Social Services Team Lead (Safety) / DeSoto County

This Opportunity is for a Social Services Team Lead -- Safety with a work location in DeSoto County, MS.

About The Position

This is a time limited position.

• Provides supervision, direction, guidance, and feedback to Social Service Specialist (Investigation Specialist),
• Serve as mentor, trainer, and coach to staff,
• Exercises good judgment in practice as demonstrated through the adherence of agency policy and procedures and federal/state guidelines to support decision making,
• Ensures timely screening, assignment, and completion of investigations through the use of data and structured weekly staffings with assigned staff,
• Make recommendations for adequate staffing,
• Reviews and approves investigations timely, including ensuring thorough documentation of supporting information,
• Ensure safety of youth involved in safety plans,
• Promote positive well-being,
• Assess each investigation against established investigative procedures including interviews with victims, perpetrators and/or staff, assess the need for follow up and appropriate referrals for CAC or other collaborative services/partnerships,
• Coordinate with appropriate LE,
• Assess weekly progress in each investigation for timely, accurate and quality documentation and progress through the use of structured case staffings,
• Participate in internal and external meetings as needed,
• Participates in Supervisor Support Staffing's according to protocol,
• Serves as supervisor on-call after hours (including weekends and holidays) as scheduled,
• Communicates with direct supervisor, in a timely manner, regarding issues that arise with screening or investigation,
• Recognizes and inform supervisor of potential concerns, performance, or problems; and prepares for discussion with supervisor to identify solutions when concerns arise,
• Identify trends and uses data to plan the workday,
• Promotes commitment, team spirit, and inter agency collaboration (ex. assisting beyond routine geographic scope as needed; coverage for colleagues when needed; decision sharing regarding unit needs),
• Set team goals that promotes teamwork, accountability, and quality outcomes,
• Manage caseloads using available data,
• Maintain up to date outlook calendar,
• Maintain up to date required training (CEU's if licensed),
• Positively supports initiatives and program requests set forth by the agency,
• Performs other duties as assigned. What you'll need to be Successful
• A successful candidate for this position will understand micro, mezzo and macro level social work practice and how social, economic, and personal factors impact safety.
• A professional commitment of caring about people, their safety, well-being, and the larger profession of child welfare is also a benefit.
• Efficient organizational and time management skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to be flexible in thinking and problem solving,
• Able to synthesize information in a clear and concise manner and assess according to agency policy, state statues and/or federal regulations,
• Realistic expectations about the difficulty and challenges of the work.
• Ability to positively handle an often-unpredictable work environment,
• Ability to coach and motivate others for expected outcomes
• Ability to work effectively at multiple levels of the organization and with multiple organizations
• Ability to use tools within Microsoft Office Suite (ppt, word, excel).
• If you are customer service driven with personal resilience and strong self-efficacy beliefs about the ability to work with all clients to produce positive client outcomes, this is the optimal career for you.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree and 2-4 years of experience. Appointing authority may require a Master's Degree and/or social worker's license. Agency preferred qualifications: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in social work, social services, psychology, edu ational psychology, sociology, nursing, criminal justice, counseling, marriage and family therapy, family studies or a related field. 2-4 years of experience in a human service-related field. Salary is determined by employee's education and experience.