Social Caseworker – In-Home Professional (Loved Ones Family Time Unit)

El Paso County•El Paso, CO

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves working directly with families in their homes and community settings during supervised family time, helping parents strengthen their parenting skills while assessing family dynamics and supporting safe, meaningful interactions. The Social Caseworker will connect families with community resources, navigate complex situations with sound judgment, and make thoughtful decisions that promote child safety and family reunification. Every day brings new opportunities to problem-solve, adapt, and empower families as they work toward creating safe, stable environments for their children. This is a child protection position, which 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 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, with a minimum required two evenings per week until at least 7:00 pm. Schedule is subject to change. Due to the sensitive nature of this role, additional background checks may be required, including a Government Program Fraud check, Child Welfare Abuse & Neglect database (TRAILS) check, and Welfare Caseworker Falsification check. This position may close without advance notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher from a higher education institution with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker as stated in Volume 7. Course work examples can include and are not limited to, the development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, or therapeutic techniques.
One year of professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services related agency.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and proof of automobile insurance.
Must obtain and maintain necessary certifications as applicable to the position.
Must possess or obtain Colorado State Child Welfare Caseworker Certification within ninety days of course enrollment and maintain certification thereafter.
Must pass conditional post-offer background investigation, including fingerprinting, motor vehicle record check, and drug screen.
College transcripts required prior to the date of hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience with working with early childhood development and/or structured parenting curriculum or models.
Successful completion of a Bachelor’s Degree of Social Work (BSW) or Master's Degree of Social Work (MSW) internship in a human services-related agency may substitute for the required experience.

Responsibilities

Works to preserve and/or rehabilitate families while protecting children's physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Provides intensive in-home child protection services to families with children as a result of an abuse and/or neglect complaint with the primary concern of substance abuse.
Coordinates with the Practice Unit and is responsible for primary decision-making of child protection practices as needed.
Provides in-home instruction to families, strengthening parental competency by promoting family independence by teaching family skill practice to include problem-solving, anger management, conflict resolution, household management, home cleaning, and by explaining how to access community resources and support systems.
Addresses and teaches clients how to meet and sustain basic needs as well as clients' health and wellbeing, including the impact on the child’s health and wellbeing.
Provides crisis management for clients to resolve problems and conflicts.
Assists clients with milestones and other assigned homework for specialty courts.
In collaboration with the case team, assists in the development of support/healthy living plans.
Coordinates community resources for clients, including rehabilitation services, as needed.
Monitors, tracks, and reports compliance with court orders concerning areas such as individual/family therapy, medication management, and substance abuse treatment in collaboration with assigned caseworker.
Coordinates, prepares, and participates in Treatment Support Meetings (TSM) and Family Engagement Meetings (FEM).
Attends and testifies in court hearings; participates in pre-court staffings.
Documents all contacts and ensures that all paperwork and documentation are accurately completed and filed; completes necessary case information reports and inputs updates into database.
Arranges and provides transportation for clients to appointments, therapy, school, court hearings, pre-placement visits, etc.
Performs child welfare duties and provides support to Practice and Support and Services teams within the Children, Youth, & Family Services (CYFS) Division as needed.
Performs other duties as required.