Senior Social Worker – Adult Protective Services

Alexander County, NC; Taylorsville (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander County, NC is seeking an experienced social work professional to manage investigations of abuse and neglect, assess risk, and provide services to reduce danger for adults and their families. The role includes court coordination, care plan evaluation, and supervising staff in licensed facilities.

Responsibilities include monitoring residents’ funds, training staff, reviewing facility compliance, and pursuing licensure actions when needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work with one year of social work experience, or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in social work with two years of social work or counseling experience, or equivalent training.
• Ability to assess risk, safety planning, and report writing.
• Knowledge of adult care home regulations and licensing processes.
• Strong written and oral communication; ability to coordinate with courts and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Assumes the role of the local contact person for information and consultation of potential for adult/family care home.
• Monitors personal funds for the residents, activities, admissions/discharges, medications management, fire safety & physical environment, food service, healthcare, management & personnel, personal care & supervision, written policies, and Residents' Bill of Rights.
• Evaluates residents’ individual care plans. A plan of action is developed to address issues identified in the evaluation.
• Provides formal training for adult/family care home staff arranges training and/or notifies the facilities of training available.
• Provides monitoring visits to evaluate the safety and quality of resident care by reviewing a facilities compliance with licensure rules and action plan.
• Investigates complaints regarding resident care or operations of the homes, whether reports are made to the Division of Facility services or to the local DSS.
• Reviews and scrutinizes incident/accident reports completed by the facility.
• Enforces corrective action by citing the specific NC administrative procedures code number and the violations or deficiency, including how the violation or deficiency was confirmed.
• Enforces negative licensure action and administrative penalties by monitoring when a home is substantially out of compliance with the licensure rules or residents' rights and evaluating the methods of enforcement and whether licensure actions are appropriate.
• Investigates to ascertain the validity of reports that an adult/family care home is operating without a license and determines whether or not the home is subject to licensure.

Skills

Social work principles

Communication skills

Case management

Risk assessment

Crisis intervention

Education

Master's degree in Social Work

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Bachelor's degree in Human Services or related field

Valid NC Driver's License

Job description

Alexander County, NC is seeking an experienced social work professional to manage investigations of abuse and neglect, assess risk, and provide services to reduce danger for adults and their families. The role includes court coordination, care plan evaluation, and supervising staff in licensed facilities.

Responsibilities include monitoring residents’ funds, training staff, reviewing facility compliance, and pursuing licensure actions when needed.