Child Welfare Social Caseworker III (Internal) ID-9401
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These behavioral and job function core competencies reflect a Social Caseworker III expectations. All behavioral and job function core competencies of a Social Caseworker I and II must be present to be considered for a Social Caseworker III.
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Essential Duties
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Remote Data Entry, No Experience, $40/hr, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job
Entry-Level Remote Data Entry, $50/hr, Evening Job
Customer Support, No Degree, $40/hr, Remote, Weekend Job
Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Part-Time, College Student Friendly
Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, No Degree, Night Job
Part-Time Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, College Student Friendly
Remote Moderator, No Degree, $50/hr, Evening, Weekend Job
Remote Customer Support, $42/hr, Night Job, No Experience
Live Chat Support, $40/hr, Remote, Entry Level, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, Remote, $42/hr, Weekend, No Experience
Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, No Degree, Night Shift
Part-Time Customer Support, $40/hr, Remote, College Student
Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, Part-Time, Evening/Night Job
Entry Level Phone Job, $42/hr, Remote, No Degree Required
Weekend Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience
Remote Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Evening, Part-Time Job
Remote Moderator, $42/hr, Part-Time, Weekend, No Degree
Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, Night Shift, College Student Job
Phone Support, Remote, $50/hr, No Experience, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, No Experience, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend
Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, Part-Time, College Student
Data Entry, Remote, $40/hr, Night Shift, No Degree
Evening Virtual Assistant, Remote, $45/hr, No Experience
Weekend Customer Support, $42/hr, Remote, College Student
Remote Data Entry, $50/hr, No Experience, Evening/Night Job
Remote Live Chat, $40/hr, Part-Time, No Degree Required
Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend, Entry Level
Remote Phone Support, $45/hr, Evening, No Experience Required
Data Entry, No Experience, $50/hr, Remote, College Student
Remote Moderator, $40/hr, Weekend, No Degree, Part-Time
Live Chat Support, Remote, $42/hr, Night Shift, College Student
Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, No Degree, Part-Time, Weekend
Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, Evening, No Experience Required
Virtual Assistant, No Experience, $42/hr, Remote, Part-Time
Remote Customer Support, $50/hr, Night Shift, No Degree
Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, College Student Friendly, Part-Time
Live Chat Support, $42/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Degree
Virtual Assistant, Remote, $45/hr, Evening, No Experience
Remote Phone Job, $50/hr, College Student, Night Shift
Remote Moderator, $42/hr, Weekend, No Experience Required
Data Entry, No Degree, $45/hr, Part-Time, Remote Job
Customer Support, $50/hr, Remote, Evening/Night Job, No Degree
Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend, No Degree
Remote Live Chat, $45/hr, College Student, No Experience
Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, Part-Time, No Degree Required
Phone Support, $50/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Experience
Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Evening, Remote, No Degree
Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, No Experience, Part-Time
Data Entry, $50/hr, Night Job, No Degree, Remote
Remote Moderator, $40/hr, College Student Friendly, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, Remote, $42/hr, Weekend, No Experience
Remote Phone Job, $45/hr, Part-Time, No Degree Required
Customer Support, $50/hr, Night Job, Remote, No Experience
Data Entry, Remote, $42/hr, Evening Job, No Degree
Live Chat Support, $45/hr, Weekend, Remote, College Student
Virtual Assistant, Remote, $50/hr, Part-Time, Night Shift
Data Entry, $40/hr, No Experience, Remote, Weekend Job
Remote Phone Job, $45/hr, No Degree, College Student Friendly
Customer Support, $42/hr, Remote, Evening, No Experience
Virtual Assistant, $50/hr, Weekend, No Degree, Remote
Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, Part-Time, College Student Job
Phone Support, Remote, $42/hr, Evening/Night Shift
Virtual Assistant, No Degree, $45/hr, Remote, Part-Time
Live Chat Support, $50/hr, Remote, No Experience Required
Remote Moderator, $42/hr, College Student, Weekend Job
Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, Night Job, No Degree
Virtual Assistant, $50/hr, Remote, Part-Time, Evening Job
Remote Customer Support, $42/hr, Weekend, No Experience
Phone Job, $45/hr, Remote, Night Shift, No Degree
Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, College Student, No Experience
Data Entry, $40/hr, Part-Time, Remote, Weekend Job
Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Remote, No Experience, Evening
Remote Phone Support, $45/hr, Night Job, College Student
Remote Moderator, $50/hr, No Degree, Weekend, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, Night Shift, No Experience
Customer Support, $42/hr, Remote, Part-Time, No Degree
Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, Weekend Job, College Student
Phone Support, Remote, $50/hr, No Experience, Night Shift
Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Evening, Remote, College Student
Live Chat Support, $45/hr, Part-Time, Remote, No Degree
Data Entry, $50/hr, Remote, Evening Job, College Student
Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Experience
Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Night Shift, College Student Friendly
Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, No Degree, Evening Job
Virtual Assistant, $50/hr, Part-Time, Remote, Weekend Job
Data Entry, $40/hr, Evening Job, No Experience, Remote
Remote Live Chat, $42/hr, Weekend, No Degree, Part-Time
Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, No Experience, Remote, Night Job
Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, Part-Time, College Student
Remote Data Entry, $42/hr, Evening/Night Job, No Experience
Remote Moderator, $45/hr, No Degree, Weekend Job, Part-Time
Live Chat Support, $50/hr, Remote, Night Shift, No Degree
Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Weekend, College Student, Remote
Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Part-Time, No Experience Required
Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, No Degree, Weekend, Night Job
Virtual Assistant, $50/hr, Evening, Remote, College Student
Customer Support, $42/hr, Weekend Job, Remote, No Degree
Phone Support, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Evening Job
Data Entry, $50/hr, Night Shift, No Degree, Remote Job
DUTIES:
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS- Open to new ideas and ways of doing things.
