What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Caseworker III - Family Treatment Court, Adolescent Ongoing, Ongoing Permanency position at Adams County Government?
What Success Looks Like In This Job
Position Classification
At Adams County, we value workplace flexibility. This role offers both hybrid-remote working arrangements as well as flexible scheduling options after initial training period of 90 days.
Hybrid -- Job duties and expectations allow for onsite and remote work scheduled every week. Employees in this classification are regularly scheduled onsite one (1) to four (4) days per week based on the County needs and as determined by Department Director. Hybrid classified roles can be onsite more than the set minimum based on employee preference.
Adams County Children and Family Services Guiding Principles
Hiring Range = $64,277.61 - $72,930.36/Full Range = $61,805.390-89617.820
Examples of Duties for Success
This position can do a combination of both Assessment and Permanency duties depending on the need of the agency.
Assessment
Experience: Professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services-related agency.
Education And Training
Adams County and the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office complies with Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act (“JAFA”). JAFA prohibits employers from asking individuals to disclose their age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation on an initial employment application. However, additional application materials such as certifications and transcripts containing this information may be required for certain positions; if such additional materials are requested, applicants may redact information that identifies the applicant’s age, date of birth, or dates or attendance or graduation.
Adams County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees that goes above and beyond what is offered at most organizations.
Click here to watch our video about why Adams County is an Employer of Choice!
Benefits You Expect
Please be aware that your cover letter and resume will not be accessed in the initial screening process, so you must complete your application and supplemental questions with as much detail as possible. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your cover letter and resume will then be accessible to the hiring team. Information provided on the application is used to determine if a candidate meets minimum qualifications. Only information provided at the time of the application being completed will be considered and additional information that is not listed on the application will not be considered when deciding if a candidate meets or does not meet the qualifications. Applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to include all information and details on their application. I understand and agree that only information provided at the time of my application will be used to determine if I meet the minimum requirements for this position.
Please Select How You Meet Minimum Qualifications
Are you currently certified or able to complete Colorado Child Welfare Caseworker certification within three (3) months of employment through the Colorado Training Academy (State Child Welfare)?
Do you possess a valid Driver's License and proof of automotive insurance? NOTE: Out of state applicants please be advised a current Colorado driver's license must be obtained within thirty (30) calendar days of hire, and must be obtained before driving any vehicle for County business.
Essential duties require the following physical abilities and work environment: Ability to work in a standard office environment. Job requires an estimate of 50% community work and 50% paperwork. Ability to utilize personal vehicle or other modes of transportation to make visits to clients' homes, travel to court, and other public facilities in all types of weather, and at night as needed, throughout the State of Colorado. Ability to lift and carry (1-50 lbs.) infants and small children in the care and custody of the County. Ability to install car seats and transport children. Ability to utilize the full scope of visual capacity to perform job tasks Ability to conduct home visits in unknown and uncontrolled settings, which may include stairs, rough ground terrain, vicious animals, feces, airborne contaminants (illegal substances), gang members, weapons, and other environmental hazards (bed bugs/lice). Are you able to meet these physical and environmental demands as described?
This position is hiring for three different teams within the Child Welfare division: Family Treatment Court, Adolescent Ongoing, and Ongoing Permanency. Each team has a unique area of focus within ongoing case management. Please review the brief team descriptions below before selecting your preferences. Adolescent Ongoing: This position provides ongoing case management services and ensures accurate documentation of the safety, permanency, and well-being of youth receiving services in the home or in out-of-home placement. The social caseworker conducts thorough assessments, including family history and identified needs, and delivers recommendations and services for youth ages 12–17 involved in Youth in Conflict matters, delinquency court actions, and abuse and neglect cases. This role attends monthly case staffing’s and court hearings, conducts regular home and site visits, and collaborates closely with families and community partners while professionally representing the agency within the juvenile court system and broader community settings. This position may require out of state travel, extended hours outside the normal business day to accommodate crisis that may occur. Ongoing Permanency: Provides ongoing case management services for youth ages 12–21 involved in child abuse/neglect cases, delinquency court actions, and Foster Youth in Transition (FYiT). Duties include conducting assessments, delivering recommendations and services, modeling independent living skills, attending staffing’s and court hearings, and completing home and site visits. This position may require out-of-state travel, driving outside the Denver Metro area, and extended hours to respond to crisis situations. Family Treatment Court: Provides ongoing case management services for youth ages 12–17 involved in Youth in Conflict cases, delinquency court actions, and abuse/neglect matters. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, facilitating services, attending staffing’s and court hearings, completing home and site visits, and collaborating with families and community partners. This position may require out-of-state travel and extended hours to respond to crisis situations. Please select which team(s) you are interested in applying for. You may choose more than one option.
