Social Worker (Adoptions)

Union County, NC; Monroe (NC); Presencial; USD 42.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Union County, NC seeks a Social Worker to deliver professional services across diverse settings including schools, hospitals, and public agencies. You will assess needs, develop service and treatment plans, and coordinate care with families, schools, and providers.

Responsibilities include crisis response, foster care support, and ongoing case management to promote safety and well-being for children and families. A Bachelor’s in social work is required.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field.
• Two years of social work experience or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Ability to work in diverse settings and handle crisis situations.

Responsabilidades

• Provides Case Management and Foster Care Services for children who have been neglected and/or abused.
• Provides social work services including treatment and crisis response for at-risk families.
• Manages a caseload with complex, high-need cases.
• Delivers group, family or individual therapy as appropriate.
• Performs assessments, crisis intervention, and home visits monthly.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and documents plans and progress.

Conocimientos

Case management

Foster care

Crisis intervention

Documentation

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in social work

Descripción del empleo

The Social Worker, under general supervision, provides professional social work services to clients in a variety of settings including local human service agencies, correctional facilities, hospitals, schools, medical facilities, patient/client homes, etc. Work involves evaluating the client's situation and his/her ability to deal with it, developing a social history, psychosocial assessment, service plan and/or treatment plan and follow-up. Services may include placement in a residential facility; basic counseling, support, and reinforcement in areas such as death and dying, employment, vocational, medical, health, or behavioral issues. Employee addresses such problems as adjustment to illness or disability, placement into an institution, rest home or nursing facility; financial concerns; socialization issues of the socially handicapped or those debilitated by age or illness. They may provide information to and confer with schools, natural parents and foster parents on rehabilitation plans, behavior management, and other problem areas or needs.

Employee may be involved in recruitment, evaluation, and training of foster parents and other care providers, provides care management services and coordinate with a multidisciplinary team, or provides care management services to pregnant Medicaid recipients; and may develop community or service resources and/or develop volunteer programs. In certain treatment settings worker participates on rehabilitation/treatment teams and provides the social work perspective. Positions at this level combine difficult services performed under supervisory guidance with relatively conventional services performed under more relaxed supervision.

Public Health positions are responsible for preparedness activities in the event of a natural disaster, disease outbreaks, and other threats to the health of the public. Individuals in this role will be required to participate in preparedness response activities which may include mass vaccination clinics and sheltering.

POSITION SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS:

Child Welfare Services

Provides Case Management and Foster Care Services for children who have been neglected and/or abused.

Provides Social Work services including treatment and immediate response to crisis situations for at risk children and families.

Manages a caseload of clients in the most difficult and complex cases.

Provides treatment in group, family or individual therapy to clients of any age and/or with any developmental, mental, medical, financial, substance abuse or family problem including abused, neglected or homeless children.

Performs clinical and social investigation, assessment of individuals and family dynamics, and crisis intervention.

Knowledge of social work principles, techniques and practices and their applications to complex casework, treatment, and investigation of abuse or neglect of children.

Knowledge of policies and procedures as evidenced by the ability to cite the authority of federal and state law.

Knowledge of individual and group behavior, family dynamics, and medical, behavioral and/or psychosocial problems and their treatment theory.

Knowledge of governmental and private organizations and resources in the community.

Exercises considerable judgment in determining whether abuse or neglect has occurred, to what extent and how it occurred.

Selects appropriate treatment for the family and clients, requiring significant understanding of their personalities based on assessments and interviews.

Facilitates Child and Family Team meetings.

Provides referrals for treatment and placement in foster care or residential facilities.

Provides expert testimony in court hearings as to the progress of the case.

Conducts home visits at least once a month for each foster child assigned to the case.

Attends school meetings to advocate for the educational needs of the children served.

Maintains contact with parents, therapist, GAL, CDSA, CC4C, attorneys, medical providers, substance abuse agencies, domestic violence agencies, and relatives as it relates to the needs of the child and family.

