Social Caseworker III

Social Caseworker

Adams County is seeking a dedicated Social Caseworker to join our team. This position offers hybrid-remote working arrangements and flexible scheduling options after an initial training period of 90 days.

Our Mission:
At Adams County, our team members engage in top-notch opportunities to grow and expand their impact. We value workplace flexibility and the best interest of children, families, and our community will always inform our approach, perspectives, and decisions.

Examples of Duties for Success:

This position can do a combination of both Assessment and Permanency duties depending on the need of the agency.

Assessment:

• Responds to allegations of reports of abuse and neglect of children/youth.
• Assesses reports of abuse and neglect of children. Interviews and observes victims, offenders, witnesses, caregivers, and collateral agencies to ensure the safety of the child and determine the validity of the allegations.
• Provides crisis intervention while evaluating and assessing a family's needs. Complete assessments within 60 days and determine whether long term support and services are necessary in order to achieve child/youth safety and well-being.
• Prepares court reports, attends court hearings, testifies in court hearings and proceedings, consults with attorneys, judges, and guardians-ad-litem.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Permanency:

• Provides case-specific documentation including development of family service plans, court documentation, TRAILS entries of ROC notes and other documentation, assessment completion, placement paperwork, service referrals, family time assessments, and other related tasks.
• Provides face-to-face contact with clients as required by regulatory standards and agency policy (may sometimes include in-state and/or out-of-state travel).
• Engage family/youth in finding permanent connections and participates in Family Engagement Meetings and Permanency Round tables.
• Prepares court reports, attends court hearings, testifies in court hearings and proceedings, consults with attorneys regarding legal aspects of cases.
• Supervises parenting time for children and families on caseload. May also facilitate goodbye sessions between parents and children when termination of parental rights is necessary.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications for Success:

• Child welfare knowledge including healthy child development, understanding of the dynamics and effects of abuse and neglect and interface of culture and family systems, as well as experience working with children and youth ages 0-18.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy and a strength-based trauma informed approach with families involved in the child welfare system.
• Assessing safety of a child/youth and making decisions based on information available and the ability to utilize critical thinking skills to work difficult or complicated cases.
• Ability to build, maintain, collaborate, and foster positive and harmonious working professional relationships with varied backgrounds and disciplines.
• Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively, show initiative, and ability to organize oneself.
• Ability to effectively partner with others to solve problems and concerns, including conflict resolution with upset clients and manage crises in a calm manner.
• Ability to type, utilize computers, and computer programs required to ensure effective entry of information into statewide client information system (TRAILS), as well as to complete referrals through agency platforms and other computer-based systems.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, ability to effectively review documents and synthesize into accurate, professionally written documents.
• Ability and willingness to accommodate…