Community Social Services Assistant (VC Grant)

Gaston Social Services: Protecting, caring for, and empowering children and adults who are temporarily or permanently unable to care for themselves through the administration of federal, state, and county programs focused on improving the well-being of our citizens.

An hourly salary range of $15.48 to $17.99 is anticipated for this position.

The duties listed below are not all of the duties that may be assigned but are those that are considered essential for an employee to perform.

• Providing transportation, facilitation, and monitoring of visits between foster children and parents or caretakers, observing interactions, intervening when inappropriate behaviors occur, and modeling appropriate parenting and disciplinary techniques.
• Providing transportation, assistance, scheduling, and accompaniment of parents and/or foster children to mental health appointments, domestic violence counseling, substance abuse counseling or treatment, medical and dental appointments, pharmacies, parenting classes, educational facilities, drug testing, seeking employment, locating housing, and other appointments, as necessary.
• Assist with placement changes for foster children by transporting, consoling, and accompanying children to their new placement.
• Provision of in-home aide services (through teaching, modeling, coaching, reinforcement, and encouragement) to parents or caretakers of children, including budgeting, housekeeping, personal hygiene, meal planning and food preparation, comparison shopping, parenting skills, behavior management, disciplinary techniques, employment seeking, and connecting with educational/vocational training.
• Maintaining documentation, case files, and appropriate forms, including daily case notes and day sheets, and updating quarterly and yearly review forms.
• Conducting home visits to monitor compliance and progress (with in-home aide services and plan).
• Appearing in court to provide reports and/or testimony, as needed.
• Must be available to work mandatory emergency shelters & other duties as assigned.
• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid NC driver's license
• 1 year of experience working with children preferred
• The applicant selected must undergo and pass a drug screening test prior to employment
• In compliance with G.S.153A-94.2 (b), if the position being filled requires an applicant for employment to work with children in any capacity, the County must require the applicant, if offered the position, to be subject to a criminal history record check conducted by the SBI. These checks must be performed in accordance with G.S.143B-1209.26, which authorizes the SBI to provide fingerprint-based state and national criminal record checks to cities and counties.