County Caseworker ; LG - Snyder County Children & Youth

A position as a County Caseworker 2 with Snyder County Children and Youth Services offers a meaningful way to support children and families in your community. This role provides daily opportunities to learn, grow, and make a real difference. You will help guide families through challenges while developing valuable professional skills. Each day brings new chances to create positive change.

This position focuses on supporting children and families by gathering information, assessing safety, and connecting them with needed services. As a County Caseworker 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Information Gathering: Collect details from families to assess safety and identify risk factors
• Skill Building: Support children and families in developing skills that strengthen daily functioning
• Resource Connection: Link families to available community resources that meet their needs
• Problem Solving: Apply problem solving strategies to help families progress toward goals
• Progress Monitoring: Monitor client behavior and track movement toward service plan objectives
• Agency Partnership: Collaborate with partner agencies to ensure coordinated service delivery

• Full-time employment.
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch break. May work irregular hours as needed.
• No telework.

• Six months of experience as a County Caseworker 1; or
• Successful completion of the County Social Casework Intern program; or
• A bachelor's degree with a social welfare major; or
• A bachelor's degree which includes or is supplemented by 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences and one year of professional social casework experience in a public or private social service agency; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within two months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credits.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law. Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.