Supplemental:

• The 2025 salary range for this position is $25.78 to $38.67 per hour depending on experience.
• To ensure full consideration, please submit your application by April 25, 2025. Applications received after this date will be reviewed only if the position remains open
• Communication updates will be sent via email.
• This full-time position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and life insurance, as well as paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation. Regular work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• 2025 Benefits Click HERE (also available on the McLeod County Website > Employment Tab)

Position Summary

The Children’s Mental Health Social Worker helps children with a severe emotional disturbance deal with their disability in a way that allows them to live as independently as possible governed by Minnesota Rule 9520.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

Duties listed are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Position Duties

• Fulfill requirements of mental health act.
• Provide Case Management Services for Children in Out of Home Placement under Statute 260D.
• Coordination of mental illness commitment process.
• Assist clients in applying for government benefits.
• Complete functions necessary for proper administration of caseload.
• Participate in other social work responsibilities.
• Assist supervisor in assessing service needs and trends in service delivery to the mentally ill.

Non-Essential Functions

• Perform job related duties as assigned or apparent.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Knowledge of mental illness and their effects on individual functioning.
• Knowledge of and ability to adhere to social work methods, values, and principles.
• Knowledge of philosophy and trends in mental illness and mental health issues.
• Knowledge of consultation techniques and the ability to effectively provide such services.
• Knowledge of applicable software applications.
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of interviewing assessment, counseling, evaluation, and service coordination.
• Ability to foster and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in decision-making.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.
• Ability to communicate effectively through both oral and written modes utilizing diplomacy and cultural sensitivity, with diverse populations.
• Ability to accurately identify operational problems and solutions.
• Ability to support maintenance of a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to identify chemical use in the client and/or family/living environment.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or a related field.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.

Required Training

• Minnesota Department of Human Service (DHS) 40-hour Children’s Mental Health New Worker Training.
• 30 hours of training every two years.

Required Certifications/Licenses

• Valid Minnesota driver’s license with proof of insurance.

Relationships

• Regular interaction with County and Social Work program leaders.
• Regular interaction with prospective patient to identify needs and provide services, conduct assessments, monitor progress and resolve problems.
• Interaction with service providers for referrals, planning, service coordination, and assuring the needs, health and safety of individuals are met/assured.
• Interaction with medical, psychiatric, psychological, legal, educational, vocational, rehabilitation and other professionals and resources for referrals, information on services, and consultation.

Working Conditions

• Work is mainly performed in clients’ homes, service providers’ homes, detention, treatment and residential facilities, schools, jails, courts and other county offices.
• May require dealing with persons who may be disoriented, hostile, aggressive, abusive or threatening.
• There may be hours worked outside of the normal business hours.
• Exposure to unsafe, unsanitary environments and exposure to health risks.

Physical Requirements Of This Position

• Desk work involving use of a computer, telephone, and other devices.
• Communicate effectively with County staff, clients, and professional groups.
• Ability to read screens and documents.
• Ability to drive in various light and weather conditions.
• Ability to type and use a computer or mobile device.
• Office work may include reaching for documents, grasping documents, standing, walking, and repetitive motions.
• Lift and carry files and material weighing up to 25 pounds.

Equipment Required to Perform This Job

• Computers
• Telephones
• Mobile devices
• Motor vehicles
• Personal Protective Equipment

Additional Notes

• All positions at McLeod County are subject to a background check. This may include, but is not limited to, the following checks: criminal history, credit, driver’s license, pre-employment physical assessment, pre-employment drug and alcohol screening and psychological testing.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)