Social Worker Supervisor III – FC and Adoptions
Work Type
Family and Children’s Services
Closing Date
March 17, 2023
Posted February 24, 2023
Agency Name
Alamance County Social Services
Work County
Alamance
Job Location
319 N. Graham-Hopedale Rd., Suite C
Burlington
North Carolina
27217
Job Description
Job Purpose
The primary purpose of this position will be to provide Supervision and Training for the Child Protective Services/Foster Care and Adoptions teams. Duties include planning, case assignment, coordination of workflow, case review and consultation; staff training, resolving problems and ensuring that quality services are provided to the community. The successful candidate will have a considerable knowledge of laws, regulations and policies which are applicable.
Responsibilities
To be effective in this position you must have a thorough knowledge of social work principles, techniques, and practices and their application to complex casework, group work and community problems.
- Provides supervision and managerial functions including planning, organizing/directing, training, setting work standards, reviewing work, counseling and disciplining and performing other personnel functions for lower-level social workers, students, interns and other staff members.
- Must often work with complex and involved family dynamics, acute to severe medical and/or emotional disorders and mental illnesses that the client may possess as well as handle emergencies and crises as they arise-on an almost daily basis.
- Serves a rotational on-call and back up schedule for emergency situations involving the need to be available after hours for child welfare needs.