Juvenile Services Caseworker

The City of Lynchburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The City of Lynchburg is hiring for a Caseworker for the Juvenile Services Department.

• Provides regularly scheduled individual counseling;
• Coordinates and conducts treatment plan meetings which assess adolescents' needs and develops a written individualized treatment plan that addresses those needs; counsels adolescents and coordinates services both within the program and in the community; monitors progress on plan and makes revisions as needed;
• Makes decisions and exercises judgment in the areas of interpreting and implementing program policies, program operation and planning and implementing both short-term and long-term program development objectives for adolescents and their families;
• Documents casework services and prepares both detailed and summary reports on adolescents' behavior and progress in treatment for review by the appropriate authorities;
• Assists and counsels the programs direct care treatment staff with regard to the handling of difficult adolescents, reviews logs and maintains a log of observations;
• Meets with adolescents and their families to monitor behaviors on home visits, to evaluate progress on treatment related items in order to facilitate the adolescent's transition back into the community;
• Coordinates educational and vocational opportunities for adolescents and liaises with schools, employers and restitution services as appropriate;
• Meets and confers with legal, medical, school, court and other professionals;
• Performs tasks required to maintain compliance with State and Federal guidelines such as CORE, USDA, VJCCCA, JABIG AND Rev Max standards which can have significant financial effect;
• Coordinates and transports adolescents to medical appointments, home, meetings, court, etc., as needed;
• Testifies in court, making recommendations based upon observations and assessment;
• Responds to emergencies and serves on-call duty;
• Monitors compliance with both interdepartmental and the Department of Juvenile Justice standards;
• Administers first aid and CPR as required and medications as trained;
• Intervenes and mediates disputes between adolescents, performs physical restraint as trained, if needed;
• Participates on family assessment planning teams as scheduled.

• Assists subordinate staff with regards to management of difficult detainees; reviews logs for staff observations regarding assigned detainees;
• Participates in admissions and releases;
• Conducts staff meetings for Post-Dispositional staff and assists in overall program planning and evaluation;
• Accompanies detainees to professional's office or hospital to be evaluated for a Temporary Detaining Order to have mental health status evaluation;
• Requests petitions to be filed by Court Services Intake Worker.
• Mayserve as PREA Coordinator

• Reviews referrals and conducts admissions;
• Supervises adolescents during the assigned shift, maintains behavioral norms, directs program routines and therapeutic programs;
• Assists in the screening, interviewing, selection, training, supervision and scheduling of relief workers and other staff;
• Assists in the training of student interns and volunteers;
• Oversees all aspects of the program in the absence of the Superintendent.

• Works a flex schedule to maximize the needs for intensive services for assigned residents;
• Within the adolescent's community environment, foster the adolescent's relationship with the appropriate mentor who can continue their relationship after the adolescents is out of the system;
• Provides follow-up and/or after care services;

• Performs responsible professional casework involving the home-based treatment and care of high-risk adolescents in their home setting;
• Within 24-hours, conducts intake/orientation meeting with the youth and his/her family;
• Meets individually with each participant a minimum of 4 times a week, with no more than one day without contact; meets with the family a minimum of one time per week;
• Conducts weekly random curfew checks of program participants;
• Responds immediately when notified of a participant's violation of electronic monitoring program;
• Recommends further action to adolescent court authorities as requested;
• Reviews court service files regarding assigned youth;
• Encourages participants to expand their repertoire of legal leisure activities that are developmentally appropriate for the individual.

• Provides intense services and case management for up to seven at risk youth and their families;
• Monitors progress and adherence to court-ordered and court service unit obligations;
• Provides crisis intervention to youth and families;
• Maintains compliance with those youth on electronic monitoring;
• Provides a minimum of 4 face to face contacts per week unless otherwise stated in the treatment plan;
• Makes both announced and unannounced visits to…