Human Services Professional/Social Worker - Youth Justice

Fond du Lac County•Fond du Lac, WI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Human Services Professional/Social Worker - Youth Justice role involves providing planned and unplanned services to consumers by establishing professional working relationships to strengthen their ability to cope with life situations. This includes determining service needs through assessments, explaining services, and discussing consumer rights and responsibilities. The role requires maintaining knowledge of community resources and utilizing them appropriately, referring consumers to other agencies, and cooperating with them. Services and programs must comply with all unit, agency, and county policies. Participation in conferences and team meetings is expected, with a focus on developing the least restrictive plans that ensure community safety. Specific to Youth Justice, this role involves making dispositional recommendations to the Juvenile Court, monitoring compliance with court orders, gathering information for youth assessments, developing individualized case plans, assessing youth safety, making referrals for community services and out-of-home placements, maintaining case records in systems like eWiSACWIS and Case Works, following guidelines for the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Juveniles, providing after-hours intake duties, facilitating team meetings and groups, and monitoring GPS and alcohol monitoring programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work with Social Work Certification, or eligible for Social Work Certification to be completed within 1 year of employment OR Bachelor’s Degree in a related Human Services program with Social Work Certification, and eligible to enroll in Social Work Training Certificate approved courses to obtain Social Work Certification within 2 years from employment
At least two years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Competent computer skills and computer experience
Must successfully pass caregiver and criminal background check.
Must possess a valid driver’s license and unlimited access to a personal vehicle
A minimum of $250,000/$500,000 auto liability insurance coverage verified upon hire and at renewal by providing a copy of the declaration page of your policy from your insurance carrier
Willingness to utilize personal vehicle as necessary to perform job duties and responsibilities including transport of agency consumers, if necessary.
An ability to understand and follow directions as well as read and write reports.
Knowledge of interviewing, communication, and counseling.
Knowledge of Federal and State laws, rules, standards and regulations pertaining to practice area.
Sensitivity to social problems, such as family disorganization, discrimination, disability, poverty, unemployment, etc. and the impact on the families.
Ability to resolve crisis.
Ability to write concise court reports.
Ability to meet deadlines for paperwork and court work.
Ability to assess safety.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment in confrontational and stressful situations, and follow instructions, to complete tasks and to work closely with the supervisor and others.

Responsibilities

Provide planned and unplanned services through the establishment of a professional working relationship with the consumer, geared towards strengthening the consumer's ability to independently cope with life situations.
Complete administrative duties in a timely manner.
Determine, through interviews, assessments, home visits, investigations, etc., the range of services needed by individuals, families, explaining the services and discussing the consumer’s rights and responsibilities.
Establish and maintain a working knowledge of the responsibilities of various community, county, state and independent resources available to agency consumers and the ability to utilize these resources as appropriate.
Refer consumers to other agencies or services and cooperate with such agencies in serving the needs of the consumer or agency.
Provide the direct delivery of services and programs that are in compliance with all unit, agency, and county policies.
Participate in individual conferences and team meetings.
Provide plans and all services developed by staff are least restrictive and yet ensure community member safety.
Makes Dispositional recommendations to the Juvenile Court based upon the youth’s criminogenic needs/referral offense.
Monitors compliance with court orders, reports back to the court and testifies as needed.
Gathers information from the youth, parents, and any collaterals to complete the Youth Assessment Screening Instrument full assessment.
Partners with the youth to develop an individualized case plan based on the youth’s strengths, needs, and identified goals.
Assesses safety of the youth in their home, community, and other environments.
Makes necessary referrals for community services, as well as, for out of home placement settings when the needs of the youth cannot be met in a lesser restrictive environment.
Maintains a timely and thorough case record as documented in eWiSACWIS and Case Works including: case notes, permanency/case plans, court reports.
Follows guidelines in the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Juveniles utilizing the UNITY system including transfer of supervision, travel permits, home evaluations.
Provides after hours youth justice intake duties including de-escalation of youth and their parents/caregivers, utilizing informal family supports for respite, 72-Hour Caseworker Holds, and Temporary Physical Custody Requests.
Facilitates team meetings, educational groups and Court ordered services including within the ROOTS Program as needed for referred youth.
Facilitates and monitors the GPS program and alcohol monitoring of clients, as assigned.