Social Services Associate - Ketchikan (PCN 063966)

State of Alaska; Ketchikan (AK); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

State of Alaska's Office of Children's Services is seeking a full-time Social Services Associate in Ketchikan, Alaska. The role focuses on supporting professional staff with information gathering for assessments, case planning, and evaluation, while engaging with families to promote safe and permanent homes and strong cultural connections.

Travel may be required 0–2 times per month or year, with potential day trips or overnight stays; overtime may be required during emergencies.

Responsabilités

• Gather information for assessments, case planning and evaluation.
• Provide parenting support during family contact to help parents practice parenting skills in a safe environment.
• Access electronic databases and provide information to professional staff to make referrals for families to other agencies.
• Work with families and children to provide services that enhance families’ capacities to give children a healthy start, safe and permanent homes, and cultural connections.
• Travel 0-2 times a month or 0-2 times a year depending on casework needs; travel may include day trips or overnight stays.
• Work overtime when deemed necessary; OCS staff are essential and may be required to work during emergencies.

Description du poste

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents.

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

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 0-2 times a month or 0-2 times a year and varies based on casework needs. Travel may be within the day or overnight stays. 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.

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.