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Case Worker
Morrison Child and Family ServicesUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jan 2025
💰 $44,200/yr
About the role
Job Title: Case Worker Department/Program: ORR (Home Study & Post Release Services)Work location: SalemFLSA status: (non exempt/hourly)Salary: $22.10/hr. - $24.08/hr. Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care:
The PRS Case Worker is responsible for providing virtual check-ins, focusing on the child’s safety and well being to unaccompanied immigrant children released from federal custody, and if something is found referring that case to either a higher level of care, or community- based resource. Responsibilities and Duties:
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
- Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others
- Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
- Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
- Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
- Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
- Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves
- Equity - Assuring all can survive and thrive
The PRS Case Worker is responsible for providing virtual check-ins, focusing on the child’s safety and well being to unaccompanied immigrant children released from federal custody, and if something is found referring that case to either a higher level of care, or community- based resource. Responsibilities and Duties:
- Make contact and conduct virtual check-ins with UC’s who have been released to Sponsors to assess the safety and well-being of the child and the Sponsors adherence to the Sponsor Care Agreement, then assess and refer if the youth would benefit from a higher level of care.
- Perform on-going virtual check-ins based on ORR contracted timelines at seven (7), fourteen (14), and thirty (30) days after release.
- During check-ins focus on screening and making appropriate referrals to address child’s needs in the following domains: placement issues, safety issues, education, health, mental health, legal/immigration proceedings, substance abuse, independent living, juvenile/criminal justice and child enrichment activities.
- Refer for crisis intervention services, as needed, or connect family to services to ensure minor’s safety and well-being in a crisis situation.
- Submit detailed and thorough documentation in accordance with agency and ORR requirements.
- Utilize social work best practices and provided assessment tools for assessing of a UC’s progress and services provided.
- Carries a case load varying on program need (Staff-to-case ratios for Post Release Services Case Workers will establish caseloads of 1:25)
- Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
- Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to equity and inclusion in the workplace; model appropriate behaviors; develop, recommend, and implement improvements to business practices with awareness and understanding of the impact in a trauma-informed and culturally diverse organization.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bi-lingual in Spanish and English. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish.
- 1-year of experience working with youth in a child welfare or social service setting
- Attained age 21 years or older before first day of employment in position.
- Experience working with immigrant populations
- Knowledgeable about family preservation, kinship care, and/or general child welfare
- Able to work shift hours and days, as assigned. Position may require work outside of usual work hours on occasion.
- Hold a valid drivers’ license and must maintain minimum auto insurance policy for driving a personal vehicle.
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