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Location : North Branch site, MN
Job Type: Full Time Permanent
Job Number: 011-13
County:Chisago County Health and Human Services
Opening Date: 11/29/2023
Closing Date: 12/13/2023 4:30 PM Central
Classification Summary
County Health and Human Services, North Branch, MN, has a full-time (40 hours per week) County Agency Social Worker - Case Manager vacancy.
This position will provide case management services to the aging and disabled population of Chisago County. Case management professionals in this assignment attend to supporting the needs of the individual by constructing a service delivery plan that addresses environmental, social, safety, physical, and rehabilitative needs and supporting person centered planning.
Application Instructions are below in the Examination Process Section.
Examples of Duties
• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides direct services to emotionally, physically, or socially handicapped individuals.
• Provides services to delinquent children.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems. Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work par-professionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.
Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.
or
A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a Social Worker in a public or private social services agency.
You may apply before graduating, but no more than 60 days prior to receiving your Bachelor's Degree.
Examination Process
The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited. You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.
Once your application has been submitted changes cannot be made. If you have a change in location availability or your contact information changes please email with the new information and include your applicant ID.
Submit an application to Minnesota Merit System by clicking on the following link: (County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's)
Chisago County is also requesting that applicants attach a current copy of their resume to the application.
An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
The following benefits may be available and vary by County, please check with the County directly to see what types of benefits they offer:
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Location : North Branch site, MN
Job Type: Full Time Permanent
Job Number: 011-13
County:Chisago County Health and Human Services
Opening Date: 11/29/2023
Closing Date: 12/13/2023 4:30 PM Central
Classification Summary
County Health and Human Services, North Branch, MN, has a full-time (40 hours per week) County Agency Social Worker - Case Manager vacancy.
This position will provide case management services to the aging and disabled population of Chisago County. Case management professionals in this assignment attend to supporting the needs of the individual by constructing a service delivery plan that addresses environmental, social, safety, physical, and rehabilitative needs and supporting person centered planning.
Application Instructions are below in the Examination Process Section.
Examples of Duties
• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides direct services to emotionally, physically, or socially handicapped individuals.
• Provides services to delinquent children.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems. Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work par-professionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.
Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.
or
A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a Social Worker in a public or private social services agency.
You may apply before graduating, but no more than 60 days prior to receiving your Bachelor's Degree.
Examination Process
The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited. You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.
Once your application has been submitted changes cannot be made. If you have a change in location availability or your contact information changes please email with the new information and include your applicant ID.
Submit an application to Minnesota Merit System by clicking on the following link: (County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's)
Chisago County is also requesting that applicants attach a current copy of their resume to the application.
An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
The following benefits may be available and vary by County, please check with the County directly to see what types of benefits they offer:
- Pension/Retirement Benefits
- Insurance Benefits, including health and dental
- Pre-Tax flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account
- Employer paid life insurance
- PTO - Vacation/Sick Leave
- Paid holidays
- Flexible work schedule
- Monday - Friday work week, weekends off
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
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Recruitment Effectiveness: Where did you learn about this opportunity?
- Merit System Website
- County website
- College website (Please Specify below)
- Career Fair (Please Specify below)
- Alumni Newsletter (Please Specify below)
- Job Listserve (Please Specify below)
- U of MN Goldpass (www.goldpass.umn.edu)
- Landit.org
- Indeed
- Local Newspaper (Please Specify below)
- Non-profit agency (Please Specify below)
- Community website (Please Specify below)
- MN Council of Non-Profits Website (www.mncn.org)
- Professional Conference (Please Specify below)
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