Bilingual Preferred Human Services Caseworker B

About the role

Boulder County Human Services Department is seeking a Human Services Caseworker B. This role performs a variety of complex professional social work duties in Human Services Department program areas such as child abuse and neglect, youth-in-conflict, adults unable to protect their own interests, recruitment and supervision of foster homes and placement into foster and adoptive homes.

Responsibilities

• Conducts investigations of alleged child abuse and neglect, determines if children should be placed outside the home, monitors foster care placement and parental visits and determines when and if recommendation will be made to return children to home
• Develops effective case plans, provides counseling services to families, assesses new child abuse or re-abuse complaints and provides crisis intervention, when needed
• Provides intake assessment and evaluation, ongoing counseling services and case planning
• Locates foster care placement appropriate to client's needs and monitors client's progress in placement
• Makes home visits with clients, provides information regarding available services and coordinates the provision of the services
• Testifies in court regarding ongoing cases and makes recommendations on abuse and neglect cases, placement of children, guardianship of adults, and custody investigations
• Recruits new foster and adoptive homes, conducts home studies and monitors quality of care provided in foster homes
• Performs related work, as required
• May be reassigned in emergency situations

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from a higher education institution with course work* related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker AND 1 (one) year of professional human services casework experience
• Working knowledge of the theories, principles and concepts of social casework practice
• Knowledge of community resources and agency rules and procedures related to assigned program area
• Skills in interviewing techniques and crisis intervention methods
• Ability to write reports concisely
• Ability to work effectively with other employees, clients, agencies and the public

Qualifications

• Resumes and other attachments are not accepted in lieu of completed applications and will not be reviewed in the initial screening process
• Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager

Skills

• Knowledge of community resources and agency rules and procedures related to assigned program area
• Interviewing techniques and crisis intervention methods
• Writing reports concisely
• Working effectively with other employees, clients, agencies and the public

Benefits

• Outstanding options of comprehensive health plans that include vision and dental coverage
• Family-forming benefits- infertility treatment, adoption and surrogacy reimbursements
• 12 weeks Paid Caregiver leave
• Breast feeding friendly-work environment
• Sick child care, an infants-at-work policy
• Access to LifeMart discount hub, including discounts on childcare centers, event tickets, travel and more!
• Access to a nationally-recognized wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program
• PERA 401k
• Social Security retirement plans
• Additional Life and Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness and Accidental Insurance
• County-paid tuition assistance
• Eligible for PSLF- Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Pay

The salary range for this position is $63,828.00 - $77,886.00 annually.

Schedule

This is a full-time, benefited position that will work Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm.