FAMILY SERVICES WORKER III - IN HOME PREVENTION
Company: Spotsylvania County- VA
Location: Virginia Beach
Posted on: October 1, 2024
Job Description:
Salary: $64,843.12 - $92,077.24 Annually
Location : VA 22553, VA
Job Type: Regular Full-Time (Non-Exempt)
Job Number: 02389
Department: Social Services
Division: Services
Opening Date: 07/11/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
General Statement of Job
Under limited supervision, performs social work and case management
in the provision of social services for individuals in need of
assistance. Employee is responsible for investigating allegations
of abuse or exploitation of elderly/disabled adults, investigating
cases of suspected child abuse/neglect with lead role
responsibilities in cases involving criminal abuse/neglect or
sexual abuse, assisting clients in achieving self-sufficiency, or
implementing activities associated with other social services. Work
involves performing case management, providing crisis intervention
and/or counseling, assessing client needs, coordinating provision
of needed services, and maintaining case records. Work may
regularly involve two or more program areas.
This position is essential. Personnel occupying this position may
be scheduled to work regardless of weather conditions and/or when
general County offices are closed. If chosen for this position, the
employee will be required to be part of an on-call rotation that
includes evenings, weekends, overnight visits, and holiday hours
that may require immediate response into the field.
Special Duties & Responsibilities
IN-HOME SERVICES:
- Informs clients of In-Home service program regulations and
right to participate.
- Interprets laws, policies, and regulations as applied to
specific areas of responsibility.
- Interviews and assesses clients through a trauma-informed lens
to identify strengths, needs and other relevant factors such as
safety concerns, risk factors, adverse childhood experiences, and
support systems.
- Collaborates with private and community service providers and
resources to ensure clients receive evidence-based services.
- Make sound judgements within the framework of existing laws,
policies and regulations.
- Respond to client's emotions in order to accomplish service
objectives.
- Presents cases to FAPT to determine appropriate services as
well as writing and implementing service plans.
- Provides case management services that includes completing
service plans, safety assessments, risk reassessments, CANS, and
reasonable candidacy assessments.
- Monitoring families to ensure compliance with regulations and
guidelines of the program while constantly re-evaluating the needs
of the client.
- Facilitates Child and Family Team Meetings.
- Tracks expenditures, prepares/submits budget estimates, and
ensures payment for services within the In-Home Services program.
- Completes necessary federal, state, and local planning and
reporting requirements.
- Performs other duties as assigned to ensure child safety and
improve outcomes in families and improve outcomes in families.
- Perform on-call duties in rotation with the team to provide
coverage and support during evenings, weekends, and holiday hours
that may require immediate response into the field.
Minimum Training & Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Social Services, Sociology, Human Services,
Psychology, or closely related field and a minimum of three (3)
years of appropriate and related experience in a Human Services
area to include relevant, direct experience in two (2) or more
service areas of social services work; or any equivalent
combination of education, training, and experience which provides
the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. A
Master's degree in a related field may be substituted for one year
of the required experience.
Must possess and maintain a valid Virginia driver's license.
Special Requirements
- Knowledge of the policies, procedures, and activities of the
County and of departmental practices as they pertain to the
performance of duties relating to the position of Family Services
Worker.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and methods associated
with social services work, with particular knowledge of services
and resources relating to both primary and secondary area of
assignment.
- Knowledge of the terminology, principles, and methods utilized
within the department.
- Knowledge of the laws, ordinances, standards, and regulations
pertaining to the essential duties and responsibilities of the
position.
- Knowledge of child protection laws, rules, and regulations.
- Knowledge of conducting child protective services assessment
and investigation.
- Knowledge of foster care and adoption laws, rules, and
regulations.
- Ability to interview, assess needs, counsel, and refer clients
to other resources as needed.
- Ability to assess safety, risk, and protective capacity.
- Possess critical thinking skills, ability to apply critical
thinking, knowledge, and research to multiple scenarios in the
field as well as an office setting.
- Ability to meet deadlines and maintain case documentation
within a case management system.
- Ability to work collaboratively with families to identify
solutions to specific issues and/or challenges such as parenting,
behavior management, childcare, financial stability, housing,
mental health, substance abuse, etc.
- Requires the ability to develop goals and to use
decision-making tools and resources for the safety and well-being
of children.
- Ability to assess situations relating to social problems such
as child abuse or elderly abuse/neglect, and to provide or
coordinate appropriate intervention.
- Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply regulations,
procedures, and related information.
- Ability to keep abreast of any changes in policy, methods,
computer operations, equipment needs, policies, etc., as they
pertain to departmental operations and activities.
- Ability to conduct effective client interviews and to exercise
considerable tact, courtesy, and discretion in contact with clients
and family members.
- Ability to effectively communicate and interact with clients,
court personnel, supervisors, and members of the general public,
and all other groups involved in the activities of the
department.
- Ability to assemble information and make written reports and
documents in a concise, clear and effective manner.
- Ability to use independent judgment and routinely work with
little direct supervision.
- Ability to exhibit mathematical ability to handle required
calculations.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and proficiency with computers
and related software programs.
- Ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using
established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining
actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation
to identify and select alternatives.
- Ability to inform and guide others by applying principles of
professional counseling in addressing specific situations.
- Ability to read a variety of informational documentation,
directions, instructions, and methods and procedures.
- Ability to write reports with proper format, punctuation,
spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech.
- Ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice
control, and confidence using correct English and well-modulated
voice.
- Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as
motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent
judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches
and techniques to resolve problems.
- Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive,
and/or advisory data and information.
- Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the
ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to
interpret graphs.
- Ability to communicate respectfully and professionally.
- Must be adaptable to performing under moderate stress when
confronted with an emergency.
The following programs offered by Spotsylvania County provide our
employees with benefits that promote employee health, well-being
and financial stability, now and in the future. The County's
variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs*
include:
Health Insurance with Dental & Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Insurance Plans
Life Insurance
Opt-Out Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Leave
Sick Leave Bank
Supplemental Insurance Plans
Tuition Assistance Program
Retirement Plan
Required Notices
Deferred Compensation - 457 Plans
*Some benefits are exclusive to full-time employees. To learn more,
please contact the Department of Human Resources.
01
Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
- Yes
- No
02
Have you been convicted of a misdemeanor in the last five years?
- Yes
- No
03
If you answered Yes to the felony or misdemeanor questions. Please
provide nature of the offense and outcome of your charge.
04
Have you ever been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated or
Driving Under the Influence? (A conviction does not automatically
mean that you cannot be employed. The nature and date of the
offense will be considered)
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