What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ongoing Caseworker B position at Boulder County Sheriff's Office?
Salary
$62,520.00 - $90,048.00 Annually
Location
Boulder County, CO
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
6235(SL3)
Department
Human Services
Division
HS Fam Children Svcs
Opening Date
02/12/2025
Closing Date
2/23/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA
Exempt
Boulder County Department of Human Services, FCS Division, is hiring an Ongoing Caseworker B. Families experiencing the dynamics of physical or sexual abuse, emotional/environmental neglect, youth who are beyond control of their parents, are referred for open cases in the Ongoing Division of FCS. As an Ongoing caseworker, you will be able to work in a collaborative fashion with families, agency partners, and, at times, the Court, to help families identify and treat the factors causing these types of family abuse and instability. Boulder County Child Welfare works from an assessment-driven, collaborative practice model that promotes families as drivers of their case plans as the caseworker provides coordination of clinical and community supports. We strive to keep children and parents together, offering a wide array of individualized service options, and leverage the family’s support systems in anticipation of a successful case closure. Caseworkers have a huge impact on individual and family healing, as well as on the community as a whole as families become more stable. We have specialty areas of work including: Transition Age Youth, Intrafamilial sexual abuse, and sexually reactive youth, drug court models, Post adoption, and legal/emotional permanency.
This is a full-time, benefited position that will work Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. This position will work out of the Longmont HUB located at 515 Coffman Longmont, Colorado. Under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guidelines, this position is exempt.
Boulder County requires its employees to reside in the state of Colorado as of the first day of work.
Hiring Salary Range: $62,520.00 - $76,284 Annually
Tentative Hiring Timeline
Boulder County employees may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Visit studentaid.gov for more information.
Examples of Duties
PLEASE NOTE: When completing your application describe all relevant education and experience, as applications are assessed based on the required qualifications listed. Resumes and other attachments are not accepted in lieu of completed applications and will not be reviewed in the initial screening process. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your attachments will then be shared with the hiring team.
Education & Experience
Boulder County is looking for well qualified candidates to fill our positions. Any combination of relevant education and experience is encouraged. In this position, we are looking for a minimum of a bachelor's degree with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker. and one year of professional human services case work experience.
Additional Related Education May Count Towards Required Experience.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Benefits
As well as offering competitive pay and a caring work environment, Boulder County offers employees an array of benefits. For all FTE and Term employees, we provide:
Outstanding options of comprehensive health plans that include vision and dental coverage. Information can be found HERE. Additional Benefits can be found HERE. (Download PDF reader) Generous paid time off PERA- The County and all employees pay into both Social Security and PERA
Please describe how you meet the minimum qualifications of bachelor's degree, with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker and one year of professional human services casework experience.
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Have you previously completed the Colorado Child Welfare Caseworker Pre-Service Training Academy? (Required)
Do you have a clean driving record, your own vehicle for visiting families homes, transporting children, and attending court?(Required)
Do you have experience working with specialized populations (check all that apply):
What efforts have you made, or been involved with, to foster diversity concordance and cultural understanding?
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One of our guiding values is around Inclusion We value, respect, and support all individuals by being an inclusive, culturally responsive county government. What do you perceive as a challenge when working with a diverse workforce?
Required Question
Employer Boulder County
Address 2025 14th Street
Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Phone 303-441-3525
Website http://www.bouldercounty.org
$62,520.00 - $90,048.00 Annually
Location
Boulder County, CO
Job Type
Full-time
Job Number
6235(SL3)
Department
Human Services
Division
HS Fam Children Svcs
Opening Date
02/12/2025
Closing Date
2/23/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA
Exempt
- Description
- Benefits
- Questions
Boulder County Department of Human Services, FCS Division, is hiring an Ongoing Caseworker B. Families experiencing the dynamics of physical or sexual abuse, emotional/environmental neglect, youth who are beyond control of their parents, are referred for open cases in the Ongoing Division of FCS. As an Ongoing caseworker, you will be able to work in a collaborative fashion with families, agency partners, and, at times, the Court, to help families identify and treat the factors causing these types of family abuse and instability. Boulder County Child Welfare works from an assessment-driven, collaborative practice model that promotes families as drivers of their case plans as the caseworker provides coordination of clinical and community supports. We strive to keep children and parents together, offering a wide array of individualized service options, and leverage the family’s support systems in anticipation of a successful case closure. Caseworkers have a huge impact on individual and family healing, as well as on the community as a whole as families become more stable. We have specialty areas of work including: Transition Age Youth, Intrafamilial sexual abuse, and sexually reactive youth, drug court models, Post adoption, and legal/emotional permanency.
This is a full-time, benefited position that will work Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. This position will work out of the Longmont HUB located at 515 Coffman Longmont, Colorado. Under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guidelines, this position is exempt.
Boulder County requires its employees to reside in the state of Colorado as of the first day of work.
