Social Services Specialist - Wellbeing / Permancy
Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services · Bay St Louis, MS · 1 wk ago
OTHRFull-time
About the role
This Opportunity is for a Social Services Specialist within the Wellbeing/Permanency Unit, located in Hancock County, MS.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain case files for children in care
- Document in MDCPS online database program
- Visit children in care in foster homes, facilities and hospitals
- Complete investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation
- Complete ongoing safety and risk assessments
- Participate in scheduled county conferences/meetings for assigned children-in-care
- Make referrals for children-in-care to receive services including dental, vision and medical
- Transport children-in-care to appointments and destinations
- Arrange for visitation with siblings and parents
- Attend staff meetings with supervisor (normally) and all-staff meetings
- Aid with new hires by being "shadow buddies"
- On-call for after-hours situations (rotating responsibility with other staff members)
- Attend court for hearings
- Communicate with families, service providers, parents, foster parents, and the public
- Schedule and attend Family Team Meetings
Requirements
This is a Non-State, TIME-LIMITED (14) position.
- Professional commitment to and caring about clients and the larger profession of child welfare
- Personal resilience and strong self-efficacy beliefs about the ability to work with clients to produce positive client outcomes
- Efficient organizational and time management skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Positive work morale
- Ability to be flexible in thinking and problem-solving
- Realistic expectations about the difficulty and challenges of the work
- Ability to handle an often-unpredictable work environment
Qualifications
Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree and 1-3 years of experience. Appointing authority may require a social worker's license.
Agency Prefers:
- A Bachelor's Degree and two (2) to four (4) years of experience
- A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in social work, social services, psychology, educational psychology, sociology, nursing, criminal justice, counseling, marriage and family therapy, family studies, or a related field
Benefits
The salary may be based on Education and Qualifications.
Pay
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Schedule
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