If interested in adolescent ongoing please answer the following question: What inspires, excites, and energizes you about working with adolescents?
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If interested in ongoing permanency please answer the following question: Tell us what draws you to working with adolescents. What do you see as your greatest strengths in working with this population? What would be your biggest challenges?
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If interested in Family treatment court please answer the following question: What are your perspectives on working with families affected by substance use?
Position Classification
At Adams County, we value workplace flexibility. This role offers both hybrid-remote working arrangements as well as flexible scheduling options after initial training period of 90 days.
Hybrid -- Job duties and expectations allow for onsite and remote work scheduled every week. Employees in this classification are regularly scheduled onsite one (1) to four (4) days per week based on the County needs and as determined by Department Director. Hybrid classified roles can be onsite more than the set minimum based on employee preference.
Adams County Children and Family Services Guiding Principles
- We believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect, valuing their input, and striving to do no harm.
- Honoring all people’s unique expertise and perspectives includes collaboration, shared decision making, and providing a safe environment.
- The best interest of children, families, and our community will always inform our approach, perspectives, and decisions.
- Children and youth belong in families and have a right to sibling, family, and community connections.
- Families have the inherent capacity to safely care for their children.
- We hold ourselves and our system accountable to each other, our families, and our community.
Hiring Range = $64,277.61 - $72,930.36/Full Range = $61,805.390-89617.820
Examples of Duties for Success
This position can do a combination of both Assessment and Permanency duties depending on the need of the agency.
Assessment
- Responds to allegations of reports of abuse and neglect of children/youth.
- Assesses reports of abuse and neglect of children. Interviews and observes victims, offenders, witnesses, caregivers, and collateral agencies?to ensure the safety of the child and determine the validity of the allegations. Recognizes and identifies risk factors and dynamics of child abuse, child neglect, and family functioning (includes specialized caseload).
- Provides crisis intervention while evaluating and assessing a family’s needs. Complete assessments within 60 days and determine whether long term support and services are necessary in order to achieve child/youth safety and well-being.
- Prepares court reports, attends court hearings, testifies in court hearings and proceedings, consults with attorneys, judges, and guardians-ad-litem.
- Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
- Provides case-specific documentation including development of family service plans, court documentation, TRAILS entries of ROC notes and other documentation, assessment completion, placement paperwork, service referrals, family time assessments, and other related tasks. Reviews reports from service providers to ensure effectiveness of services.
- Provides face-to-face contact with clients as required by regulatory standards and agency policy (may sometimes include in-state and/or out-of-state travel).
- Engage family/youth in finding permanent connections and participates in Family Engagement Meetings and Permanency Roundtables.
- Prepares court reports, attends court hearings, testifies in court hearings and proceedings, consults with attorneys regarding legal aspects of cases.
- Supervises parenting time for children and families on caseload. May also facilitate goodbye sessions between parents and children when termination of parental rights is necessary.
- Performs other related duties and responsibilities as required.
- Child welfare knowledge including healthy child development, understanding of the dynamics and effects of abuse and neglect and interface of culture and family systems, as well as experience working with children and youth ages 0-18.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy and a strength-based trauma informed approach with families involved in the child welfare system.
- Assessing safety of a child/youth and making decisions based on information available and the ability to utilize critical thinking skills to work difficult or complicated cases.
