Protective Services Caseworker
About the role
A full-time Protective Services Caseworker position is now available with Liberty Healthcare and the Pennsylvania Adult Protective Services Program. Your daily work will involve traveling throughout the region with a focus on Westmoreland, Indiana, and Armstrong Counties, conducting investigations in residences, interviewing individuals and gathering information, identifying, mitigating, and eliminating areas of risk to the individual, documenting findings and writing reports, developing service plans, coordinating services, and managing cases to closure.
Responsibilities
- Traveling throughout the region with a focus on Westmoreland, Indiana, and Armstrong Counties
- Conducting investigations in residences
- Interviewing individuals and gathering information
- Identifying, mitigating, and eliminating areas of risk to the individual
- Documenting findings and writing reports
- Developing service plans, coordinating services, and managing cases to closure
Requirements
- You must be able to navigate emotionally challenging situations while exercising compassion and resilience
- You must have your own insured vehicle since you will be required to travel throughout the region
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in social work, criminal justice or a human service field is preferred but not required if you have experience in one of these areas: Service Coordinator, Supports Coordinator, Program Specialist or Case Manger roles, Child, Family and Youth Services or Older Adult Protective Services, Behavioral / mental health or developmental disabilities services, Law enforcement (e.g. police, parole, and probation), Field-based healthcare or human services roles
Skills
- Ability to navigate emotionally challenging situations while exercising compassion and resilience
- Experience in service coordination, supports coordination, program specialist, case management, child, family and youth services, older adult protective services, behavioral / mental health, developmental disabilities services, law enforcement, field-based healthcare or human services roles
Benefits
- $48,000 per year
- Opportunities to supplement income through overtime
- 30 days of paid time off annually for holidays, vacation, sick and personal leave
- Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement for approved work-related travel
Pay
$48,000 per year
Schedule
Field-based role with some flexibility in your work schedule, occasional work into the evening
Benefits
Details available at https://www.libertyhealthcare.com/upload/138.pdf
Skills
- Ability to navigate emotionally challenging situations while exercising compassion and resilience
- Experience in service coordination, supports coordination, program specialist, case management, child, family and youth services, older adult protective services, behavioral / mental health, developmental disabilities services, law enforcement, field-based healthcare or human services roles
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement for approved work-related travel
About The Program And Liberty Healthcare
The Pennsylvania Adult Protective Services program is a collaborative partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and Liberty Healthcare Corporation - a Pennsylvania based organization that is nationally recognized for supporting people who are living with disabilities. Liberty Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer which gives all qualified applicants consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.
What We’re Looking For
- Liberty considers recent graduates as well as early career and experienced human service professionals
- Preferred Required: A bachelor’s degree in social work, criminal justice or a human service field is preferred but not required if you have experience in one of these areas: Service Coordinator, Supports Coordinator, Program Specialist or Case Manger roles, Child, Family and Youth Services or Older Adult Protective Services, Behavioral / mental health or developmental disabilities services, Law enforcement (e.g. police, parole, and probation), Field-based healthcare or human services roles