Hiring Salary Range: $62,520.00 - $76,284 Annually
Tentative Hiring Timeline
- Phone Screening: Week of February 24th
- First Round Interviews: Week of March 3rd
- Second Round Interviews: Week of March 10th
- Reference Check: Week of March 10th
Boulder County employees may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Visit studentaid.gov for more information.
Examples of Duties
- Has knowledge of theories, principles, and concepts of social casework practice
- Is a strong leader who models integrity, dependability, quick and solid decision making, and excellence in their child welfare practice
- Has good communication skills with the ability to give constructive feedback and to be curious about feedback from others
- Has excellent family/client engagement skills
- Works successfully in a team and family-oriented decision making environment
- Is skilled at tracking and prioritizing paperwork deadlines
- Models transparency, flexibility and innovation
- Has extraordinary interpersonal and customer service skills
- Has strong writing skills with the ability to write concisely
- Performs related work, as required
- May be reassigned during emergency situations
PLEASE NOTE: When completing your application describe all relevant education and experience, as applications are assessed based on the required qualifications listed. Resumes and other attachments are not accepted in lieu of completed applications and will not be reviewed in the initial screening process. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your attachments will then be shared with the hiring team.
Education & Experience
Boulder County is looking for well qualified candidates to fill our positions. Any combination of relevant education and experience is encouraged. In this position, we are looking for a minimum of a bachelor's degree with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker. and one year of professional human services case work experience.
Additional Related Education May Count Towards Required Experience.
- Course work examples can include and are not limited to, the development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, or therapeutic techniques.
- Applicants must have a valid driver's license, clean driving record, and access to a reliable vehicle.
- For more information regarding a clean driving record, please click here.
- A job offer is contingent on passing a background investigation with fingerprinting.
- Candidate must be able to lift up to 30 lbs
- Candidate must be able to navigate different terrains
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Working knowledge of the theories, principles and concepts of social casework practice
- Knowledge of community resources and agency rules and procedures related to assigned program area
- Skill in interviewing techniques and crisis intervention methods
- Ability to write reports concisely
- Ability to work effectively with other employees, clients, agencies and the public
Benefits
As well as offering competitive pay and a caring work environment, Boulder County offers employees an array of benefits. For all FTE and Term employees, we provide:
- Including:
- Family-forming benefits- infertility treatment, adoption and surrogacy reimbursements
- 12 weeks Paid Caregiver leave
- Breast feeding friendly-work environment
- Sick child care, an infants-at-work policy
- Access to LifeMart discount hub, including discounts on childcare centers, event tickets, travel and more!
- Access to a nationally-recognized wellness program
- Employee Assistance Program
- PERA 401k
- Social Security retirement plans
- Additional Life and Disability Insurance
- Critical Illness and Accidental Insurance
- County-paid tuition assistance
- Eligible for PSLF- Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Free EcoPass
- Hospital Indemnity
- ID Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- 8 Hours of Paid Public Service Leave
- Holidays
- New Year's Day January 1
- Martin Luther King's Birthday January
- Presidents' Day February
- Memorial Day May
- Juneteenth June 19
- Independence Day July 4
- Labor Day September
- Indigenous People's Day
- General Election Day November (first Tuesday after the first Monday, even years)
- Veterans' Day November 11
- Thanksgiving Day November
- Friday after Thanksgiving*
- Christmas Eve- ½ day (full day off depends on day of the week)
- Christmas Day December 25
- New Year’s Eve- ½ day (full day off depends on day of the week)
- Vacation**
- 80-hour bank of vacation at the time of hire
- Eight hours of vacation per month for the first year of continuous service, then accrue twelve hours of vacation per month after the first year of continuous service.
- Medical**
- Eight hours of medical leave for each month employed.
- Employer contribution to Social Security: 7.65% of salary
- Employer contribution to PERA (Local Government Division- most county employees: 14.76%
- The District Attorney’s Office observe Francis Xavier Cabrini Day on the first Monday in October and omit the Friday after Thanksgiving
- Vacation and Medical leave are based off of full time FTE accruals. Part-time FTE/term employees accrue leave based on the percentage of time they work.
Please describe how you meet the minimum qualifications of bachelor's degree, with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker and one year of professional human services casework experience.
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Have you previously completed the Colorado Child Welfare Caseworker Pre-Service Training Academy? (Required)
- Yes
- No
- Yes, however my certification has lapsed and I need to re-complete the academy
Do you have a clean driving record, your own vehicle for visiting families homes, transporting children, and attending court?(Required)
- Yes
- No
Do you have experience working with specialized populations (check all that apply):
- Substance Abuse Disorder
- Mental Health
- Developmental Disability
- Transition Age youth
What efforts have you made, or been involved with, to foster diversity concordance and cultural understanding?
06
One of our guiding values is around Inclusion We value, respect, and support all individuals by being an inclusive, culturally responsive county government. What do you perceive as a challenge when working with a diverse workforce?
Required Question
Employer Boulder County
Address 2025 14th Street
Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Phone 303-441-3525
Website http://www.bouldercounty.org
Salary : $62,520 - $90,048
