Social Worker III - CFT Facilitator (122400011)

Cumberland County • 1225 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC

16d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is located in the Children's Services Section. The social worker serves as a neutral facilitator for child and family team meetings, promoting communication between agency staff, families, their support persons, and service providers. The role involves introducing meeting goals, guiding discussions on family strengths and needs, steering participants toward consensus on recommendations, and ensuring participants leave with a written summary. The meetings focus on assessing safety resources, identifying alternatives to out-of-home placement, identifying and assessing progress on services, developing family service agreements, and determining if child removal is necessary for safety. Meetings are held at the agency and offsite locations. The social worker is responsible for scheduling meetings, preparing meeting locations, preparing summaries, and preparing monthly reports on meeting statistics. While not regularly managing cases, this social worker may assist with case management duties as needed.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work; OR
• Bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and completion of the Child Welfare Collaborative (Child Welfare positions only); OR
• Bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and one year of directly related experience; OR
• Master's degree in counseling in a human services field and one year of social work or counseling; OR
• Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and two years of directly related experience; OR
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of directly related experience; OR
• An equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Directly Related Experience is defined as Human Services experience in the areas of case management, assessment and referral, supportive counseling, intervention, psycho-social therapy and treatment planning.
• Valid North Carolina Drivers License.
• Ability to pass a drug test.
• Ability to pass a law enforcement background check.
• Must have access to and use of employee's personal vehicle.
• Ability to assist in emergency and/or disaster situations.
• Adherence to Cumberland County Department of Social Services' strict dress code policy, including guidelines on tattoos and body piercing.

Nice To Haves

• Applicants may qualify for a work against appointment with a certain degree of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate child and family team meetings, promoting communication between agency staff, families, support persons, and service providers.
• Introduce and explain meeting goals, process, and ground rules to participants.
• Guide discussions on family strengths, needs, and reasons for agency involvement.
• Steer participants toward group consensus regarding recommendations for the family.
• Ensure each meeting participant receives a written summary of recommendations.
• Assess and identify safety resources for children.
• Identify possible alternatives to placement of children outside the home.
• Identify and assess progress on services needed by children and families.
• Develop a family services agreement with the family.
• Assess if removal of the child from the home is necessary to ensure safety.
• Schedule Child and Family Team meetings with the family's assigned social worker.
• Prepare the meeting location.
• Prepare meeting summaries for distribution to all participants.
• Prepare monthly reports documenting meeting statistics (quantity and quality of meetings, type of cases, reasons for meetings).
• Assist with case management duties or provide case management to support service delivery as needed.

Benefits

• College transcripts may be submitted on-line via the attachment feature or mailed to Cumberland County Department of Social Services, P.O. Box 2429, Fayetteville, NC 28302. Prior to employment start date, an official transcript must be presented in its original unopened envelope.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level