case plans and assessments by working with parent/caretaker on case goals.
• Have and maintain a knowledge of family dynamics, social work assessments techniques, consultation and teaching techniques, and the ability to perform the position in an appropriate manner within the parameters of case management as defined by CPS practices and standards.
• Obtain and maintain a knowledge of community and state wide resources which may be accessed as necessary to fulfill client needs. The ln-Home Services Worker must, in tum, co-ordinate and implement intervention plans to access said juveniles on an individual case basis
• Worker must be capable and prepared to represent the agency as an expert witness in the areas of abuse, neglect, and/or dependency at juvenile (7-B), custody (chapter 50), Mental Health, and/or criminal hearings.
• Other duties assigned by unit supervisor or agency leadership. May include emergency duty and assisting with displaced children and/or adults.
• Worker must be able to provide clinical and technical guidance to professionals, agencies, and/or groups within the community as well as within the Department of Social Services.
• Worker is to represent the agency and/or In-Home Services unit at any agency foster care reviews; juvenile court reviews (if necessary); team and unit staffings;
  In-Home Services team and/or foster care re-evaluations as appropriate for each case maintained in the social worker's caseload or as appropriate to the needs of the overall Children's Services section.
• Worker will conduct, and/or assist with, parenting classes and/or parent support…