- Is willing to take on new, unexpected assignments with a positive intent.
- Takes initiative to share new learnings with team members and supervisor.
- Keeps abreast of and discusses trends in Child Welfare.
- Recognizes and takes ownership of situations/work products that are done inaccurately and proactively takes measures to correct.
- Encourages and motivates peers, especially during difficult times.
- Remains optimistic and persistent even under adversity.
- Understands how stress impacts work performance and strives to prevent stress from impacting work outcomes by proactively managing stress.
- Skilled in adapting communication styles that matches the communication styles of families, coworkers, and other professionals. Openly and non-judgmentally receives information that results in mutual understanding and positive outcomes when working with others.
- Confidently presents well organized and relevant information during court testimony and other professional meetings.
- Able to convene, lead, and participate effectively in meetings and workgroups.
- Uses solution focused language, communicates and displays respect and understanding, and conveys purposeful information that can be understood.
- Mindful of how others may interpret verbal and non-verbal communication and adapts communication style accordingly.
- Able to understand and effectively prioritize tasks and make decisions in accordance with team, agency, family, and community demands.
- Intentionally striving for quality, accurate, complete and timely casework.
- Effectively and consistently meets workload expectations even when stress and work pressure is high.
- Always willing to learn and use new tools, new technology, and processes as they are introduced to the program.
- Will often propose improvements to forms or processes to simplify practices.
- Able to take responsibility for own biases, missteps, and mistakes.
- Ability to understand and convey agency decisions, policies, and direction when discussing concerns from clients, colleagues, and the community.
- Culturally knowledgeable about concepts and processes and how these intersect with social work concerns.
- Actively builds partnerships with, families, community partners, collaterals, and colleagues.
- Often goes the extra mile in responding to families’ and colleagues needs.
- Effectively manages indifferences and encourages lessons learned rather than criticizing, in order to raise confidence levels and to generate a sense of teamwork among clients, colleagues, and supervisor.
CRITICAL EVALUATION
- Seeks collaborative effort with colleagues or supervisor when additional perspectives/insights are needed on a case.
- Demonstrates exceptional skill and creativity in to generate and evaluate alternative solutions.
- Willing to adjust direction when new information is discovered.
- Helps team members by providing new perspectives and alternative solutions in their cases.
- Mitigates conflict while maintaining empathy and sensitivity to others in the process.
- Open to feedback and sees conflict as learning opportunities and shares effective resolution skills with others.
- Helps team members network with community partners or build their interpersonal capability.
- Proactively offers assistance and support to colleagues in difficult situations.
- Effectively manages emotions so that quality of work or professionalism is not impacted when dealing with others.
- Actively applies learned concepts, models, and theories in Child Welfare practice.
- Actively works with clients to prepare for change in advance and provides tools for managing placement and worker changes and other significant transitions.
- Understands and consistently applies the concept of family empowerment and how a trusting and collaborative casework relationship can often motivate and sustain productive change in a family.
- Demonstrates various strategies to deal with complex family and/or system issues.
- Actively engages families to identify personal and family strengths, extended family networks, and community/ neighborhood resources to ensure children’s safety and promote constructive change.
- Expertly uses casework strategies to help clients address underlying issues to move towards and become invested in behavioral change activities.
ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE DIVISION (not limited to)
- Facilitate RED Teams when a Supervisor is not available
- Help develop and participate in new worker onboarding training
- Facilitate group supervision
- Provide case and assessment training for new staff
- When directed, assist with policy and procedure review
- Provide peer reviews as part of continuous quality improvement
- Reach out to new staff and give them shadowing opportunities
- When a supervisor is not available, help support workers in court and family engagement meetings
- Provide shadowing opportunities for interns
- Represent MCDHS values within the organization and in our community
- When asked, participate in community and State task groups
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Minimum Requirements
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
EDUCATION:
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a major in a human behavior science field, or a degree with 30 semester hours, or 45 quarter hours, of course work in development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures or therapeutic techniques such as social work, psychology, sociology, guidance and counseling, and/or child development; and,
One (1) year of professional caseworker, case management, or human services experience in a public or private human services agency; OR, c. A bachelor’s of social work degree and successful completion of an approved field placement in a county department of human services; or, d. A master’s degree in social work or a human behavioral science field.
EXPERIENCE:- Have four years of Child Welfare Social Casework experience.
- Two years of Mesa County Child Welfare Experience as a Social Caseworker II.
- Must be approved by Child Welfare Leadership.
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Supplemental Information
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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
This position requires standing, stooping, sitting, bending, twisting, and lifting up to 10 pounds.
Work is generally confined to a standard office environment.
Occasional exposure of work time to hazardous situations which involve physically violent persons, interviewing mentally or emotionally disturbed persons or bodily injury from biohazards, infections, or blood-borne pathogens.
Work involves a considerable period of time (20-40%) away form a standard office environment, much of which consists of driving to, and from home visits and collateral contacts and in transporting children and clients. At times more than normal physical exertion is required in transproting children. Work may occur in situtions in which incumbent is threatened with physicaly harm by hostile, angry clients.
In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act the following items can be used as a determining factor in the starting and ongoing wage of an employee working in this position:
A seniority system that rewards employees based on length of employment.
A merit system that rewards employees for exceptional job performance.
Education, training, or experience to the extent that they are reasonably related to the work in question.
Another factor related to job performance or business operations, such as paying a shift differential to workers on less popular shifts
Travel, if the travel is a regular and necessary condition of the work performed
This position is eligible for the following Mesa County benefits;
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Retirement
- Paid Sick and Vacation Leave
- Life insurance
- Long term disability