- Ability to build, maintain, collaborate, and foster positive and harmonious working professional relationships with varied backgrounds and disciplines.
- Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively, show initiative, and ability to organize oneself.
- Ability to effectively partner with others to solve problems and concerns, including conflict resolution with upset clients and manage crises in a calm manner.
- Ability to type, utilize computers, and computer programs required to ensure effective entry of information into statewide client information system (TRAILS), as well as to complete referrals through agency platforms and other computer-based systems.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, ability to effectively review documents and synthesize into accurate, professionally written documents.
- Ability and willingness to accommodate clients' schedules by meeting outside of normal business hours at times.
- Ability to engage in scheduled supervision, team meetings, section meetings, and division meetings.
- Ability to meet all required state and agency trainings requirements on an annual (or as required) basis.
- Participates in red teams, group supervision and staffing’s.
- Ability to demonstrate professionalism during court proceedings.
- Ability to meet state and federal mandates and time frames.
Experience: Professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services-related agency.
Education And Training
- Bachelor's Degree in one of the human behavioral science fields.
- An educational waiver is available for those individuals who do not meet the education requirements to be a social caseworker and are currently enrolled in a bachelor’s program from a higher education institute. A bachelor’s degree must be obtained within one (1) year from hire date with related coursework to job duties as outlined in 7.603.1 (click here for more info). If a degree is not obtained within one (1) year from hire date, employment with the agency may be impacted including, and up to termination. Employee will be responsible for updating the hiring manager every six (6) months of their education progress.
- Proof of education, (degree or transcripts), and license (if candidate has received one) are required.
- Colorado Child Welfare Caseworker certification required and must be completed within three (3) months of employment, through the Colorado Training Academy (State Child Welfare). Certification through another State will require proof of completion and may substitute for all or part of the training required by Colorado.
- Possession of a valid driver's License and proof of automotive insurance.
- Must pass a criminal background check.
- INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY: Employees who are currently in a case manager/case-carrying position in Children and Family Services (CFS) may have a 120-day delayed transfer/promotion period prior to moving into any new position in Human Services.
- Bilingual applicants are preferred and may receive a Language Pay incentive based on usage.
- Ability to work in a standard office environment.
- Ability to utilize personal vehicle or other mode of transportation to make visits to client homes, travel to court, and other public facilities in all types of weather.
- Ability to carry large case files.
- Ability to conduct home visits in unknown and uncontrolled settings which may include animals, feces, airborne contaminants, gang members, weapons, and other environmental hazards.
Adams County and the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office complies with Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act (“JAFA”). JAFA prohibits employers from asking individuals to disclose their age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation on an initial employment application. However, additional application materials such as certifications and transcripts containing this information may be required for certain positions; if such additional materials are requested, applicants may redact information that identifies the applicant’s age, date of birth, or dates or attendance or graduation.
Adams County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees that goes above and beyond what is offered at most organizations.
Click here to watch our video about why Adams County is an Employer of Choice!
Benefits You Expect
- AFLAC Supplemental Medical Insurance
- Basic Term Life & Optional Term Life Insurance
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Dental/Vision/Medical Plans
- Generous Vacation/Sick leave
- Long-Term Disability
- Retirement Plan
- Short-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Fitness Center
- Employee Health Clinics
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Recreation Center Discounts
- Training & Tuition Reimbursement Programs
- Wellness programs
- Lactation friendly certified workplace
Please be aware that your cover letter and resume will not be accessed in the initial screening process, so you must complete your application and supplemental questions with as much detail as possible. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your cover letter and resume will then be accessible to the hiring team. Information provided on the application is used to determine if a candidate meets minimum qualifications. Only information provided at the time of the application being completed will be considered and additional information that is not listed on the application will not be considered when deciding if a candidate meets or does not meet the qualifications. Applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to include all information and details on their application. I understand and agree that only information provided at the time of my application will be used to determine if I meet the minimum requirements for this position.
- Yes, I understand and agree
- Yes, I understand but disagree.
