Social Worker III

City of Santa Fe Springs · Crescent City, CA · Yesterday

OTHRFull-time

About the role

The Social Worker III carries a difficult caseload involving the determination of need for basic social services functions for applicants or clients; performs social studies and assignments involving individualized treatment and specialized application of casework methods and skills; provides comprehensive casework services of a tangible nature; and performs other related work as assigned.

Responsibilities

Carr[ies] a caseload of more difficult types of social services cases requiring a high degree of technical competence, such as situations where environmental forces affect family life
Receives and responds to reports of suspected abuse; obtains information from reporters; personally investigates and assesses situations to protect vulnerable adults and children and recommends alternate placement; may provide information to law enforcement or district attorneys; may be required to work on-call; may testify in court
Performs case studies; evaluates individual and family case information to assess the safety of children and adults; determines appropriate types and methods of treatment
Develops and carries out social treatment plans for an assigned caseload; ensures all services are delivered in a respectful, culturally sensitive and appropriate manner
Counsels or provides guidance and support to individuals and/or families with more complex or specialized needs including Adult Protective Services, crisis intervention, special medical or legal needs, and other social services
Makes referrals to other staff members
Acts as a lead worker to a small group of social service workers or service employees
Aids applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources for individual needs
Makes home visits in connection with casework assignments
Develops and prepares court report, case plans, case narratives and safety plans in automated computer systems
Enters and retrieves data and narratives from automated computer systems
Prepares and maintains case
Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of the social work processes and achieve technical competence
Receives casework consultation from professionally trained staff members
May be required to testify in court
Works with community organizations and makes referrals to outside resources
Provides self-help information, education, and services; works with clients and caregivers to develop and improve caregiving and independent living skills
Obtains and evaluates police, medical, and psychological reports
Maintains client confidentiality; performs all duties in conformance with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics

Requirements

Knowledge Of Principles and practices of organization, workload management and time management
Policies and practices of note taking, report writing, and English composition, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Phone etiquette and interview techniques
Socio-economic conditions and trends
Basic principles of individual and group behavior
Current issues in the field of social welfare
Principles and techniques of interviewing and recording of social casework
Laws, rules, and regulations governing the operation of the public welfare agency and the role and responsibilities of a social worker
Community organization and the social problems calling for the use of public and private community resources
Current problems and methodology in the field of public social services
Medical, legal, economic, and social management needs of individuals and families with special medical needs such as HIV disease, drug dependency, the medically fragile child, Alzheimer's, and the terminally ill
Strategies and protocols surrounding crisis intervention techniques such as voice modulation and assessing the potential for suicide
Psychopathology, the different types of mental illness diagnoses, how mental illness affects human behavior and mental health services and treatments utilized by clients
Signs, stages and dynamics of abuse, and the effects of abuse on child/adult development and behavior
Signs and symptoms of alcohol and drug use/abuse in adults and children and the effects on families
Standards for maintaining clients safely in home; options for placement; effects of removing clients from unsafe situations

Qualifications

One (1) year of full-time experience performing journey level social work case management in the Social Worker II classification in an Interagency Merit System (IMS) county; OR
Two (2) years of full-time social work case management experience in a public or private agency; AND Thirty (30) semester units or forty-five (45) quarter units from an accredited college or university, including fifteen (15) semester units or twenty-two and a half (22.5) quarter units in social welfare, social/human services, sociology, or other social or behavioral science;** OR
Bachelor's degree and successful completion of twenty-four (24) semester or thirty-six (36) quarter units of a master's degree program in Social Work, or a Counseling program from an accredited college or university, emphasizing Marriage, Family and Child Counseling or Marriage and Family therapy, Gerontology or Clinical Psychology; AND Twelve (12) months of social work case management experience.*

Skills