Protective Services Caseworker
About The Position
Liberty Healthcare is hiring a full-time Protective Services Caseworker for the Pennsylvania Adult Protective Services Program, a partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. The role supports the program’s mission to detect, prevent, reduce, and eliminate abuse, neglect, exploitation, and abandonment of adults living with disabilities. This is a field-based position involving travel throughout Allegheny County and surrounding counties. The work offers a high degree of autonomy and some schedule flexibility, with occasional evening work. New hires receive formal adult protective services training, and the role offers experience that can build a résumé, with advancement and potential promotion into leadership roles for dedicated top performers.
Requirements
- Ability to navigate emotionally challenging situations with compassion and resilience.
- Own an insured vehicle for required regional travel.
Nice To Haves
- A bachelor's degree in social work, criminal justice, or a human service field is preferred but not required when the applicant has relevant experience.
- Relevant experience may include Service Coordinator, Supports Coordinator, Program Specialist, or Case Manager roles; Child, Family and Youth Services or Older Adult Protective Services; behavioral or mental health or developmental disabilities services; law enforcement; or field-based healthcare or human services roles.
Responsibilities
- Travel throughout Allegheny County and surrounding counties.
- Conduct investigations in residences.
- Interview individuals and gather information.
- Identify, mitigate, and eliminate areas of risk to individuals.
- Document findings and write reports.
- Develop service plans, coordinate services, and manage cases through closure.
Benefits
- $48,000 per year, paid at $23.08 per hour.
- Opportunities to supplement income through overtime.
- 30 days of paid time off annually for holidays, vacation, sick, and personal leave.
- Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- Mileage reimbursement for approved work-related travel.
- Formal adult protective services training.
- Opportunities for advancement and consideration for promotion into leadership roles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
