Senior Social Worker IA&T - CPS Investigations Unit

Child Protective Services Investigative, Assessment and Treatment Social Worker

Two+ years CPS Investigations experience required. Candidate must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to adapt to frequent changes, court experience and leadership skills.

The primary purpose of the Child Protective Services Intake / Investigations / Assessment Unit is to receive and investigate/assess referrals of child neglect, abuse and dependency including immediate responses to crisis for at risk children in complex cases. Services to families in Nash County will enhance the family's ability to function independently and will prevent child neglect or abuse from re-occurring.

Services for maltreated children are aimed at strengthening family life by supporting and improving parental/caretaker abilities, which, in turn, assure a safe nurturing home for children. Services are home-based and are preventive, rehabilitative and non-punitive with efforts directed toward identifying, providing or arranging services as needed. Social workers may provide group, family or individual treatment to clients of any age and any developmental, medical, substance abuse, financial or family problem.

Child Protective Services is an advanced professional level of casework. Casework is accomplished through parent/caretaker cooperation and consent or if the child's safety is at eminent risk, through court petition as the agency's responsibility foremost to protect the child. The social worker will analyze situations and determine the course of action often under very stressful and at times dangerous situations.

A second important purpose of the unit is to provide public education regarding risk of maltreatment, incidents of maltreatment reporting methods and procedures and the availability of preventive, protective and case management services.

The primary purpose of the Child Protective Services Investigative, Assessment and Treatment social worker is to provide services to families and children in an effort to secure a more protective environment. Duties rotate among IA&T staff as follows:

Working hours generally rotate from 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Employees are given the opportunity to manage their workday in order to be available to accommodate client's work and school schedules.

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