Success Coach (Social Worker III)

Catawba County Social Services mission is to strengthen, with dignity and respect, the well-being and quality of life for all citizens through supportive services and advocacy. In recruiting for this new Social Worker III position, we are seeking an experienced social worker who shares our core values: Doing what’s right:

• Helping children and families who have achieved permanency through adoption, reunification, custody/ guardianship by increasing placement stability and promoting positive well-being of children who have experienced foster care
• Assuring you work with families, professionals, other agencies, and all stakeholders while maintaining integrity, respect, transparency, and professionalism.

Doing what matters most:

• Provide in-home enhanced case management and advocacy to children and families in Catawba County and surrounding counties (Region 2) who have achieved permanency to help increase placement stability and decrease the risk of future child maltreatment.

Doing it together:

• Through engagement, assessment, goal planning and skill building partner with the family and community partners to increase family protective factors and decrease risk factors.

Doing it well:

• Striving for excellence and creating an environment for self-growth while keeping our values and mission in focus.

  RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engagement, Assessment and Goal planning- Recruit families for the Success Coach Service, educate community and agency partners about service. Work in conjunction with the family to complete a comprehensive assessment and develop goal plans addressing placement stability, caregiver self-efficacy and child/family wellbeing.
• Engage the family and provide in home services, crisis intervention, case management, and skill-building around problem-solving, self-advocacy, conflict resolution, and relapse planning. Reassess family needs/goal plans at least annually or as needed.
• Skill Building/Reinforcement and Crisis Prevention/ Intervention- Provide individualized skill-reinforcement and coaching to model appropriate parenting/family behaviors during home visitation based on Strengthening Families Parenting Model and needs identified in the goal plan or as situations arise. Provide 24/7 telephone availability to assist families in weathering a crisis. Complete crisis prevention planning and skill building based on families’ individual needs
• Soliciting, collecting, sorting, and distributing school supplies to meet the needs of children served in agency programs.
• Service Coordination- Advocate for the family’s needs through community collaboration and provide information and referral/linkages to family with appropriate community resources and informal supports to strengthen the family’s self-efficacy. Build and maintain relationships with various community resources, interagency networks and informal family supports.
• Documentation- Complete appropriate and timely documentation for evaluation purposes, as well as other documentation, record-keeping and reports, as required by agency policy or project guidelines (documentation is to be complete within 7 days of interaction with family); maintain confidentiality as required by statute/policy.
• Plan and coordinate events for families or other professionals throughout the year.
• Assist with any replication and/or training, workshop, group/event, or presentations as needed by the unit.
• Participate in individual and team staffing and meetings regularly
• Professional Development- Keep up to date on child welfare and post-care literature/best practice models and available community resources; attend relevant trainings to assist parents with skill-building and coaching.
• Ability to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks or responsibilities as assigned by Supervisor and/or grant

  QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work; or
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of social work and 1 year of social work experience; or
• Bachelor’s degree in a human services field and 2 years of social work experience; or
• Bachelor’s degree in a non-human services field and 3 years of social work experience

  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid Driver’s License with a safe driving record
• Thorough knowledge of social work practices, principles, and techniques and the ability and skill to implement same
• Excellent administrative, organizational, and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and work collaboratively with internal and external partners
• Knowledge of community and educational resources
• This position is considered light work; lifting up to 20 pounds.

  PREFERENCES:

• Understanding of the impact and effects of childhood trauma
• Understanding of the child welfare continuum, to include child maltreatment, foster care, and adoption
• Understanding of adoption related dynamics and challenges