Social Worker

3 weeks ago

Waukesha, United States Waukesha County, WI Full time

**Description**:
**EXCITING OPPORTUNITY **Are you ready to make a difference?** We are hiring for a full time Access Social Worker. This Access Social Worker position is primarily responsible for safety, permanency and well-being for children and families under Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 48 and related State mandates. The Access Social Worker will join an amazing team of workers within the Child Protective Services continuum of care, including Access, Initial Assessment, Ongoing Services, Foster Care, and Children with Special Needs.

The Access Social Worker’s role focuses on receiving, analyzing, and documenting reports of alleged child maltreatment along with providing resources to callers related to community programs, including but not limited to housing, mental health and AODA treatment, food pantries, etc. In addition, this Access Social Worker position may be responsible for voluntary outreach to families who have been identified as being in need of supports and/or services as a method to prevent future child abuse/neglect from occurring.

Our mission is to serve individuals and families of Waukesha County by providing quality and professional services. We strive to use the many formal and informal supports within our community to keep children in their home whenever safely possible. We value collaboration and coordination within our department and with community professionals to implement effective intervention. We are committed to providing the appropriate level of intervention and protection, while encouraging families to utilize their strengths toward independence and self-sufficiency whenever possible. While adhering to legal mandates, our work will be conducted in an atmosphere of respect, compassion, and confidentiality.

**Work Schedule**
40-hours a week; Monday through Friday 8AM to 4:30PM, with the ability to flex your schedule at times to meet the need of clients. **We also offer **remote work** up to 50% of the pay period after certain requirements are met.**

**Example of Duties**:
Under supervision, to perform professional work involving the delivery of social work services to individuals and families in need of counseling and referral services; and to perform other duties as required.
- Makes initial contact with and receives referrals of clients with a variety of problems which require social work assessment and/or intervention.
- Conducts assessments of client needs through interviews, collateral contacts and other investigations, develops a casework plan with clients, and performs agreed-upon and necessary casework services.
- Maintains a caseload involving clients with personal, family, or socio-economic problems and attends to the related protection and safety needs.
- Counsels, mediates, and provides intervention and case management services, coordinating the various social, community, and other services received by the clients.
- Informs clients of available programs and services to meet their individual needs, and encourages participation in the most appropriate activities; or ensures participation in court-mandated services.
- Initiates and maintains contacts with the courts, schools, mental health, and community agencies to assist individuals and families in need of a variety of human services.
- Attends and participates in staff development programs, including in-service training, staff meetings, and professional seminars.
- Provides consultation to other social work personnel and para-professionals.
- Serves as a representative of the department to interested individuals, professionals, and community groups.
- Acts as a department liaison, providing casework direction and supervision to providers of contracted services.
- Prepares social histories and family assessments, reviews results and recommendations with supervisor and makes recommendations concerning case dispositions, and testifies at court and administrative hearings as required.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients, families, caregivers, service providers, volunteers, community agencies, and the general public.
- Prepares and presents oral and written reports.
- Maintains detailed case records, and develops and prepares statistical reports as required.
- Performs emergency government duties as assigned in event of Waukesha County Emergency Government declaration.
- Performs other duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS
Essential Knowledge and Abilities
- Considerable knowledge of social work principles and methods.
- Considerable knowledge of financial, health, mental health, and community resources.
- Considerable knowledge of the federal, state, and local rules, regulations, and statutes governing the delivery of human services.
- Considerable knowledge of social problems and family systems concerns such as family disorganization, addiction, domestic violence, abuse and neglect, discrimination, disability, poverty, unemployment, aging; and their effect on the individual and t

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