What are the responsibilities and job description for the County Agency Social Worker - Lake of the Woods position at Minnesota Merit System?
Lake of the Woods County is the northernmost county in Minnesota and is also known as The Walleye Capital of the World. Nestled in the picturesque wilderness of northern Minnesota, the Lake of the Woods area includes the Rainy River, South Shore, and Northwest Angle. The area boasts world class fishing, diverse outdoor adventures, a variety of nature, and a welcoming culture which includes lots of “Minnesota Nice.” The charming town of Baudette is on the shores of the Rainy River and is known for warm hospitality and stunning natural beauty.
Lake of the Woods County offers a competitive benefit package that includes health/dental, disability, life insurance, PERA, Health Care Savings Plan, holiday pay, vacation/sick leave, flexible work schedule, M-F work week, no weekends.
Job Summary/Position Purpose:Under general supervision through state and locally developed programs and policies, identifies individual, family and community problems and selects and applies most effective program to work toward rehabilitation, prevention or control.
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) partnered with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Association for County Social Services Administrators (MACSSA) to develop the Minnesota Realistic Job Preview for Child Protection (Linked) Child Protection Services job description video
- Minnesota Merit System Examples of Duties
• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provides adult and child protective services.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides adult and children's mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems.
• Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work paraprofessionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.
Minnesota Merit System Minimum Qualifications
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.
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• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.
You may apply before graduating, but no more than 60 days prior to receiving your Bachelor's Degree.
Lake of the Woods Preferred Qualifications
• Valid Minnesota driver’s license or equivalent evidence of mobility
The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited. You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.
Once your application has been submitted changes cannot be made. If you have a change in location availability or your contact information changes please email dhs.merit.system@state.mn.us with the new information and include your applicant ID.
Note: There are two steps to the application process:
1. Submit an application to Minnesota Merit System by applying at this link: 011-OC - County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's.
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Salary : $30 - $38
