What are the responsibilities and job description for the Caseworker II position at Gilpin County?
Primary Responsibility: The Caseworker II position provides intake and/or ongoing social casework services for a variety of program areas including child abuse and neglect cases, youth-in-conflict cases, and adults unable to protect their own interests.
Supervised by: Child & Adult Protection Program Manager
Supervises: N/A
Salary Range: NE10 - $26.74 – $34.72
Hiring Range: $26.74 – $30.72 per hour DOQ
FSLA Status: Non-Exempt
Main Job Duties:
- Conducts assessments of alleged physical abuse, neglect and parent-conflicts; determines if situation warrants placing children outside the home; supervises placement of children in foster care and coordinates parent child visits; and determines when and if to recommend that children return to the home.
- Develops effective case plans and provides counseling services to families regarding parenting skills, family dynamics, parent-child relationships and conflict with the community. Assesses any new child abuse complaints and provides crisis intervention in these situations.
- Provides intake assessment and evaluation, ongoing counseling services, and case planning to a variety of other cases including adults unable to protect their own interests, family conflicts and youth-in-conflict cases.
- Answer hotline calls for child welfare and adult protection. Receive incoming calls of a possible crisis nature. Gather all information needed utilizing screening questions and document in the state-wide data bases.
- Determines the need for recommending placement of clients into foster care. Locates placement appropriate to client's needs. Monitors client's progress in placement.
- Makes home visits with clients, organizes services such as cleaning, day care, financial assistance, health (physical and mental), legal and provides information on available services.
- Testifies in court on a variety of cases; makes recommendations to the courts on abuse and neglect cases, placement of children, and guardianship of adults.
- Develops and writes reports for appropriate documentation of case plans, recommendations, contacts, assessments, etc. Develops case file information, completes forms and writes correspondence.
Additional Job Duties:
- Performs other appropriate duties as assigned by the Human Services Director and any duties needed to stabilize an emergency situation.
- Cross-trains employees as needed.
Hours:
- Must be available for on-call coverage; including nights and weekends.
Salary : $10 - $27