Nexus-PATH is located across North Dakota and offers mental health services, outpatient clinical services, and Treatment Foster Care.
We have an opportunity to hire a full-time Treatment & Foster CareSocial Worker who will serve the Belcourt/Turtle Mountain area. This role will can be supported out of our Belcourt, Devils Lake, or Minot ND Nexus-PATH offices!
This role is eligible for a $2,000 sign-on bonus!
Our Social Worker recruits, orients, and supervises the work of Nexus-PATH resource families while providing intake services and comprehensive case management for children with special needs and families.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruit, license, train, supervise, and provide ongoing assessment to resource families to ensure quality care consistent with regulatory agencies (i.e. DHS, COA, FFTA).
- Participate in the development and implementation of local, regional and state plans for recruiting and retaining resource families.
- Follow state and agency guidelines for conducting family/homestudy, physical environment inspection and criminal background checks and provide required documentation for initial and ongoing licensing.
- Coordinate required orientation and ongoing education and skill development for resource families.
- Supervise resource families’ interaction with foster child, child’s family, treatment team members and collateral contacts.
- Monitor and evaluate resource families’ activities to ensure compliance with agency and state standards. Submit critical incident reports and develop and implement corrective action plans as required.
- Facilitate required team/unit meetings and participate in other resource families related activities.
- Provide coordination of all tasks required to meet the treatment needs and best interests of service recipients
- Complete a systemic assessment of the needs of the child and family.
- Establish service parameters with legal custodian as child’s needs dictate.
- Provide complete and required documentation, within established time lines relating to case management and treatment planning.
- Implement treatment services to meet the needs and goals of the children and families utilizing quality case management practice to provide for the best interest of the child and family.
- Provide direction to other team members when applicable and make recommendations for discharge, finalization and permanency.
- Advocate for the development and maintenance of funding and resources to meet youth and family needs at local, state and national levels.
- Develop and maintain community contacts to promote Nexus-PATH and collaborative efforts.
- Provide crisis intervention as needed to maintain safety and provide for the best interest of the child and foster family.
- Integrates trauma informed care principles into practice by sharing knowledge and understanding of trauma with the child, foster family and relevant team members.
- Routinely screens for trauma exposure and related symptoms and demonstrates competence in using screening tool results to enhance service provision.
- Routinely makes resources available and shares knowledge with foster families and providers on trauma exposure, its impact, and trauma-focused treatment.
- Engages in efforts to strengthen the resilience and protective factors of children and families impacted by and vulnerable to trauma.
- Emphasizes continuity of care and collaboration across child-service systems.
- Understand the potential for secondary traumatic stress and practices self-care strategies to mitigate these effects.
- Meet standards for productivity and caseload size while maintaining appropriate documentation and files
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work required
- Current ND social work licensure required (LBSW) or ability to gain one within 6 months
- Experience in Foster Care, adoptions and/or family-based service preferred
- Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency driving requirements, maintain auto insurance and pass corporate insurance eligibility standards
Benefits:
- $2,000 Sign-on Bonus
- Competitive Salary Offered
- Comprehensive benefit package
- Generous Paid Time Off
- HOLIDAY's Paid
- Health Insurance
- Vision and Dental
- 401K
- NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
- NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
- NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
- Tuition assistance and training opportunities
ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies
- Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches
- Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern.
- Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly
- Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate
- Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.
Keyword: Social Work