SOCIAL WORKER - ISRS, CCS/CLTSW

La Crosse County•La Crosse, WI

About The Position

This open position is housed in the Integrated Support Recovery Services department with a focus on supporting consumers with mental health, physical disabilities, or intellectual disabilities through our Children's Long Term Support Waiver and Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) programs. This is the entry level Social Worker position. Under supervision, this employee assists clients with environmental and supportive services designed to overcome ﬁnancial, personal health or family problems; conducts individual or family assessment to determine services needed; provides agency services when appropriate; and refers clients for other community services when needed. Services to clients may take the form of protective actions in their behalf or on behalf of the community.

Requirements

Requires graduation from an accredited college or university with a major in Social Work (or any related college degree such as Sociology, Psychology or Criminal Justice).
Requires minimum of one year of experience working with children and/or youth with disabilities.
Requires basic computer keyboarding skills for entering data related to clients.
For many positions, must have valid driver's license and access to personal transportation, or other reliable means for city and rural travel.
Requires certiﬁcation by the State of Wisconsin as a Social Worker. If not certiﬁed at the time of application for employment with La Crosse County, must have applied to the State of Wisconsin for a Temporary or Training Certiﬁcate and obtain regular Certiﬁcation within speciﬁed time limits.
Must have experience working with a variety of funding sources.
All training and certiﬁcation courses must be completed within speciﬁed timeframes as set forth by the State of Wisconsin.
Requires good computer and keyboarding skills for inputting data, and for using various computer programs, including internet, intranet and e-mail.

Responsibilities

Provides social services per Wisconsin Statutes, court policies, and/or requirements of the program, state, or federal guidelines.
Accepts requests and referrals for agency services.
Conducts thorough assessments through interviews, home visits and collateral investigations, to determine the range of services needed by these individuals and their families for preventative, remedial or rehabilitative services.
Explains the scope of the agency's services and discusses the client's rights and responsibilities in relation to the use of such services.
Arranges or provides for appropriate social services for clients based on assessments of needs.
Conducts regular case evaluations and develops and updates service plans accordingly.
Coordinates or participates in care conferences.
Testiﬁes in court as necessary or required.
Inputs data in computer and uses various other computer programs, the internet, La Crosse County intranet, and email.
In this public service position, employee is required to be courteous, cooperative and respectful at all times, with the public and clients. Also establishes and maintains a courteous, cooperative and respectful working relationship with other employees, supervisors and public oﬃcials.