What are the responsibilities and job description for the County Agency Social Worker position at Minnesota Merit System?
Classification Summary
Clearwater County Department of Human Services is accepting applications for a full-time (40 hours per week) Social Worker position with a skilled, caring, and empathetic team player whose talents will contribute to and promote the mission, vision and values of the agency. This position will be located in Bagley, MN.
This position will work with the aging and physically and cognitively impaired populations to assess needs and arrange services so individuals can remain safely in their home and community. Support individual and community well-being through advocacy, resource referrals, assessment of needs, coordination of services, monitoring of quality, and collaboration with partner organizations.
Clearwater County DHS offers a comprehensive benefit package. Clearwater County is located in northern Minnesota and is home of the Headwaters of the Mississippi. There is unlimited opportunity to take advantage of the beautiful outdoors, whether you prefer hunting, fishing, snowshoeing or birdwatching, there is something for everyone!
Please see the Examination Process section below for details on how to apply.
Examples of Duties
- Interviews clients at intake.
- Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
- Provides counseling to families and individuals.
- Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
- Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
- Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
- Provides vocation/employment services.
- Provides direct services to emotionally, physically, or socially handicapped individuals.
- Provides services to delinquent children.
- Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems. Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
- Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
- Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
- Supervises foster home placements.
- Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
- Provides preventive services.
- Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
- Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
- Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
- Dictates findings and correspondence.
- Prepares regular and special reports.
- May provide work direction to social work par-professionals.
- Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.
or
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.
NOTE: You may apply before graduating, but no more than 60 days prior to receiving your Bachelor's Degree.
Clearwater Preferred Qualifications
Experience assessing the needs and arranging services for individuals who are over the age of 65 and/or who are living with physical or cognitive impairments, developmental disabilities, or mental health needs.
Examination Process
The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited. You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.
To Apply for this Vacancy:
Submit an application for the Social Worker posting by applying at this link: 011-OC - County Agency Social Worker-Bachelor's
An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
