Caseworker I​/Social Service Worker-DCFS Western Region; Nephi

This recruitment may close at any time once a sufficient number of applications have been received. We encourage candidates to submit their application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

FT / PT Status – Full-Time
Salary – $23.60 Hourly Wage
Remote Work / In-Office – Hybrid
Recruiter – Sam Meltzer | smeltzer |
Final date to receive applications – 7/19/2026*

Becoming a Caseworker I or Social Service Worker at the Utah Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS) can be a life‑changing event. If you have a social work background and a passion to work with children and families, this is the place for you.

DCFS Caseworkers and Social Service Workers strive to keep children with their own families whenever safely possible by assessing their and their families' needs, getting them connected to available resources, and conducting in‑home services of appropriate intensity and duration. They work to reunify children who have been removed from their homes whenever possible or find enduring safety and permanency for them through alternative options.

To accomplish this, caseworkers work closely with subject matter experts, receive regular professional supervision, and complete DCFS practice model training while performing the following tasks:

• Investigating reports of abuse, exploitation, and/or neglect; assessing safety, risk, strengths, and barriers and determining appropriate actions governing a family's situation.
• Working with families to create plans for children’s safety and for ongoing services.
• Coordinating and referring services to children and families offered by community resources, placement providers, collateral agencies, the courts, and community partners.
• Supervising visits between parents and children to ensure safety.
• Conducting in‑home visits to assess safety and track progress.
• Facilitating Child and Family Team Meetings with the family, their formal and informal supports.
• Testifying in court hearings regarding actions, findings, procedures, and protocols.
• Preparing detailed case documentation that includes intake records, investigation summaries, assessments of safety, risk and family functioning, service plans, court reports, case history and activity logs.
• May include performing 24‑hour on‑call services as needed under supervisor’s direction. 24‑hour on‑call service assignments may be based on, and subject to, geographic employment location and/or agency demand.
• This position will handle duties in both the CPS and Permanency Teams.
• Other duties as assigned.

Previous or current employment with the DHHS; working with residential youth or adults participating in programs related to domestic violence, abuse, or homelessness; working in a domestic violence or homeless shelter, or with any agency providing mental or behavioral health services; any public or private school in an educational or social work‑related role; foster or kinship provider, contracted DHHS service provider, or other fields closely related to child welfare;

or a combination of experience and education to equal four years.

• Understands human development across the lifespan, community resources, and can provide support and interventions in a culturally responsive way.
• Is adept at interacting professionally with all levels of management while managing a diversified workload and challenging situations.
• Deals with people in a manner which shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism.
• Communicates effectively, clearly, and concisely verbally and in writing.
• Has four years of full‑time education or professional work experience related to working with children, parents, and/or families, or a combination of education and professional work experience.
• Possesses a current valid Utah driver's license.

• Holds an SSW or higher licensure in good standing (required by statute UCA
  58‑60‑103).
• Understands human development across the lifespan, community resources, and can provide support and interventions in a culturally responsive way.
• Is adept at interacting professionally with all levels of management while managing a…