Social Worker - Cabarrus YDC
About The Position
The Social Worker at Cabarrus Youth Development Center supports court-involved youth through a child- and family-centered service-planning model. The role facilitates service-planning team meetings, coordinates services for juveniles while they are in the facility, and works with families, court counselors, facility staff, and community stakeholders to address each youth’s needs. The Social Worker develops and monitors individualized service plans, coordinates education, treatment, employment training, and behavior-modification services, and manages commitment orders established by the court. The position also coordinates release planning and community service linkages, documents official service-planning records, and may participate in special treatment work groups and committees. The position is based at Cabarrus Youth Development Center in Concord, North Carolina.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in social work from an appropriately accredited institution; or a bachelor’s degree in social work and one year of directly related experience; or a master’s degree in a human services field and one year of directly related experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a human services field and two years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience providing effective case management, including crisis management.
- Demonstrated experience working with interdisciplinary treatment teams within system-of-care expectations.
- Demonstrated experience working with at-risk juvenile family populations involving case and/or legal processes.
- Documented knowledge of psychosocial, behavioral, and/or socioeconomic challenges.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and evaluate service plans and ensure delivery of services.
- Ensure program services are high quality and consistent with division standards, policy guidelines, and social work values and principles.
- Develop community relations and coordinate liaison activities with human service agencies, community groups, and schools.
- Coordinate treatment, lead service-planning teams, and provide supportive conversations with juveniles.
- Facilitate release planning with juvenile court counselors, arranging treatment and service resources in the youth’s home community and linking youth to needed services before release.
- Identify, schedule, and manage paperwork and authorizations for off-site therapeutic and educational activities, including vocational activities, home visits, and other off-campus outings.
- Document the official service-planning document for youth in the facility.
- Coordinate juvenile services in the Youth Development Center, including education, treatment, employment training, and behavior-modification plans.
- Understand and manage court-established commitment orders.
- Attend meetings away from the facility regarding divisional services, as well as conferences and workshops, as required.
- Participate in special treatment-related work groups and committees when assigned.
Benefits
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Paid holidays
- Retirement
- Health insurance
- Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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Job Type
Full-time
