Sr. Social Worker

This is a Senior Social Worker position in the Adolescent Services Unit. This role carries a partial caseload while also fulfilling key senior social worker responsibilities, including training and supporting new staff, providing consultation to team members, assisting with complex and high-needs cases, and participating in additional meetings and unit-level work.

The adolescent specific child protection/child welfare caseload often includes youth experiencing truancy, running away, placement instability, chemical use, parent–child conflict, and mental health concerns. The position may also involve working with minor parents and transition‑aged youth (ages 18–21) who are preparing to age out of foster care.

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys balancing direct practice with leadership, is comfortable navigating complex adolescent dynamics, and is energized by supporting both youth and fellow social workers. This position is well suited for a social worker who values collaboration, mentorship, and meaningful work with teens and young adults during critical stages of development.

• Five years providing Child Welfare/Child Protection Social work in a county setting
• Paid work experience with and providing services to individuals from a variety of cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Paid work experience as a social worker with adolescents and families
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience with team building, supporting, and training staff

Your training and experience will be rated based on the required application material submitted and the top scoring candidates will be forwarded to the hiring department for further consideration.

8:00 a.m.

-4:30 p.m., Monday‑Friday. Work schedules (hours and days) and location are subject to change based on department needs.

$77,188.80 – $ Annually

Washington County participates in the federal E‑Verify program. This means that Washington County will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, Washington County is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact DHS and/or the SSA before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment.

Employers may not use E‑Verify to pre‑screen job applicants and may not limit or influence the choice of documents you present for use on the Form I‑9.

This position requires a Bachelors Degree in Social Work or related field and four years of full‑time work experience as a Social Worker in a public human services agency and/or a private human services agency that contracts services with a public human services agency. A Master's Degree in Social Work or related field may substitute for up to one year of required Social Worker experience.

Required Social Work experience must have occurred after receipt of Bachelor's Degree.

• Support and prioritize a welcoming and respectful workplace that fosters diversity and encourages contributions from all individuals.
• Provide inclusive and equitable service to all members of the community with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate support for the County’s diversity, equity and inclusion program.
• Promotes a culture of continuous quality improvement in the workplace.
• Demonstrates knowledge of, or ability to learn, quality/continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates knowledge of social and economic problems and family systems.
• Demonstrates knowledge of interviewing techniques and skills at conducting interviews.
• Demonstrates skills in assessing danger to self and others and can safely intervene in dangerous situations.
• Demonstrates ability to translate complex information into understandable messages.
• Demonstrates ability to apply principles, techniques, ethics and practices of Social Work.
• Demonstrates ability to…