CPS - SWIAT - 2nd & 3rd SHIFTS

$58,240.00-$69,659.20 annually. Initial placement for new employees is customarily between the entry rate and the 35th percentile of the pay range. This position is pay grade 21.

12:00 p.m.

-12:00 a.m. on rotating weekdays and 8:00 a.m.

-8:00 p.m. on scheduled weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and holidays. Employees work 48 hours one week and 36 hours the following week.

Employees must work on-site for their entire shift. Remote work may be available on weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and holidays depending on workload. Remote work availability is subject to change at any time.

$28.00-$33.49 per hour, plus an additional $2.00 per hour premium for after-hours shifts and paid overtime for all hours worked over 40 per week. This is a non-exempt position. Compensation is based on education, skills, experience, and internal equity.

8:00 p.m.

-8:00 a.m. on rotating nights and weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). Employees work 48 hours one week and 36 hours the following week.

Employees must work on-site for their entire shift. Remote work may be available on weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and holidays depending on workload. Remote work availability is subject to change at any time.

Performs difficult professional work providing protective, investigative, counseling and case management services for children who are at risk for or have been determined to be abused and/or neglected in the County Department of Social Services. Work is performed under the regular supervision of a Social Work Supervisor III.

Providing social work services including intervention and immediate response to crisis situations for at-risk children in the most complex cases in the department; investigating and substantiating the alleged neglect and abuse, providing expert testimony in court hearings, assessing and evaluating child(ren)'s needs, making case decisions and judgments that impact the life and safety of children, developing service plans and goals and follows-up with case management, treatment referrals and preventive services;

managing an investigations or in-home services caseload; preparing detailed and complex court summaries and reports; maintaining records, files and confidentiality.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Analyzes situations and determines appropriate courses of action immediately or in short time spans and often under very stressful conditions.
• May provide group, family or individual counseling and education to clients of any age and any developmental, mental, medical, substance abuse, financial or family problem.
• Assesses individuals and family dynamics, crisis intervention, referrals for treatment and placement in foster care or residential facilities.
• Exercises considerable judgment in determining whether abuse or neglect has occurred, to what extent and how it occurred, assessing initial safety and devising on-going Safety Plans with families as prescribed by federal and state guidelines.
• Interviews the child, family, and collateral contacts. Collects background information.
• Gathers and shares information to determine the extent of abuse or neglect, to provide counseling, to arrange for services and to provide expert opinions to legal counsel.
• Implements the Initial Services Plan or In-Home Services plan…