Are you passionate about serving children and families in El Paso County? Do you value assisting families in identifying solutions to be self-sufficient? Do you enjoy collaborating with community partners? Do you like to problem-solve and think outside the box when working with families? Are you skilled at being flexible and adapting to changes in high-paced situations? In this position, you will be responsible for receiving and responding to reports of suspected child abuse/neglect in order to gain a greater understanding about the family's strengths, needs, and resources so that children can be safe, and the risk of maltreatment can be reduced. This position also has the opportunity to work with families in a preventative way. You would accomplish this by working with families to connect them to resources and coordinating plans for safety. You will create and maintain relationships with community partners to include hospitals, schools, law enforcement, etc. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other caseworkers to best meet children and family's individualized emergency needs Hiring Range: $57,000.00 - $62,000.00 annually Anticipated Hiring Rate: $59,737.60 annually This is a child protection position. Child protection includes engaging families. It is reasonable to anticipate the need for flexibility in work hours periodically to accommodate client schedules. The average workday hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM. Schedule is subject to change. Hybrid schedule may be available upon successful completion of probationary period; subject to change. Please be advised that this position may close without advanced notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications. This position works to preserve and/or rehabilitate families while protecting children's physical, emotional, and mental well-being through child protection, adolescent services, placements, and/or permanency plans. Based on position assignment, coordinates the practice and is responsible for primary decision-making of child protection practices or coordinates the services and secondary-service decisions as related to safety, permanency, well-being and preserving families. This position is part of the Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services (CYFS) career progression series, which includes Associate Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services and Social Caseworker - Children, Youth, & Family Services. Employment is subject to the terms, conditions, and policies detailed in the Personnel Policies Manual (PPM). This position requires regular in-person presence as an essential job function.