Location : Asheboro, NC
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 202300153
Department: Social Services
Division: Foster Care 1
Opening Date: 04/14/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
The foster care social worker provides specific services to children, their parent/guardians/caretakers when the children are removed due to substantiated abuse, neglect, or dependency. The worker provides counseling and case management services and assists the family with accessing specific services to help family members learn more appropriate behaviors, find safer housing, and make better decisions regarding the child's care and discipline. The goal is to establish a safe, permanent home for children who have been maltreated. On-Call duties are a part of this position. Employee provides counseling and case management services and assists families with accessing specific services to help family members learn more appropriate behaviors, find safer housing, make better decisions regarding the child's care and discipline. The goal is to establish a safe, permanent home for children who have been maltreated. Employee provides direct social work services to children and their families once the children have been removed from their home due to serious abuse or neglect or dependency. The worker also provides services to children and families when the child is recommended for voluntary out of home care. Occasionally children are placed in the agency's custody by a juvenile court judge as the result of a juvenile criminal matter or civil custody dispute.
Minimum Education and Experience
Master's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work; Bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and completion of the Child Welfare Collaborative (Child Welfare positions only); Bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and one year directly related experience; Master's degree in counseling in a human services field and one year of social work or counseling; Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and two years directly related experience; Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of directly related experience.
*Directly related experience is defined as human services experience in the areas of case management, assessment and referral, supportive counseling, intervention, psycho-social therapy and treatment planning.
Special Comments
Oral interview and written test will be performed. A verbal Spanish test will be given if applicant lists Spanish as a second language.
OFFICIAL college transcripts must accompany application in order for application to be considered complete.
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