After Hours Social Worker ($2500 Sign-On Bonus Plus Shift Premium Pay)
Work Type
Family and Children’s Services
Salary
$27.18/hr - $32.50/hr
Closing Date
Continuous Recruitment
Posted March 8, 2024
Agency Name
Cabarrus County Department of Social Services
Work County
Cabarrus
Job Location
1303 South Cannon Blvd.
Kannapolis
North Carolina
28083
Job Description
This position is subject to close at any time with or without notice. Application reviews will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Looking for a fulfilling career with competitive pay? Look no further! Cabarrus County is currently offering an hourly position with a salary range of $27.18 to $ 32.50 per hour, plus, beginning May 2024, you can earn an additional $2.00 per hour premium for after-hours shifts and receive paid overtime for hours worked over 40 per week. This is a non-exempt position, meaning you'll be compensated for every hour worked. Our pay rates are based on multiple factors, including your education, skills, experience, and internal equity. Join our team and start making a difference today!
Work schedule - 7pm- 8am plus rotating weekends.
Great news! Cabarrus County's Human Services Department has recently updated its degree requirements to expand the range of qualifications accepted. We now accept a diverse range of Human Services degrees, including but not limited to Clinical Social Work, Counseling, Criminology/Criminal Justice, Gerontology, Human Development & Learning, Human Services, Psychology, Social Science, Sociology, and Substance Abuse Rehabilitation.
General Definition of Work:
Performs difficult professional work providing protective, investigative, counseling and case management services for children who are at risk for or have been determined to be abused and/or neglected in the County Department of Human Services. Work is performed under the regular supervision of a Social Work Supervisor III.
Examples of Duties
Essential Functions/Typical Tasks:
Providing social work services including intervention and immediate response to crisis situations for at-risk children in the most complex cases in the department; investigating and substantiating the alleged neglect and abuse, providing expert testimony in court hearings, assessing and evaluating child(ren)'s needs, making case decisions and judgments that impact the life and safety of children, developing service plans and goals and follows-up with case management, treatment referrals and preventive services; managing an investigations or in-home services caseload; preparing detailed and complex court summaries and reports; maintaining records, files and confidentiality.
(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- Analyzes situations and determines appropriate courses of action immediately or in short time spans and often under very stressful conditions.
- May provide group, family or individual counseling and education to clients of any age and any developmental, mental, medical, substance abuse, financial or family problem.
- Assesses individuals and family dynamics, crisis intervention, referrals for treatment and placement in foster care or residential facilities.
- Exercises considerable judgment in determining whether abuse or neglect has occurred, to what extent and how it occurred, assessing initial safety and devising on-going Safety Plans with families as prescribed by federal and state guidelines.
- Interviews the child, family, and collateral contacts. Collects background information.
- Gathers and shares information to determine the extent of abuse or neglect, to provide counseling, to arrange for services and to provide expert opinions to legal counsel.
- Implements the Initial Services Plan or In-Home Services plan including education and counseling with client, providing direct services according to the service plan, assessing changes and time limits, and making necessary referrals.
- Decides modality of counseling in conjunction with mental health experts and uses both individual and family counseling.
- Provides some behavior modification counseling.
- Monitors client's use of services and progress of the family at least monthly if not more often and writes a case plan with families each time changes in placement or goals occur.
- Engages families, family support systems and community partners in Child and Family Team meetings to engage all parties in providing information regarding the families progress or lack of progress, identification of on-going safety needs and obtain input regarding further case planning efforts and goals.
- Offers consultation to foster parents and group home staff.
- Travels to homes, schools, health and mental health facilities, and other service agencies.
- Attends case conferences and staffing with legal, court personnel, and other Department of Social Services staff. Attends other agency and community meetings as required.
- Performs related tasks as required to potentially include but not limited to emergency shelter operations.
- Assists peers with case work required in the evening, weekends or holidays.
- Assists supervisors with case reviews/closures. Has knowledge of all child welfare program areas to be able to provide the appropriate assists and crisis intervention.
- Independently responds to crisis in a calming, de-escalating manner.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Thorough knowledge of social work principles, techniques and practices and their applications to complex casework, treatment, and investigation of abuse or neglect of children; of federal and state laws, policies and procedures, program rules, directives, professional ethics and quality assurance standards; and of individual and group behavior, family dynamics, and medical, behavioral and/or psychosocial problems and their treatment theory. Considerable knowledge of organizations and resources in the community. Working knowledge of office equipment and computers and applicable software applications. Ability to write clear, concise, and grammatically correct reports, documentation, case records and service plans; to testify as an expert witness; to employ advanced case management interview techniques to establish a supportive relationship and involve families in the initial assessment for the need of services; to quickly assess the risks and safety of the client environment during daylight hours, after dark and in high crime areas; to analyze and assess child development safety issues in relation to risk factors; to analyze tense family situations and make decisions about removing children when the decision has to be made with limited direct information and limited access to consultation; to interact and motivate a resistant involuntary client; to work with multidisciplinary teams; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and their families, a variety of medical and psychological professionals, law enforcement, court officials, attorneys, community agencies and the general public; and to attend work regularly. Management Preferences:
- North Carolina Child Welfare Pre-Service Training.
- Experience working in a (DSS) Child Protective Services or Child Welfare Department in the State of NC.