Social Worker II (Foster Care)

About the role

Work in this class involves providing professional social work services to clients in a variety of settings including local human service agencies, correctional facilities, teaching hospitals, medical schools, psychiatric hospitals and mental retardation centers. Work involves evaluating the client's situation and his/her ability to deal with it, developing a social history, psychosocial assessment, service plan and/or treatment plan and follow-up. Services may include placement in a residential facility; basic counseling, support, and reinforcement in areas such as death and dying, employment, vocational, medical, health, or behavioral issues.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the client's situation and his/her ability to deal with it
• Develop a social history, psychosocial assessment, service plan and/or treatment plan and follow-up
• Provide supportive/directive counseling to clients and families in addressing needs
• Serve as an inter/multi-disciplinary team member
• Refer clients and families to a variety of services to meet financial, psychological, emergency care, emotional, or other needs
• Assume a case manager role to follow the client through agency and external services
• Utilize knowledge of a range of services and of supportive level counseling and other counseling techniques to provide services to clients
• Utilize agency guidelines, specific federal or state standards, and principles of a variety of supportive counseling techniques to provide services to clients
• Work with clients, families, habilitation/treatment teams in the development and implementation of treatment plans

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in social work from an appropriately accredited institution
• Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of directly related experience
• Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and two years directly related experience
• An equivalent combination of education and experience

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of social work principles, techniques, and practices and their application to individual casework, group work, and community problems
• Knowledge of the psychosocial, socioeconomic, and behavioral problems and their treatment
• Knowledge of governmental and private organizations and community resources
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies which govern the program
• General knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes, and their treatment is required in certain programs or settings
• Establish rapport with a client and apply techniques of assessing psychosocial, behavioral, and psychological aspects of client's problem
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative superiors, members of case load, and their families, and with civic, medical, social, and religious organizations
• Train or instruct lower-level social workers, students, or interns
• Express ideas clearly and concisely and plan and execute work

Skills

• Establish rapport with a client and apply techniques of assessing psychosocial, behavioral, and psychological aspects of client's problem
• Train or instruct lower-level social workers, students, or interns
• Express ideas clearly and concisely and plan and execute work

Benefits

• Cost to Employee (PPP): Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance & Accidental, Hospital Indemnity, Short Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program, Retirement, Federal Programs (Public Service Loan Forgiveness)
• Additional Benefits: Salary Progression, Transfer of Service, Credit Union Membership, Additional Benefits Information

Pay

Salary progression increased based on years of service and meeting minimal expectations on performance evaluation.

Schedule

No specific schedule is mentioned in the job posting.