Social Caseworker - DHS

Essential Job Functions : Provide case management services in accordance with agency, state, and federal guidelines and laws. The caseload size will be no more than 10 cases. Conduct various family, safety, and risk assessments. Work collaboratively to establish and monitor treatment plans with families and service providers. Utilize solution focused practice to mitigate risk, enhance safety, and expedite case resolution. Complete comprehensive reports and extensive case documentation. Conduct home visits, attend community meetings, and participate in court hearings. Provide court testimony, as needed. Authorize and coordinate supportive services. Provide referrals to services within the community and collaborate with partner agencies. Work with, and advocate for, families in crisis situations and / or those impacted by trauma, substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence, multi-generational poverty, child abuse, child neglect, sexual abuse, etc. Perform other related duties as assigned.Specialized Assessment Essential Job Functions : Answer the Child Protection Hotline and take thorough and complete referrals through enhanced screening techniques. Complete fatality, near fatality, egregious and institutional abuse assessments. Provide training to various audiences on how to identify and report child abuse and neglect. Act as a representative of Child Welfare at community interdisciplinary meetings.Assessment Social Caseworker Essential Job Functions : Conduct initial assessments regarding assigned abuse and neglect referrals Engage with families to maintain children safely in the home. Facilitate removing children from the home when safety cannot be maintained.Permanency Social Caseworker Essential Job Functions : Collaborate with families, service providers, community, and courts to establish permanency for children through reunification, allocation, guardianship, or adoption. Monitor progress of treatment plans and identify barriers.Family Empowerment Social Caseworker Essential Job Functions : Collaborate with families, service providers, and the community in non-court involved cases to mitigate risks, maintain safety of children and youth with their family and support well-being. Identify and address barriers to progress through intensive in-home engagement.Adolescent Permanency Social Caseworker Essential Job Functions : Manage cases primarily overseen by the juvenile delinquency (JD) court system. Oversee youth placed in Residential Treatment facilities.Youth in Transition Social Caseworker Essential Job Functions : Complete the training "engaging youth in a coach-like way" and implement these skills in all cases. Support youth with voluntary cases to locate housing. Assist youth in developing independent living skills.Chafee Program Coordinator Essential Job Functions : Assist youth in developing independent living skills. Promote youth and agency participation in the Chafee program.Facilitator / Family Search Essential Job Functions : Utilize concepts from several family engagement models, such as Family Group Conferencing, Family to Family, and Team Decision Making. Conduct Permanency Roundtable (PRT) meetings for identified youth. Conduct family searches to identify kinship supports and potential placement options.Professional Development Coach Essential Job Functions : Develop and present group coaching sessions and trainings. Conduct individual coaching sessions utilizing the co-active coaching model. Oversee and enhance the mentorship program. Support staff professional development through creating and monitoring structured learning plans.Adoption Social Caseworker Essential Job Functions : Collaborate with permanency case managers to provide concurrent case planning prior to termination of parental rights (TPR). Manage cases after TPR has been court ordered. Prepare legal and other required documents for adoption. Esta lish a child's eligibility for adoption assistance and complete assistance requirements. Recruit adoptive families for children.Placement Resource Manager Essential Job Functions : Evaluate prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families using standardized home studies, background investigations, home inspections, and interviews. Certify and recertify foster, kinship, and adoptive families based on state requirements. Provide initial and ongoing training to placement resource families. Ensure ongoing compliance of both certified and non-certified placement providers. Participate in ongoing recruitment and retention events.Minimum Requirements Education and Experience