Protective Services Worker - Family and Children's Services - Human Services Agency (2940) (X00002)

About the role

This is a Citywide Exam posting. Your application to this posting is an application to take a citywide exam. If you pass the exam, you will be emailed your score and ranking on the eligible candidate list. When a department has an open position with this job classification they will use this eligible list to hire for that position. Departments will contact candidates from this list to gauge interest in their specific roles.

Responsibilities

• Partners with families, communities, and service providers to build a supportive team that addresses the safety, health, and well-being needs of the child, youth, and family.
• Explores safety, well-being, family relationships and natural supports through interviewing, field visits, and gathering collateral information in a timely manner.
• Conducts comprehensive assessments of safety, risk and protective capacity utilizing designated assessment tools.
• Takes appropriate action to ensure child safety, including promoting family strengths, mitigating safety threats and/or removal of children from the home.
• Maintains case information on applicable computerized case management system(s).
• Collaborates with families and stakeholders to develop behavioral case plans that addresses the family's needs and complies with relevant laws, rules and regulations, based on the assessment.
• Helps connect families to a broad array of services and supports and empowers them to utilize strengths to implement the provisions of a case plan.
• Counsels and educates youth, families, care providers and community partners on the Child Welfare process, legal requirements, and departmental policies and procedures by communicating verbally and in writing to provide necessary and appropriate information to families.
• Builds community partnerships through relationship building and educating community organizations about Family and Children’s Services.
• Stays abreast of latest polices, initiatives, and best practices by attending trainings, reading literature reviews, accessing various online child welfare resources, and participating in work groups and site teams to contribute to the development of policies.
• Ensures all assigned cases meet compliance standards and schedules work accordingly.
• Testifies in Court, adheres to Court protocol, and complies with legal requirements.
• Ensures the well-being of children placed in homes by identifying homes to meet children’s needs and closely monitors their placement.
• Affords assistance to out of home care providers to ensure children attend mandatory parental visits and medical and dental appointments to comply with mandatory County and State procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Prepares written correspondence, electronic records, and court reports by maintaining well documented records in a clear and timely manner, according to Agency procedures.

Requirements

• Possession of a Master’s Degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work education (CSWE); OR Possession of a Master’s Degree from a two-year (2) counseling program from an accredited college or university. (Qualifying Master’s Degrees in counseling include Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Addiction Counseling and Counseling Psychology that included a supervised field placement as part of the course curriculum).
• Satisfactory completion of two (2) semesters of graduate field placement, which involved the provision of direct services to families or children in one of the following or closely related areas: child welfare, family counseling, juvenile probation, pediatric social work, adolescent alcohol and drug counseling or school social work;
• Six (6) months post baccalaureate professional work experience which involved the provision of direct services to families or children in one of the areas previously described.
• Possession of a valid California class C driver’s license and clear Motor Vehicle Record (MVR).

Qualifications

• Education: Possession of a Master’s Degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work education (CSWE); OR Possession of a Master’s Degree from a two-year (2) counseling program from an accredited college or university. (Qualifying Master’s Degrees in counseling include Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Addiction Counseling and Counseling Psychology that included a supervised field placement as part of the course curriculum).
• Experience: Satisfactory completion of two (2) semesters of graduate field placement, which involved the provision of direct services to families or children in one of the following or closely related areas: child welfare, family counseling, juvenile probation, pediatric social work, adolescent alcohol and drug counseling or school social work; OR Six (6) months post baccalaureate professional work experience which involved the provision of direct services to families or children in one of the areas previously described.
• Licenses: Possession of a valid California class C driver’s license and clear Motor Vehicle Record (MVR).

Skills

Not specified in the job posting.

Benefits

Not specified in the job posting.

Pay

$115,362 - $147,212 Yearly

Schedule

Not specified in the job posting.