Social Worker Prn Needed

NiteLines USA is looking for a Social Worker to join our team!

This position will be working in the Chattooga County. This position will be PRN - Duration of assignment 90 days.

Social Services Specialist 1 :

Under general supervision, the Social Services Specialist 1 provides investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child/adult abuse or neglect. Makes immediate and follow-up actions for at risk clients in need of protective services and/or placement.

• Implements Solution Based Casework (SBC).
• Makes concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
• Partners with child(ren) and parents in the development and utilization of the Family Functioning Agreement, Action Plan, and Family Plan to achieve desired individual and family-level outcomes.
• Conducts diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
• Embraces ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
• Promotes, supports, and otherwise maintains a positive and nurturing relationship between the child(ren) in care and their biological parents/caretakers by encouraging and facilitating activities and interactions beyond visitation.
• Initiates timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conducts assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
• Celebrates positive outcomes with child(ren) and family.
• Ensures foster care placements and/or living situations are stable and in the best interests of the child(ren) and are consistent with achieving established permanency goal(s).
• Documents case management activities within time frames established by policy.
• Ensures that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
• Establishes permanency goals for the child(ren).
• Identifies the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensures identified needs were effectively addressed.
• Ensures that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
• Utilizes privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children).
• Routinely serves on after-hours on-call duty.
• Addresses identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
• Collaborates with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
• Completes genograms to identify available family support network.
• Maintains child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.

Our CPS team is typically in the office working most days (versus working from home) because it’s easier to use the office as a primary location between follow-up visits and/or making contacts on newly received reports. A PRN should expect that they will be working in the office more than teleworking. The workload would consist of working with children and families within the County.

COMPENSATION: $32.00hr

Mileage will be reimbursed