What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Service Worker position at The Bair Foundation?
The Bair Foundation is looking for a Social Worker for our office in the Columbus area.
The Social Workeris responsible to assess and ensure that appropriate care is given to foster children along with providing coaching, training, and supervision to assigned foster parents.
Benefits:
- Generous Holiday and PTO benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Mileage Reimbursement
- 401K Traditional and ROTH
- Training and Educational Assistance
- Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for monitoring the progress of foster children in the home, school, and community settings.
- Exercises independent judgment in deciding the most effective services needed to benefit the child.
- Applies advanced social service knowledge to develop Individualized Services Plan (ISP) to establish the appropriate services to be provided for each child in placement and to assure compliance with state regulations.
- Applies social work assessment skills to individually evaluate foster homes and certify eligibility to provide foster/adoptive care.
- Determines, appropriate diagnostic testing, and evaluation to ensure that all services specified in each program description are completed.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field required
- Experience working with the at-risk population
- LSW preferred
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person