Campbellsville, KY 42718 USA
The agency may authorize the selected candidate to telecommute. The agency may terminate or modify thetelecommuting arrangement at any time.
DCBS seeks a Social Service Worker I who is driven to succeed in helping people and advance family self-sufficiency. With professionalism and integrity, our agency offers services to families to ensure safe, stablehomes for the children of the Commonwealth. The Social Service Worker I is a skilled team member, providing avital link between the children, families and local community partners. The employee is expected to perform atthe highest quality to ensure services to the vulnerable citizens. This is a demanding position that requiresmaturity, self-discipline and ability to work overtime.
For more information on the Department for Community Based Services, please visit our website at:https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dcbs/pages/default.aspx
Career growth is encouraged through training and mentoring. Benefits include health and life insurance,flexible work schedules, paid sick and vacation leave, and retirement benefits.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Investigate allegations of child abuse, neglect, and/or dependency.
- Meet with family members to determine the merits of a report of child neglect and/or abuse.
- Meet with other interested parties such as school and medical staff in order to gather additionalinformation.
- Complete detailed assessments based on the facts obtained during home visits and meetings with interestedparties.
- Work with families to create a case plan for addressing and correcting issues within the household.
- Make referrals to outside community resources to assist the family in overcoming identified barriers and tokeep children safe in a permanent home and promote their wellbeing.
- Enter case information into the computer.
- Complete court reports as needed..
- Provide testimony during administrative and judicial hearings
- Work closely with community partners such as law enforcement, school systems, counselors, and shelters.
- Experience working with families and/or children.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Good time management and organizational skills.
- The ability to work well under pressure.
- A willingness to work as part of a team.
The position you are applying for has access to or use of federal tax information (FTI) or meets the statutorydefinition of front-line staff. Therefore, pursuant to IRS Publication 1075 and 900 KAR 1:009 or KRS 194A.062and 900 KAR 1:050, applicants for this position in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) shallsubmit to a fingerprint-based criminal background check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and theFederal Bureau of Investigation.
CHFS also participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information toconfirm that you are authorized to work in U.S. CHFS will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offerand completed the Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that CHFS has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 orhttps://www.e-verify.gov/.