We are seeking a Social Worker to join our team! You will provide emotional and administrative support to clients in either individual or group settings.

Responsibilities:

• Orientations and training of potential resource family home applicants.
• Evaluation and assessment of the application of the potential resource family home.
• Evaluation and assessment of a child for placement and continued placement in a resource family home or licensed foster family home.
• Placement of the child in the resource family home or licensed foster family home.
• Development and updating of the Progress note, quarterly needs, services plan, incident reports, and other time-sensitive documentation and disseminate to appropriate channels.
• Supervision / Visitation of the placement of the child including direct contact with the child and the resource families or foster family home licensee(s) in accordance with DSS, tile 22 policies and procedures.
• Provision of support services to resource families or foster family home licensees assigned to the social worker.
• Meet the core competency requirements.
• Familiarity with the CPS and Probation System.
• Familiarity with the Resource Family Approval Process
• Knowledge of the FFA Interim Licensing Standard Regulations (FFA ILS)
• Familiarity with the comprehensive assessment (SAFE Written Report).
• Assist in transportation of foster children when the need arises.
• Oversee support groups and other agency events
• Attend weekly staff meetings both office and social work-related.
• Adhere to all legal, ethical, and professional standards of practice.
• Serve as a liaison between families, children, schools, and social services agencies.
• Respond to difficult cases of child abuse or emergency.
• Maintain contact/communication with county staff and other clinicians that work with children on one’s caseload.
• Monitor supervised visits and calls
• Attend court hearings and provide testimony about clients.
• Attend TDM (team decision meetings) and CFT (child and family team) as well as attend providers' meetings.
• Attend training and workshops for continuing education.

Miscellaneous

• Provide On-Call services on weekends and after office hours.

• Build relationships with clients and all those associated with them.

• Event Coordinator.

• Support office staff as needed. ​​​​​​

​​​Social work personnel shall be responsible for the following:

• Training of potential resource families as to the purposes, program methods, and goals of LifeCare Coalition Outreach, and to the State regulations governing our agency’s policies and procedures.

• Development and updating of the Needs and Services Plan for each foster child placed in their caseload.

• Supervision of the placement of the child, including face-to-face weekly counseling and/or therapy with the child and the resource parent(s).

• Provision of support services to resource families assigned to the social worker.

• Maintaining regular contact with the County Case Managers

Qualifications:

• Previous experience in social work, counseling, or other related fields
• Compassionate and caring demeanor
• Ability to build rapport with clients
• Strong leadership qualities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Social work personnel provide the social services of the foster family agency and shall meet the following education and experience requirements:
• A Master's Degree from an accredited graduate school, in social work or social welfare, marriage & family therapy, marriage, family and child counseling, child psychology, child development, counseling psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, educational psychology, or equivalent education.
• The following coursework and field practice or experience shall be required of all new hires:
• At least 3-semester units or 100 days of field practice or experience in a public or private social service agency setting at the Master's Degree level, or 6 months full-time equivalent experience in a public or private social service agency setting.
• At least 9-semester units of coursework related to children and families, human development or human behavior, or one year and eighteen months experience in working with children and families.
• At least 3 semester units in working with minority populations; 6 months experience working with minority populations or training in cultural competency, within the first year of employment as a condition of employment.
• At least 3-semester units in child welfare, or at least 6 months of experience in public/private child welfare social services setting unsupervised. A supervising social worker shall have two years of experience in a public or private child welfare social services setting.
• Provide documentation of the required education and experience requirements, maintained in the personnel file.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to work closely and develop strong relationships with diverse individuals.
• Effective time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Able to travel to program sites.
• Meets all state-required conditions of employment as set forth by funder and Community Care Licensing for a licensed community care facility; i.e. Fingerprint and Child Abuse Index clearance, TB/Health Physical. Valid CDL and clean driving record.