Social Services Worker III-CWS

Child Welfare Services Case Manager

This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies within the Health & Human Services Agency. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. If interested in employment for this position for current or future vacancies, please submit an online application for consideration.

Current vacancy is with the Health & Human Services Agency, located in Visalia, CA. The anticipated life of the list is six months.

• Manage a caseload within the Child Welfare Services spectrum, including emergency response, family maintenance, family reunification, permanency planning and adoptions. May include occasional, short-term management of complex cases.
• Perform case studies for the purpose of assessing and making recommendations on individual and family problems, termination of parental rights and adoptive placements.
• Investigate and make recommendations concerning family situations involving neglect or child abuse.
• Investigate allegations of abuse in foster care.

Minimum qualifications are used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which are required and equivalent to the following.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in social work, behavioral science or social science.

• Child Welfare laws, regulations and processes
• Dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
• Interviewing and counseling methods and techniques.
• Community resources available to assist clients.
• Terminology and vocabulary are relevant to social work and social service programs.
• Caseload management methods and techniques.
• Components of treatment plans and their development and implementation.
• Court room procedures and etiquette.
• Techniques for diagnosing family situations and problems sufficient to develop, implement, and monitor treatment plans.
• Basic math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Skill/Ability to:

• Work and communicate effectively with people of various educational and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
• Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of a computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
• Complete multiple priority projects with strict deadlines.
• Work on-call to respond to emergencies.
• Manage a caseload.
• Investigate and make recommendations concerning family situations involving neglect or child abuse.
• Verbally communicate sufficiently to explain technical information to people of various socio-economic, cultural, and educational backgrounds.
• Read, interpret and explain rules, regulations, policies and procedures pertaining to social service programs.
• Write clear, concise, grammatically correct case narratives, court reports, records and letters.

License or Certificate:
Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver's license.

DESIRABLE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Education:

Master's degree in social work.

Experience:

Two years of social case work experience in a public or private social service or health agency.

Knowledge of Child Development. Adoption laws, regulations and processes

Skill/Ability to Apply child abuse and neglect dynamics to case situations. Use child development dynamics in assessing a child's developmental stage. Speak, read and write Spanish, Hmong or other client language.

Candidates selected may be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Additionally, a background investigation may also be conducted, which may include a re-investigation every 10 years for some positions. An Employment Eligibility Verification using E-Verify may be required on the first day of employment for some positions. Some job classes may also require a physical exam.

This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan servicer or visit: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-service

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