(SOCIAL SERVICES) Social Worker III - Transitional for Child Welfare

Sampson County•Clinton, NC

About The Position

This position is part of the Children's Services Section, which is responsible for all child welfare functions and programs. The primary purpose of the position is to serve as a liaison between Child Protective Services and Foster Care to aid in transitional case management activities when children enter care. Such activities include: scheduling child and family team meetings; scheduling medical appointments; completing applications with placement providers; completing visitation plans with parents and siblings; and ensuring coordination and communication between staff of Child Protective Services and Foster Care. This position will also perform a variety of social work duties including: supervising court ordered visitation between parents, children in custody, and siblings; providing feedback and instruction to parents and foster parents as needed; providing outreach and prevention services to families as needed to prevent the family from needing a higher level of involvement with child welfare in the future; making referrals to various supportive services as well as locating, notifying, and engaging absent parents; notifying all relatives when children come into custody; updating placements within NCFAST and taking the lead on notifying internal and external stakeholders on all placement changes including the lead educational agency per ESSA regulations, the primary care physicians, and other medical entities per Fostering Health initiatives, and linking with MH/IDD/SUD providers as appropriate; documenting case planning and social work activities in the case record; providing transportation associated with all case-related activities including parent and sibling visits; and serving in an on-call rotation.

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 theory.
Considerable knowledge of family and group dynamics and a range of intervention techniques, governmental and private organizations and resources in the community, laws, regulations, and policies which govern the program.
General knowledge of the methods and principles of casework supervision and training.
In certain settings, considerable knowledge of medical terminology, disease 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, or 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; Bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and completion of the Child Welfare Collaborative (Child Welfare positions only); Bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and one year directly related experience; Master's degree in a human services field and one year of directly related experience; Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and two years directly related experience; Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of directly related experience.

Nice To Haves

Preference may be given to those with bi-lingual skills and/or DSS experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as a liaison between Child Protective Services and Foster Care to aid in transitional case management activities when children enter care.
Schedule child and family team meetings.
Schedule medical appointments.
Complete applications with placement providers.
Complete visitation plans with parents and siblings.
Ensure coordination and communication between staff of Child Protective Services and Foster Care.
Supervise court ordered visitation between parents, children in custody, and siblings.
Provide feedback and instruction to parents and foster parents as needed.
Provide outreach and prevention services to families as needed to prevent the family from needing a higher level of involvement with child welfare in the future.
Make referrals to various supportive services as well as locating, notifying, and engaging absent parents.
Notify all relatives when children come into custody.
Update placements within NCFAST and taking the lead on notifying internal and external stakeholders on all placement changes including the lead educational agency per ESSA regulations, the primary care physicians, and other medical entities per Fostering Health initiatives, and linking with MH/IDD/SUD providers as appropriate.
Document case planning and social work activities in the case record.
Provide transportation associated with all case-related activities including parent and sibling visits.
Serve in an on-call rotation.