CASEWORK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 3

About the role

Provides child welfare services to children and families to develop and implement a case plan that presents intervention strategies to meet the child's needs; ensures children have their medical, mental health and educational needs met; provides strength-based family centered case management services to families that promote the safety and well-being and permanency of children; includes home visits; monitoring services; report preparation and record keeping.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and implement case plans and safety plans by interviewing the client, family members, collaterals, court stakeholders and care providers to support the safety, permanency, and well-being of assigned clientele;
• Assess individuals/clients using agency approved assessment tools to evaluate, identify and determine social service needs and advise clients of their service related rights and responsibilities;
• Identify goals and develop strategies based on established objectives and available resources;
• Review client’s history, report observations and recommend changes;
• Remediate deficits and provide intervention strategies;
• Aid care providers in learning techniques to enhance the care provider/client relationship;
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the plan in meeting the client, family and care provider needs;
• Utilize evidence based practices to bring about change behavior to ensure client goals are accomplished;
• Review plan with client and family/care provider and revise as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, special education, human growth and development, criminal justice, psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, gerontology, or closely related social science or human services related field and two years of professional experience providing casework services specific to children, adults, families, or vulnerable and/or older adults in a health and/or human services setting;
• One year of experience as a Casework Management Specialist 2 or Social Worker 2 in Nevada State service;
• An equivalent combination of education and experience above the Bachelor's degree level as described above.

Qualifications

Knowledge of: applicable federal and State laws and regulations and agency policies, practices and procedures regarding human characteristics which indicate dysfunction; developing, implementing and managing case and safety plans for children, vulnerable and/or older adults, and their respective family members; motivational interviewing techniques and Stages of Change Theory; clients rights and confidentiality laws; court procedures.

Skills

• Maintenance of accurate case management records and entry of case management data into assigned database.

Abilities

• Take decisive action to protect vulnerable at risk clients;
• Apply advanced case work methods and principles;
• Remain calm, think clearly and act professionally and decisively while dealing with stressful situations and/or difficult clients;
• Conduct home visits;
• Supervise child/parent visits;
• Testify in court proceedings;
• Prepare periodic and permanency reports and comprehensive recommendations to court system;
• Monitor compliance with court orders.