1 County Agency Social Worker Job in Grand Marais, MN
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Minnesota Merit System is Hiring a County Agency Social Worker Near Grand Marais, MN
Classification Summary
Cook County Public Health and Human Services located in Grand Marais, MN is accepting applications for a full-time (40 hours per week) Social Worker I – In-Home Support/Adult Services 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 coordinates the Cook County In-Home Support Program by ensuring licensure requirements are met and maintained. Coordinates services for enrollees of the In-Home Support Program. Provides oversight of independent contractor service providers, conducts community education and program evaluation, and provides consultation to Adult Protection and Adult Care teams.
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.
- 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.
Cook County Preferred Qualifications
- Four (4) year degree from an accredited college/university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology, or closely related field; and
- One (1) year of full-time work experience providing direct care services to persons with disabilities or persons age 65 and older; or
- an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job and meet MN Merit System qualifications and MN Statute 245D requirements.
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
An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
Job Summary
Full Time
$54k-65k (estimate)
01/23/2023
06/05/2024
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