Social Worker III - Permanency Planning

Johnston County • Johnston County DSS, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Johnston County DSS mission is to serve, aid and protect needy and vulnerable children and adults in ways that strengthen and preserve families. We provide human services programs that are intended to promote the health, well-being, self-sufficiency and protection of families, children and adults within our community. Johnston County Department of Social Services has immediate openings for Social Worker III - Permanency Planning. Preference will be given to the applicants with prior Child Welfare experience and/or completion of mandatory Child Welfare training.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of social work principles, techniques, and practices, and their application to complex casework, group work and community problems.
• Considerable knowledge of a wide range of medical behavioral and psychosocial problems and their treatment.
• Considerable knowledge of family and group dynamics and a range of intervention techniques.
• Considerable knowledge of governmental and private organizations and resources in the community.
• Considerable knowledge of the laws, regulations, and policies which govern the program.
• General knowledge of medical terminology, diseases processes and their treatment as they relate to decisions regarding clinical interventions and appropriate therapies based on medical or psychological diagnosis.
• Skill in establishing rapport with a client and in applying techniques of assessing psychosocial, behavioral, and psychological aspects of client's problems.
• Ability to supervise, train, or instruct lower-level social workers, students, interns in the program.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of caseload and their families as well as civic, legal, medical, social, and religious organizations.
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to plan and execute work effectively.
• 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 directly related experience; OR Master's degree in a human services field and one year of directly related experience; OR Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and two years directly related experience; OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of directly related experience.
• Will accept Social Worker II work against, if fully qualified applicants are not located.

Nice To Haves

• Prior Child Welfare experience
• Completion of mandatory Child Welfare training

Responsibilities

• Provide foster care services for children, ages 0-18 years of age.
• Provide necessary services to prevent removal of the children from the home.
• Provide foster care services as needed for the protection of identified children working towards reunification while at the same time establishing an alternative permanency plan which includes, but is not exclusive to, relative or non-relative placement or guardianship.
• May involve court action to terminate parental rights of biological parents in order to place the child in a permanent adoptive home.
• Serve clients (defined as child and the family unit) from all segments of the population, all races and socio-economic levels, and persons with mental and/or physical disorders, developmentally delayed, emotional problems, psychopathologies, etc.
• Serve a diverse make-up of parental families, families who have drug or alcohol related problems and families who are having difficulty in coping with everyday stresses.
• Serve children 0-18 years of age who are victims of abuse, neglect or dependency, but may serve children up to age 21 if they remain in school or are employed.
• Be responsible for any and all court reviews, agency foster care reviews, risk assessments and family and/or individual case plans which occur while the social worker is the case manager of said case.

Benefits

• Official transcripts must be submitted within 30 days of hire.
• A pre-employment reference check will be conducted.
• A background check may be required and may include criminal history, motor vehicle records, sex offender registry checks, pre-employment drug screening, SBI fingerprinting, and, if applicable, a National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) check.

What This Job Offers

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