What are the responsibilities and job description for the County Agency Social Worker position at Minnesota Merit System?
Classification Summary
Cook County Public Health and Human Services located in Grand Marais, MN is accepting applications for a Social Worker I – Family Services Case Manager position.
Cook County’s employees are part of an innovative team committed to supporting community through quality public service. We offer rewarding career opportunities with great benefits in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
This position under general direction, performs work in providing social work services for families, children and individuals experiencing complex social, mental, physical and emotional health situations and requiring the development of and the need for high level of support to actively engage complex social treatment plans directed specifically at the prevention of child maltreatment; performs and is responsible for assessment and casework, directs service programs; and related work as assigned.
For information on how to apply, see Examination Process section below.
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 vocation/employment services.
- Provides direct services to emotionally, physically, or socially handicapped individuals.
- Provides services to delinquent children.
- 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 para-professionals.
- Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.
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.
or
- 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.
Cook County Preferred Qualifications
- Four (4) year college degree from an accredited college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field; and two (2) years of relevant experience.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.
Examination Process
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.
Apply at this link here: 011-OC - County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's
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