Please Select How You Meet Minimum Qualifications
- Professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services related agency AND at least a bachelor's degree from a higher education institution with course work related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker. Course work examples can include and are not limited to, the development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, or therapeutic techniques.
- Professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services related agency AND I am requesting consideration for this position through the educational waiver process. I am currently enrolled in a bachelor's program from a higher education institute and agree that I will obtain my bachelor's degree within one (1) year from hire date with related coursework to job duties as outlined in 7.603.1. If a degree is not obtained within one (1) year from hire date, my employment with the agency may be impacted including up to termination. I will be responsible for updating the hiring manager every six (6) months of my education progress.
- None of the above.
Are you currently certified or able to complete Colorado Child Welfare Caseworker certification within three (3) months of employment through the Colorado Training Academy (State Child Welfare)?
- Yes
- No
Do you possess a valid Driver's License and proof of automotive insurance? NOTE: Out of state applicants please be advised a current Colorado driver's license must be obtained within thirty (30) calendar days of hire, and must be obtained before driving any vehicle for County business.
- Yes
- No
Essential duties require the following physical abilities and work environment: Ability to work in a standard office environment. Job requires an estimate of 50% community work and 50% paperwork. Ability to utilize personal vehicle or other modes of transportation to make visits to clients' homes, travel to court, and other public facilities in all types of weather, and at night as needed, throughout the State of Colorado. Ability to lift and carry (1-50 lbs.) infants and small children in the care and custody of the County. Ability to install car seats and transport children. Ability to utilize the full scope of visual capacity to perform job tasks Ability to conduct home visits in unknown and uncontrolled settings, which may include stairs, rough ground terrain, vicious animals, feces, airborne contaminants (illegal substances), gang members, weapons, and other environmental hazards (bed bugs/lice). Are you able to meet these physical and environmental demands as described?
- Yes
- No
This position is hiring for three different teams within the Child Welfare division: Family Treatment Court, Adolescent Ongoing, and Ongoing Permanency. Each team has a unique area of focus within ongoing case management. Please review the brief team descriptions below before selecting your preferences. Adolescent Ongoing: This position provides ongoing case management services and ensures accurate documentation of the safety, permanency, and well-being of youth receiving services in the home or in out-of-home placement. The social caseworker conducts thorough assessments, including family history and identified needs, and delivers recommendations and services for youth ages 12–17 involved in Youth in Conflict matters, delinquency court actions, and abuse and neglect cases. This role attends monthly case staffing’s and court hearings, conducts regular home and site visits, and collaborates closely with families and community partners while professionally representing the agency within the juvenile court system and broader community settings. This position may require out of state travel, extended hours outside the normal business day to accommodate crisis that may occur. Ongoing Permanency: Provides ongoing case management services for youth ages 12–21 involved in child abuse/neglect cases, delinquency court actions, and Foster Youth in Transition (FYiT). Duties include conducting assessments, delivering recommendations and services, modeling independent living skills, attending staffing’s and court hearings, and completing home and site visits. This position may require out-of-state travel, driving outside the Denver Metro area, and extended hours to respond to crisis situations. Family Treatment Court: Provides ongoing case management services for youth ages 12–17 involved in Youth in Conflict cases, delinquency court actions, and abuse/neglect matters. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, facilitating services, attending staffing’s and court hearings, completing home and site visits, and collaborating with families and community partners. This position may require out-of-state travel and extended hours to respond to crisis situations. Please select which team(s) you are interested in applying for. You may choose more than one option.
- Adolescent Ongoing
- Ongoing Permanency
- Family Treatment Court
If interested in adolescent ongoing please answer the following question: What inspires, excites, and energizes you about working with adolescents?
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If interested in ongoing permanency please answer the following question: Tell us what draws you to working with adolescents. What do you see as your greatest strengths in working with this population? What would be your biggest challenges?
09
If interested in Family treatment court please answer the following question: What are your perspectives on working with families affected by substance use?
- Required Question
Salary : $61,805 - $89,618