Children Services Intake Caseworker Job & Family Services

Salary: $20.80

Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Monday-Friday

Position Type: Full Time, 40 Hours Per Week

Objectives:

Individual is responsible for investigating allegations of child abuse, neglect, and/or dependency. Individual completes assessments of safety and overall family functioning to determine the need for immediate and/or ongoing protective services involvement. Individual works closely with families and community partners to assist in ensuring the safety & well-being of all children.

Job Standards:

Bachelor's degree in Behavioral Science, Social Services, Early Childhood Development Technology or education in a Social Services or a related field. Must have 101 hours of CORE training within the first year of employment and continuing education of 36 hours per year required thereafter. Must possess a valid Ohio Driver 's License and acceptable driving record. Must meet and maintain qualifications for driving on county business as a continued condition of employment. All required licenses and certificates must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.

Essential Job Functions:

Evaluate safety and risk of all children being served in all interactions.

Conduct individual interviews of children and adults to complete investigations of child abuse and neglect.

Complete safety assessments and family assessments to determine need for community resources and/or ongoing case management services.

Remove children from unsafe situations if safety cannot be arranged with a less restrictive option.

May maintain a caseload of alternative response ongoing cases for families in need limited case management services.

Visits with all children and their caregivers as required by Ohio Administrative Code, agency policy and/or as directed by chain of command. These visits may include in-home, in the community and/or in the office.

Attends and participates in supervision meetings as established by the employee's chain of command and based on the needs of the worker/caseload; attends and participates in all agency meetings including unit, department, division, and all staff meetings.

Make referrals to community resources.

Testify in Court as required.

Consult with Agency attorney for court involved cases or situations of a child being imminent risk of serious harm.

Prepare accurate and detailed written reports for Agency attorney and legal assistant.

Serves as on-call caseworker as assigned on on-call yearly schedule.

Attends trainings as identified by the chain of command regarding child welfare and meets the annual requirements for working as a Caseworker in the State of Ohio.

Completes documentation in the SACWIS and Traverse systems pursuant to agency and departmental guidelines.

Attends and participates in placement staffing, administrative case conferences, family team meetings (FTM) and all other meetings related to the families on their caseload.

Reports suspected child abuse or elder abuse as required.

Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Provides culturally competent service to all clients, the public and colleagues.

Non-Essential Job Functions:

Performs related non-essential functions as needed.

Job Requirements

Equipment:

Ability to operate a variety of office equipment such as computer, copier, scanner, telephone, calculator, FAX machine, VCR/TV, DVR, camcorder, camera, recorder/tape player, and other equipment necessary to perform duties. In

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