Attends Therapy appointments and Doctor/ Medical appointments with children, and to obtain medical forms completed by a doctor.

Completes strengths and needs monthly and Family Reunification assessments for cases where the plan is Reunification.

Interacts and motivates a resistant involuntary client population and the public who may not agree with the laws, rules or policies of the process or the programs.

Prepares documentation such as written investigative reports for the court, case records and treatment plans.

Testifies as an expert witness.

Employs advanced case management interview techniques to establish a supportive relationship and involve families in the initial assessment for the need of services.

Assesses the risks and safety of the client environment during daylight hours, after dark and in high crime areas.

Employs expert negotiation skills in the most complex cases.

Analyzes and assesses child development safety issues in relation to risk factors.

Analyzes tense family situations and make decisions about removing children when the decision has to be made with limited direct information and limited access to consultation.

Communicates effectively and establishes supportive client relationships.

Performs under occasional stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress.

Maintains high-quality communication and interacts with other County Agencies, co-workers, and the general public.

Operates small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.

Operates computers for data entry, word processing and/or accounting purposes.

Completes assigned work on or before deadlines in accordance with directives, County policy, standards and prescribed procedures. Identifies or assists in identifying alternative solutions to problems or situations.Stays abreast of social work theory, techniques and practices, individual and group behavior, social problems, medical and mental illness, family dynamics, coping behavior, crisis intervention, and treatment of various medical and mental diseases and social issues.

Follows all guidelines set forth, which include state and federal laws, program rules, directives, policies and regulations, professional ethics and quality assurance standards.

Collaborates with members of multidisciplinary teams, protective services committees and supervisors. Legal precedents are used in some settings.

Conducts assessments with new and veteran employees to provide feedback and develop training goals.

Develops training curriculum and oversee onboarding process for new Social Workers.

Develops and fosters connections with community partners by facilitating meetings and trainings to update partners on agency and policy changes.

Conducts quality assurance reviews for Child Protective and Child Welfare Services programs, as well as develops and implements program improvement strategies based on the results of the quality assurance reviews.

Provides assistance to investigative, in-home and foster care teams when they are short staffed.

Participates in case staffing’s with supervisor twice a month to provide updates as to the status of each case.

Maintains case data and documentation through various computer programs.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Adult Protective Services, Child Welfare, Crisis Assessment and Guardianship

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university and two (2) years of experience in social work; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Licenses or Certifications:

Must have a valid Driver’s License and be able to maintain a safe driving history as defined by the Union County Vehicle Use Policy.

Special Requirements:

This position may be subject to a fingerprint background check. Per NC General Statute 153A-94.2(b), applicants for a position of employment required to work with children in any capacity will be required to electronically submit fingerprints to the NC State Bureau of Investigation for a state and national criminal history record.

Adult Protective Services, Child Welfare, Crisis Assessment and Guardianship

• Child Welfare Social Workers need NC Pre-service Training within 3 months of hire.

Applicable to Identified Human Services Positions Only

In order to perform work in this role, within (30) thirty days of employment you must provide immunization records, provide proof of immunity, or receive/start the required vaccination series, as applicable, along with complying with any necessary screenings, as required by the Union County Division of Public Health and its Healthcare Personnel Immunization and Tuberculosis Screening Policy, in accordance with applicable law.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Adult Protective Services, Child Welfare, Crisis Assessment and Guardianship

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university and two (2) years of experience in social work; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Licenses or Certifications:

Must have a valid Driver’s License and be able to maintain a safe driving history as defined by the Union County Vehicle Use Policy.

Special Requirements:

Child Welfare Social Workers need NC Pre-service Training within 3 months of hire.

• Child Welfare Social Workers need NC Pre-service Training within 3 months of hire.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must be physically able to operate a variety of machinery and equipment including computers, copiers, telephones, etc. Must be able to exert up to 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. However, if the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in an environment where errors on the social worker and/or client’s part can lead to significant physical or mental consequences for them or others.

Positions assigned to Public Health, work in performed in a dynamic environment that requires the need to the sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.