County Caseworker 1 (Local Government) - Mifflin County C&Y
About The Position
As a caseworker, you will be implementing initial action plans on new Intake calls, conducting follow-up visits and review of existing cases, conducting CPS investigations, and assuring clients have access to service providers. You will work to provide and/or coordinate services and goals for families to help strengthen and stabilize the family unit to prevent out-of-home placement and to work cooperatively with families to ensure the safety of children, while encouraging healthy family environments, so that the family unit may remain intact. You will also provide and/or to coordinate services and goals for families and to monitor family progress thus helping to strengthen and stabilize the family unit in an effort to reunite child(ren) with their families. To provide some permanency for the child(ren) while in placement (foster care, residential treatment or pre-adoption care) for whom reunification is no longer an option through adoption or Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship (SPLC).
Requirements
- Two years of experience as a County Social Services Aide 3 and two years of college level course work which includes 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences
- A bachelor's degree which includes or is supplemented by successful completion of 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences and one year of experience as a County Social Services Aide 3 or in a similar position performing paraprofessional case management functions
- Possess a valid driver’s license which is not under suspension
- Able to perform essential job functions
- Satisfactory criminal history reports including PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance (conditional offer of employment)
- Drug screening (conditional offer of employment)
Nice To Haves
- Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within two months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credits.
Responsibilities
- Implementing initial action plans on new Intake calls
- Conducting follow-up visits and review of existing cases
- Conducting CPS investigations
- Assuring clients have access to service providers
- Providing and/or coordinating services and goals for families to help strengthen and stabilize the family unit to prevent out-of-home placement
- Working cooperatively with families to ensure the safety of children, while encouraging healthy family environments, so that the family unit may remain intact
- Providing and/or coordinating services and goals for families and to monitor family progress thus helping to strengthen and stabilize the family unit in an effort to reunite child(ren) with their families
- Providing permanency for child(ren) in placement for whom reunification is no longer an option through adoption or Subsidized Permanent Legal Custodianship (SPLC)
Benefits
- Full-time employment
- Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS): 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals)
- Accommodations due to a disability can be discussed with the interviewer in advance
- Equal employment opportunity employer
- Commitment to a diverse workforce
- Inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania
- Does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
