Social Caseworker – Children, Youth, & Family Services

Posting number: 2600218

Department: Department of Human Services

Division: Children, Youth & Family Svcs

Job classification: Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services

Posting type: Open

Categories: Social Services, Human Services, Customer Service

Summary

**To be considered, applicants must upload their unofficial transcripts with their completed application.**

Come join our team to help your community and make meaningful connections! We strive to protect our most vulnerable citizens while aiming to keep families together and help them to become self-sufficient. This is a child protection position; child protection includes engaging families. It is reasonable to anticipate the need for flexibility in work hours periodically to accommodate client schedules.

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Hiring Range: $57,800.00 - $62,800.00 annually
Anticipated Hiring Rate: $60,538.40 annually

This is a child protection position; child protection includes engaging families. It is reasonable to anticipate the need for flexibility in work hours periodically to accommodate client schedules. The average workday hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Schedule is subject to change. Hybrid schedule may be available upon successful completion of the initial evaluation period; subject to change.

Due to the sensitive nature of this role, additional background checks may be required, including a Government Program Fraud check, Child Welfare Abuse & Neglect database (TRAILS) check, and Child Welfare Caseworker Falsification check.

Overview of Casework Teams:

Adolescent Team

- A community-centered, family-based, and collaborative approach to providing support, services and treatment for adolescents (12 + years) and their families.

Intake Team

- Intake Caseworkers are responsible for receiving & responding to reports of suspected child abuse/neglect in order to gain a greater understanding about the family's strengths, needs, and resources so that children can be safe, and the risk of maltreatment can be reduced.

Ongoing Team

- Ongoing casework is partnering with children and families throughout the span of involvement/intervention to address treatment needs through a focus on safety, wellbeing, and permanency.

Intellectually, Developmentally, Disabled (IDD) Team

- Connecting developmentally appropriate services, support, and treatment in close partnership with The Resource Exchange to serve Intellectually, Developmentally, Disabled children, youth, and families.

0-3 Intake Team

- 0-3 Intake Caseworkers are responsible for receiving & responding to reports of suspected child abuse/neglect in order to gain a greater understanding about the family's strengths, needs, and resources so that children can be safe, and the risk of maltreatment can be reduced, while partnering with Peak Vista Nurse Practitioners to support specific needs of ages zero to 3 years.

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This position works to preserve and/or rehabilitate families while protecting children's physical, emotional, and mental well-being through child protection, adolescent services, placements, and/or permanency plans. Based on position assignment, coordinates the practice and is responsible for primary decision-making of child protection practices or coordinates the services and secondary-service decisions as related to safety, permanency, well-being and preserving families. This position is part of the Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services (CYFS) career progression series, which includes Associate Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services and Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services. Employment is subject to the terms, conditions, and policies