What are the responsibilities and job description for the Case Manager (CPS) - Bachelor's - Faribault & Martin Counties position at Minnesota Merit System?
Classification Summary
Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties seeks a full-time (39 hours a week) Case Manager (CPS) - Family Preservation Worker position. This position is located in our Faribault County Human Services Center (Blue Earth, MN).
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate candidate to engage families involved in child protection, ensuring the safety, permanency, and well-being of children. The ideal candidate will develop and monitor case plans, collaborate with families, and complete necessary documentation to meet State Department/Agency regulations. Your duties will include meeting with families, providing support, conducting assessments, and processing thorough documentation. You will also participate in meetings and training, educate the community about neglect and abuse, maintain professional relationships, coworkers, and ensure compliance with relevant laws and policies. Effective communication, respect for clients, and adherence to privacy rules are key aspects of this role.
Candidates will thrive in a fast paced and ever-changing work environment and will hone their interviewing, assessment, and rapport-building skills. At Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties, we strive to provide the best quality services for all of the families with whom we work. We currently have a vacancy in our Blue Earth, MN Human Services Center.
Come join the public service team at Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties! You will be a part of skilled, caring and knowledgeable health and human services professionals whose talents and contributions promote, strengthen and protect individuals, families and communities in Faribault and Martin Counties every day!
The HSFMC comprehensive benefit package includes health insurance (including option for high-deductible health plan) with employer sharing in cost, employer-paid $20,000 term life insurance, earned sick and safe time, generous paid leave policy, and 11 paid holidays each year. As a public employer, we provide a defined benefit annuity through PERA (employer contributes 6.5% plus 1%; employee contributes 6.5%). Employees have options for employee-paid dental, vision, accident, critical care insurance, and additional life insurance. Employees can contribute pre-tax to health savings account (per qualifications), pre-tax flexible spending accounts, short and long-term disability insurance, and Section 457 deferred compensation plans (Corebridge and Nationwide). Employer qualifies for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Additional details are available on our website at www.fmchs.com. Office Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday; flexible work hours can often be accommodated to balance family and personal life.
Faribault & Martin Counties are mostly rural/agricultural. Our small-town values make this an ideal place for raising families yet we are only two hours from the Twin Cities and all it has to offer.
Embracing respect and integrity, Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties responds to the needs of all community members and provides health and human services in a dignified and meaningful manner. Through a partnership with those we serve, we strive to improve their current situations and help them live their best life.
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) partnered with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Association for County Social Services Administrators (MACSSA)and six counties with rural, urban and suburban populations to create the Minnesota Realistic Job Preview for Child Protection job description video
SEE EXAMINATION PROCESS SECTION BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY
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 adult and child protective services.
- Provides vocation/employment services.
- Provides adult and children's mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.
- 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 paraprofessionals.
- 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.
or
- 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/case manager in a public or private social services agency.
You may apply prior to graduation, but must be within 60 days of receiving your degree.
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.
To apply for this position:
Submit an application to Minnesota Merit System by following this link here: 962-OC - Case Manager - Bachelor's
An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
Salary : $31 - $42