Social Services Associate Juneau (PCN 063108)

State of Alaska; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid Leave

Twelve paid holidays per year

Job summary

The State of Alaska's Department of Family and Community Services, Office of Children's Services (OCS) seeks a full-time Social Services Associate in Juneau. You will support professional staff with information gathering for assessments, case planning, and referrals, helping families access services and maintain a healthy environment for children.

OCS notes the essential role, with overtime and travel up to a week away, as well as probationary first 6 months and comprehensive benefits, including

Responsibilities

• Support professional staff by gathering information for assessments, case planning and evaluation.
• Assist in providing parenting support during family contact to help parents practice skills.
• Access electronic databases and provide information to staff to facilitate referrals to other agencies.
• Work with families and children to help deliver services that promote safe, permanent homes and culturally connected outcomes.
• Travel up to a week at a time as needed.
• Work overtime when deemed necessary as part of essential staff.

Job description

The Department of Family and Community Services, Office of Children's Services (OCS) is recruiting for full-time Social Services Associate (SSA)

located in Juneau, Alaska.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

What You Will Be Doing

A Social Services Associate is an administrative position. You will be supporting professional staff by gathering information for assessments, case planning and evaluation, while performing duties that can include providing parenting support during family contact to enable parents to practice parenting skills in a safe environment, accessing electronic databases, and providing information to professional staff to make necessary referrals for families to other agencies. As a Social Services Associate you will work with families and children, helping to provide services that will enhance families' capacities to give their children a healthy start, to provide them with safe and permanent homes, to maintain cultural connections, and to help them realize their potential. The successful incumbent will be courteous, professional in language and presentation, calm, motivated, efficient, and have strong critical thinking skills. This position will require traveling up to a week at a time.

The Office of Children's Services requires staff to work overtime when deemed necessary. OCS Staff are considered essential, so are expected to work during pandemic and other natural disasters. The agency also supports a healthy work/life balance for all staff.

For more information: OCS Practice Model.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Office of Children's Services strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully. The Mission of the Office of Children's Services is: Ensuring the safety, permanency and well-being of children by strengthening families, engaging communities, and partnering with Tribes. Everything we do is underpinned by our Core Values.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

The Office of Children's Services is committed to an organizational culture that values each team member. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. We celebrate and value the diversity of our employees, partners, and families we serve.

Your first 6 months in the agency are probationary and considered a training period, with formal and on-the-job training with your supervisor and your colleagues.

Full-time benefits of this position include but are not limited to: Insurance Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Paid Leave, and twelve paid holidays per year. Please see the benefits tab on this posting for more information.

Working Environment You Can Expect

This position will be located in Juneau, Alaska. The Office of Children's Service's staff are considered essential and are required to work after hours, on-call hours, through pandemics-natural disasters, and all holidays that land on their rotational work week.

The work we perform is critical and significantly impacts the