Child Welfare Caseworker - Intake and Investigations
What Will You Do
- Investigates allegations of abuse, neglect, dependency, delinquency and unruliness by gathering data from relatives, neighbors, police, schools, etc.
- Verifies need for services
- Provides crisis intervention services
- Prepares court reports, attends court sessions, testifies on finding of investigation and makes recommendations to court
- Interviews children, families, witnesses and collateral sources for assessment of risk and crisis services to children
- Supervises visits
- Transports youth
- Counsels with clients
- Visits homes to investigate child protective situations and monitor family situation
- Visits other locations to make contact with children who may be at risk
- Reviews and assesses cases; receives and writes report of child maltreatment and unruliness; writes investigative assessment of child maltreatment and unruliness; processes investigative reports according to time frames.
Qualifications
What do we need from you?
- Successful applicants must have strong written and verbal communication skills, thrive in a fast-paced environment and value the diversity offered by a major metropolitan community.
- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology or related degree is required
- Master’s degree in social work or related degree is preferred
- All positions are subject to a criminal background, fingerprinting, employment verification, and motor vehicle report check.
Please send your resume fccshr@fccs.us
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.