County Agency Social Worker

Classification Summary

Pennington County Human Services, Thief River Falls, MN is hiring a full-time (37.5 hours/week) Social Worker - Certified Assessor. The position offers health and life insurance and a retirement pension.

This position will conduct online MnCHOICES assessments for adults and children. The assessor will determine an applicant's level of care according to state and federal criteria. The assessor will also determine eligibility for home and community-based waiver programs and PCA. This position will include direct client contact, participation in the development of individualized service plans, coordination of services and may carry a limited caseload.

See instructions on how to apply under "Examination Process" 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 par-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.

• 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.

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.

TO APPLY:

Apply by clicking on this link here: 011-OC (County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's)

For additional information contact: Julie Sjostrand, Director, Pennington County Human Services, PO Box 340, Thief River Falls, MN 56701, Telephone: (218) 681-2880 ext. 227 or by email at jasjostrand@co.pennington.mn.us