**Social Services Worker 2

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Work with Purpose

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Join our team of child welfare professionals as a Social Service Worker 2.

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We need people who want to serve our community by supporting the families who live here.

Child welfare professionals play a crucial role in building upon the strengths within a family, helping them create a stable and nurturing home that children need to thrive. Child welfare professionals' goal is to safeguard the well-being of children and ensure their healthy development.

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Child welfare is more than a job -- it's a career that presents a lifetime of opportunities. And you don't need an advanced degree in social work to get started; the most important qualities are commitment, empathy, and heart.

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**If Assigned to Intake: Investigates claims of abuse and neglect of children and/or older adults and develops initial cases. (Allegation reports may be received directly from the reporter or from the worker performing screener duties.) Intervenes as necessary (may include working collaboratively with law enforcement) to ensure the child(ren)'s or older adult(s)'s safety; conducts face-to-face interviews with child(ren) (including forensic interviews) or older adult(s), family members and other involved parties in-house or off-site; gathers information (e.g., audio tape interviews; take photographs; write notes, etc.) needed to analyze risk; conducts telephone interviews with others (collateral contacts) who may have useful knowledge of the involved child(ren), older adult(s) or family; completes family risk assessment; determines risk or harm to child(ren) or older adult(s); obtains required releases for involved parties; develops and implements plans of action to reduce the identified risk; completes necessary documentation for compliance with applicable law; enters data in MIS (i.e., SACWIS) system(s); recommends and refers families and children or older adult(s) to services and activities conducive to safety and stability; completes and processes RSO's as needed; conducts courtesy interviews as requested by other counties.

If Assigned to Ongoing: Maintains cases of child(ren) or older adults previously determined to require protective services. Conducts in-home assessments; completes documentation; utilizes and updates the family risk assessment; works with intake case manager to develop and obtain signatures on initial case plans; prepares appropriate amendments to case plans; prepares and submits required reports and correspondence; arranges home and placement visitation; transports customers in accordance with established rules; observes visitation and documents observations; identifies needed services; arranges and coordinates identified services; secures and maintains signed releases as required; evaluates progress toward reducing negative behaviors; documents reasonable efforts taken to reunify; evaluates placements while planning for reunificatio