JOB
This position may be filled at the Trainee or Full Performance level.Arlington County Department of Human Services (DHS) Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) is hiring a Bilingual Child Protective Services (CPS) Human Services Clinician II to provide interventions to ensure child safety and well-being as well as stabilizing and supporting families. This employee will be part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team planning, organizing, and coordinating service delivery.Specific duties include: Performing comprehensive assessments of children and their families, including home visits, to determine risk and safety;Providing emergency crisis intervention to maintain safety and to provide services in the best interest of the youth;Designing and implementing treatment plans with children and families to reduce risk and enhance safety;Participating in court reviews and testifies in court;Searching for and initiating contact with family members and/or additional supportive adults;Educating the community about Child Protective Services and leads mandated reporter trainings;Coordinating and facilitating family engagement activities including Family Partnership meetings; andDocumenting assessments, treatment plans, critical incident reports, detailed case contacts, progress notes, and service plans for court review.Arlington County DHS is committed to delivering client services in an effective, equitable, respectful, and trauma-informed manner. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring our clients are approached, engaged and cared for in ways that demonstrate competency, sensitivity and awareness of factors which impact the client experience including but not limited to: cultural identity, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity, religious/spiritual ascription, physical capability, cognitive and literacy levels, sexual orientation, and linguistic needs.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
MINIMUM: BILINGUAL: English/SpanishFULL PERFORMANCE: EDUCATION: Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or other directly related clinical discipline, all of which required a clinical practicum involving diagnostic, treatment, and case management services.EXPERIENCE: Two years of post-Master's Degree experience providing professional clinical social work services, which included the application of diagnostic, treatment, and case management services.TRAINEE: EDUCATION: Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or other directly related clinical discipline, all of which required a clinical practicum involving diagnostic, treatment, and case management services.Depending upon qualifications, a training period will be established to last no longer than the equivalent of 24 months. At the end of the training period, the employee must meet experience, training, proficiency and certification requirements for the journey level position. Once the candidate qualifies, the one-year probationary period will begin. SUBSTITUTION: Directly related higher level clinical degrees may substitute for the Master's Degree education requirement and 1 year of experience.DESIRABLES: Preference may be given to candidates with experience in one or more of the following: Performing child protective investigations; Foster care and/or family preservation; Working within the court system; Family group facilitation; and/or Virginia licensed or license eligible as a clinical social worker.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The pay ranges listed above are effective June 30, 2024.Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After hours and weekend on-call coverage for approximately two days per month and as needed with flexibility. Some telework is available depending on workload and supervisor approval. The official title of this position is Human Services Clinician II.The employee is required to travel daily within Arlington to conduct home visits in the client's homes, to schools, and other collateral sites based on case/client needs and to court to testify on specific cases. Regular travel is also required within and outside the Washington metropolitan area to foster homes and residential treatment sessions. Your responses to the supplemental questionnaire are considered part of the application process and are required for this position. Please do not give "see resume" as a response to the questions. Incomplete applications will not be considered.#LI-Hybrid