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$ 65446 - 72335
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Job Description
Department of Social Services
12 Months FullTime
Nonexempt Pay Grade 32
VRSEligible BenefitsEligible
***THE LISTING ON THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY WEBSITE IS FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES ONLY. APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE VA STATE WEBSITE FOUND HERE:
- Interprets laws policies and regulations as applied to specific area of responsibility.
- Assesses cognitive emotional and behavioral functioning of children and their families and develops and implements sophisticated psychosocial case plans which integrate psychodynamic systemic medical and socialecological treatment approaches and incorporates concurrent planning.
- Provides direct counseling applying familysystems treatment models to complex family situations in such a way as to strengthen families and prevent family dissolution.
- Serves in a leadership role as case manager in planning organizing and coordinating service delivery by professionals representing a variety of disciplines.
- Works collaboratively with mental health education legal medical and other human services professionals in a team approach to service delivery with responsibility for assuring coordination and effectiveness of comprehensive services to families.
- Functions as legal guardian for agency foster children (e.g. responsible for childs wellbeing consents for medical treatment etc..
- Performs crisis intervention.
- Makes placements of children and adolescents into alternative care including foster homes group homes and residential treatment facilities.
- Plans oversees and participates directly in court intervention to protect children and to achieve goals of permanency for children.
- Provides supportive services to promote selfsufficiency and to prevent child abuse/neglect and placement of children out of their homes.
- Writes comprehensive psychosocial assessments and service plans.
- Provides coverage after hours and on weekends on an oncall basis for emergencies involving abuse or neglect of children and adolescents and for situations requiring immediate attention regarding children in the legal custody of the Department of Social Services.
- Completes necessary federal state and local planning and reporting requirements.
- Assesses secures and monitors financial resources for which the child is eligible (e.g. social security child support etc..
- Follows the requirements for funding authorization and service payments for services and maintenance costs for foster children.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Competency: Knowledge/ Skills/Abilities:
- Working knowledge of: social work principles and practices; current social economic and health problems; institutions and the methods of the helping process; individual and group behavior;
- Skill in using personal computer with associated software;
- Ability to identify social problems and client strengths and needs and to assess the ability to individual and families to utilize services in problem solving;
- Ability to recognize and accept the rights responsibilities and differences of others;
- Ability to work effectively with individuals and families in helping them attain success;
- Ability to plan and organize work;
- Ability to understand and interpret laws policies and regulations;
- Ability to communicate and establish effective working relationships with clients coworkers other professional and technical staff social agencies and the general public;
- Ability to prepare reports and maintain records.
Required Education and Experience:
- A minimum of a Bachelors degree in the Human Services field; or a minimum of a Bachelors degree in any field accompanied by a minimum of two 2 years of appropriate and related experience in a Human Service related area.
- Experience in assigned program area and completion of required training programs or equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge skills and abilities.
Preferred Qualifications/Certifications:
- Possession of a BSW degree MSW degree and/or a Commonwealth of Virginia Social Work license desirable. Masters preferred.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Possession of a valid appropriate drivers permit issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Workers in this position are required to drive and they must meet eligibility requirements of the Countys safe driver policy.
- Administers work to the public typically in clients home often in remote rural areas.
- Frequent contacts with clients and coordination with other public and private agencies (I.e. school courts clinics etc. are required.
- Involves frequent driving walking and standing. Must be able to assist physically dependent individuals.
- Must be willing to travel occasionally overnight.
Remote Work:
This position is not eligible for remote work. All County staff must maintain residence within the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Salary Range:
The hiring range for this position is $31.46 $34.78 per hour (approx. $65446 $72335 per year. Starting offer is based on applicable education beyond minimum requirements and internal equity. The position also provides excellent benefits including 12 paid holidays paid vacation and sick leave health insurance options with employer contribution employerpaid life insurance VRS retirement and continuing education/training opportunities. This is a full time FLSA nonexempt position. Internal candidates will receive pay adjustments in accordance with Local Government Personnel Policy P60.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Position open until Friday April 11.
Virginia Values Veterans:
Albemarle County is a Certified V3 organization.
EOE/EEO:
Albemarle County is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any group or individual on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin age or disability in regards to any aspect of employment policy and practice: recruitment testing selection assignment pay conditions of work training leave overtime promotion discipline demotion and separation.
Employment Type
Full-Time
