Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

Reports to Human Services Supervisor (Adult and Children’s Services)

Human Services Director

Unit Teamsters Local-320 Human Services

FLSA Status Non-exempt

Adult Services (Assignment) Perform work in coordinating and delivering home and community-based services to qualified individuals. Assess needs through a computer-based assessing tool. Identify potential service needs and make appropriate referrals and recommendations. Determine eligibility for home and community-based services and complete a person-centered community support plan.

Social Worker:

• Provide public information on human service programs to the community.
• Engage clients at intake.
• Collaborate with local law enforcement and correction agencies.
• Interpret Federal and State laws, and implement judicial findings and court orders, including testifying in court proceedings.
• Prepare social histories.
• Facilitate out-of-home placements for children and adults.
• Coordinate preventative services.
• Make referrals to local mental health agencies who can provide direct services to clients.
• Case management of families and individuals.
• Conduct complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepare in-depth long or short-term treatment plans.
• Provide referral for vocation/employment services.
• Interpret social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Supervise foster home placements.
• Make home visits to determine needs of individuals and families for services.
• Interpret policies and regulations to clients.
• Provide casework services for rehabilitation and care of children or adult.
• Investigate complaints of abuse and neglect.
• Maintain case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Consult with psychiatrists, psychologists and attorneys in connection with case objectives.
• Prepare information and recommendations in connection with court cases and proceedings.
• Participate in in-service training and other staff development activities.
• Attend relevant meetings, workshops and training sessions.
• Provide input for the design of new programs and services.

Adult Services:

• Provide case management services to the adult and disabled populations.
• Complete MnCHOICES assessments to determine eligibility of Home and Community Base Services, identifying potential service needs or appropriate recommendations and completion of a person-centered community support plan that is designed to fulfill those needs and limit service gaps.

• Adult and Children Services (Assignment)

Bachelor's degree in social work, nursing, psychology, sociology or closely related field;

OR Bachelor's degree in any field and 1 year work experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.

• Valid driver’s license.
• Successful completion of a Child Protection Background Check (M.S. 299C.60 – 299C.64), as amended) and Predatory Offender Registration Check and Sexual Exploitation Background Check (M.S. 604.20 – 604.205, as amended).

Knowledge: Agency programs, operations, policies and procedures. Principles and techniques of interviewing and recording in social work and the ability to apply them. Individual and group behavior. Social casework objectives, principles, and methods. Social- economic factors, which promote stable family life and understanding of the elements, which affect family security. Principles of community organization. Physical and mental illnesses. Social welfare research methods.

Family systems and dynamics. Current principles and practices of social work case management as they apply to the treatment of major behavior problems. Causative factors leading to social maladjustment. Laws relating to abuse and neglect. Principles of family and marital counseling. Techniques of placement with emphasis on the complete participation of the parent or guardian. Utilization of appropriate resources and services

Skills: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook). Basic understanding of electronic filing systems.

Abilities: Effectively…