Social Service Worker 3

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for total case management utilizing social work skills for assigned cases; including implementation of policies and procedures in compliance with state regulations and mandates for assigned area of child welfare.

• Areas of assignment may include but not limited to, on-call and scheduled protective services including investigation, assessment, intervention, monitoring, etc.;

o Responsible for custody investigations for agency and court ordered.

o All phases of Foster Care Program.

o All phases of Adoption Program.

o Various placement supervision and investigations.

• Responsible for providing information and referral services.

• Responsible for preparing court related documents and providing court testimony when required.

• Responsible for maintaining a comprehensive record-keeping system, including preparation of social histories, case plans, home studies, etc., in compliance with agency standards.

• Responsible for providing counseling services when required, including individual and family, focusing on treatment and intervention.

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining professional relationships with other agencies.

• Attend training conferences, seminars as required (overnight stay may be required).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of counseling, case management, interviewing, psychology and/or human behavior, sociology or social work, agency and/or community counseling programs and services specific to area in which employed, e.g., adoption and foster care programs, federal and state regulations governing delivery of services, e.g., foster home certification.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

• Ability to apply principles to solve practical, everyday problems dealing with a variety of variables.

• Ability to recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate emergency action.

• Ability to critique individual programming and make feasible recommendations.

• Ability to gather, collate and classify information about date, people, things.

• Ability to develop good rapport with co-workers.

• Knowledge of treatment team concepts.

• Ability to establish goals and objectives.

• Ability to deal with large number of variables and determine specific courses of action on basis of need.

• Ability to use statistical analysis.

• Knowledge of agency practices and procedures.

• Ability to prepare routine business letters reflecting standard procedure.

• Ability to write accurate and meaningful reports.

• Ability to carry out instructions in written or oral form.

• Ability to work alone on most tasks.

• Knowledge of public relations.

• Ability to prepare and deliver speeches before general public.

• Skill in operation of a motor vehicle.

• Valid driver’s license.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor or Masters Degree in Social Services, Psychology, Sociology, or related field.

Physical Requirements:

• Alternate frequently between sitting/standing/walking throughout an eight (8) hour workday.

• Lift/carry a minimum of eight (8) pounds.

• Reaching with bilateral upper extremities into/up to/down to various heights.

• Push/pull with twenty (20) pounds of initial force.

• Climb onto stepladder (2 steps).

• Bend/squat/crouch/kneel.

• Able to ascend/descend stairs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Erie County, Ohio residents preferred.