Social Worker (Weekly On Call Position)

McDowell County; Marion (NC); Presencial; USD 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement plan

Paid family leave

Descripción de la vacante

McDowell County is seeking a professional social worker to handle advanced casework for at-risk children. The role involves protective services, investigations, counseling and coordinating foster care or residential placements.

You may work on complex cases within a multidisciplinary team. The position includes on-call coverage Monday–Thursday evenings into the next morning, with weekend transitions as needed.

Formación

• Master of Social Work degree required from an accredited school; one year social work experience.
• Bachelor's in social work with two years social work or counseling experience.
• Master's in a counseling field with two years social work or counseling experience.
• Four-year degree in a human services field with three years social work or counseling experience.
• Equivalent combination of training and experience.

Responsabilidades

• Investigate alleged neglect and abuse and substantiate findings per laws.
• Provide treatment in group, family or individual therapy as needed.
• Offer crisis intervention and referrals for treatment and placement.
• Provide expert testimony in court hearings when required.
• Coordinate case management and preventive services for clients.

Conocimientos

Crisis intervention

Case management

Counseling

Court testimony

Educación

Master's degree in social work

Bachelor's degree in social work

Master's degree in counseling

Human services related degree

Descripción del empleo

This is advanced, professional level casework providing protective, investigative, counseling and case management services for children who are at risk for neglect and/or abuse. Employees are assigned to local departments of Social Services and provide social work services including treatment and immediate response to crisis situations for at-risk children in the most complex cases in the departments. Work involves investigation of alleged neglect and abuse, substantiation of the alleged neglect or abuse as prescribed by federal and state guidelines, providing expert testimony in court hearings, and following-up with case management and preventive services for clients. Employees analyze situations and determine appropriate courses of action immediately or in short time spans and often under very stressful conditions. Employees may provide group, family or individual treatment to clients of any age and any developmental, mental, medical, substance abuse, financial or family problem. Employees typically report to a Social Work Supervisor III under general supervision. Employees may have combined investigative and treatment roles or may have separate functions depending on the size and organizational structure of the departments of Social Services.

This is an on-call role covering Monday–Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., with the shift ending Friday at 8:00 a.m

• Variety and Scope – Employees manage a caseload of clients in the most difficult and complex cases. Work may involve providing 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. Work includes clinical and social investigation, assessment of individuals and family dynamics, crisis intervention, referrals for treatment and placement in foster care or residential facilities. Employees provide expert testimony.
• Intricacy – Employees exercise considerable judgment in determining whether abuse or neglect has occurred, to what extent and how it occurred. The selection of appropriate treatment for the family and clients requires significant understanding of their personalities based on assessments and interviews.
• Subject Matter Complexity – Employees must understand 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.
• Guidelines - Guidelines include state and federal laws, program rules, directives, policies and regulations, professional ethics and quality assurance standards.
• Nature of Instructions – Work is jointly planned with members of multidisciplinary teams or protective services committees and supervisors. Legal precedents are used in some settings.
• Nature of Review – Work is reviewed by unit supervisors, program managers or higher-level administrators, usually on a routine basis.
• Scope of Decisions – Decisions affect children and their families and are often made under stressful and sometimes dangerous situations. Many decisions must be made immediately or with little time for consultation.
• Consequence of Decisions – Assessments, interviews and service treatment decisions affect the safety and wellbeing of children in abuse and neglect situations. Failure to follow-through on case management visits, remove a child from parent or foster custody or monitor treatment outcomes can lead to severe injury, neglect or child fatality.
• Scope of Contacts – Contacts include clients and their families, foster families, a variety of medical and psychological professionals, law enforcement, legal services and social and community agencies.
• Nature and Purpose – The purpose is to gather and share information, to determine the extent of abuse or neglect, to provide counseling, to arrange for services and to provide expert opinions to legal officials.

Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work and one year of social work experience;

or a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of social work and two years of social work or counseling experience;

or Master’s degree in a counseling field and two years of social work or counseling experience;

or a four-year degree in a human services field or related curriculum and three years of social work or counseling experience;

or graduation from a four-year college or university and four years of experience in rehabilitation counseling, pastoral counseling

or a related human service field providing experience in the techniques of casework, group work

or community organization; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

One year of work experience can be credited for completion of the social work collaborative.

McDowell County is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the County to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, political affiliation or national origin. The County will interactively work with disabled applicants and employees to identify reasonable accommodations that will allow the individual to perform essential job functions.

McDowell County participates in E-Verify.

• www.mcdowellhrportal.org- under “Job Opportunities”
• McDowell County Administration Building: 25 W Fort Street Marion, NC 28752
• Online at www.mcdowellhrportal.org
• In person at the County Administration building: 25 W Fort Street Marion, NC 28752
• Mail to McDowell County Human Resources: 60 East Court Street Marion, NC 28752
• Email to [e-mail]

We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave. We also offer up to 8 weeks of paid family leave to eligible employees.