What are the responsibilities and job description for the CPS Social Worker – In-home Services position at Catawba County Government?
Catawba County Social Services is committed to making living better through serving children and families with multiple and complex needs.
We are seeking a CPS Social Worker (In-Home Services) who shares our common core values:
Doing what’s right:
- Assessing families and children in their home by strengthening the family's capacity to protect children where they are while maintaining integrity, respect, transparency, and professionalism through the completion of thorough In-Home services of identified children assessing for child safety, risk and family well-being needs.
Doing what matters most:
- Serving families, children, and our community by providing support and comprehensive family-centered casework that evaluates the harm and danger to the children in the home and the strengths and needs of the family.
- Making appropriate referrals, identifying resources to assist the family and assess and document the behavioral changes made by the parent/caretaker that lead to child safety
Doing it together:
- Working cohesively with families, children, community and in-agency partners, and other child welfare entities to support and strengthen families.
Doing it well:
- Striving for excellence in meeting all mandated standards in a fast-paced and rewarding environment that ultimately seeks to assure child safety and develop and reinforce protective family units.
Trainees, those with a Master’s or Bachelor’s degrees in other areas of human services, but do not have the required experience, may be considered. Trainee salary is $55,899.04.
- Ongoing assessment of abuse (physical and/or sexual), neglect and dependency reports on children
- Completion of thorough casework, including use of strong interviewing and documentation skills, and making immediate decisions regarding the safety of children
- Establish and update family service agreement plans
- Apply crisis intervention techniques
- Provide services up front to assure the maximum safety of children, which could include court action
- Continuously assess the safety, risk, and well-being of identified children
- Will hold approximately 10 cases each month
- Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work with Child Welfare Collaborative; or
- Master's degree from an accredited school of social work and 1 year of social work experience; or
- Master’s degree in counseling or human services field and 2 years of social work experience, or
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of social work with Child Welfare Collaborative and 1 year of social work experience; or
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of social work and 2 years of social work experience; or
- Bachelor’s degree in a human services field and 3 years of social work experience; or
- Bachelor’s degree in a non-human services field and 4 years of social work experience
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- A valid Driver’s license with a safe driving record
- This is considered light to medium work; lifting up to 40 pounds to carry children and belongings.
PREFERENCES:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Social Work
- Direct social work experience in child welfare services or similar experiences
- Experience in interviewing caretakers, children, and other sources soliciting specific details of child maltreatment to obtain thorough and comprehensive assessment of alleged child maltreatment
- Persons with bilingual ability (English/Spanish) are encouraged to apply.
Salary : $55,899 - $58,841
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