Advocacy-Focused Child Social Worker (Hybrid)

maricopa; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid schedule

Growth opportunities

Healthcare for you and dependents

Child care benefits

Job summary

The Office of the Public Advocate in Maricopa County seeks a Child Social Worker to join our dynamic legal team. You will work with attorneys representing children in dependency, severance, and delinquency matters, focusing on the expressed interests of the child and their unique needs.

Responsibilities include communicating with children 8–17, educating them about the court process, and coordinating with treatment centers and services.

Qualifications

• One year of direct experience within the child protection system as a case worker, family advocate, or social worker.
• Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Child Development, Behavioral or Social Science, or other closely related field.

Responsibilities

• Meets with and communicates with the child in a juvenile detention facility, the office, and/or at various placements in the community to discuss their history, services, and needs
• Educates the child in the court process, case plan, and recommended services
• Identifies appropriate residential treatment centers, group homes, foster homes, and outpatient treatment programs as a resource for the child
• Participates in meetings with other professionals/stakeholders to obtain additional and current information as the case progresses
• Attends multi-disciplinary meetings with professionals/stakeholders to advocate for and advance the client's expressed interest and takes notes for the attorney
• Interprets all written, verbal, and nonverbal information obtained; advises other professionals/stakeholders regarding the direction a case should take or services that need to be provided to the child
• Reviews police reports, pictures of evidence collected by detectives, forensic interviews, medical records, psychological and psychiatric evaluations, developmental assessments, counseling records, parent aide reports, educational assessments, substance abuse treatment records, and any other potential exhibit pertaining to a child abuse and neglect case
• Confers with the authors of the above reports as well as with other persons with knowled

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Child Development, Behavioral or Social Science, or other closely related field

Job description

The Office of the Public Advocate in Maricopa County seeks a Child Social Worker to join our dynamic legal team. You will work with attorneys representing children in dependency, severance, and delinquency matters, focusing on the expressed interests of the child and their unique needs.

Responsibilities include communicating with children 8–17, educating them about the court process, and coordinating with treatment centers and services.