About This Role
Working with individuals and families facing economic, emotional, social, and environmental challenges is the core of this caseworker role. The successful candidate will provide social work services, including for children, and will formulate and implement plans to address specific problems under supervision.
Responsibilities
- Formulate and carry out plans to meet the needs of individuals or families and routinely review progress with a supervisor
- Maintain copious records of all case notes on a personal computer
- Investigate reports of abuse or neglect of children or adults
- Provide counseling to motivate individuals or families to increase their capacity and confidence in handling problems
- Study the background and need for care of referred children, securing information from the child, family members, schools, physicians, and others familiar with the child’s situation
- Review existing case records for available information for use in formulating a plan of treatment
- Plan with parents and relatives for the care of children and reestablishment of the home
- Determine when a child’s needs can best be met in an institution or foster family home
- Establish a relationship with individuals and families to persuade them to avail themselves of recommended social services
- Visit houses of clients, foster parents, family daycare providers, institutions or other agencies and coordinate the delivery of service
- Appear in court as a child or adult advocate or witness
- Maintain liaison with various agencies to which individuals and families can be referred for services
- Work closely with other staff personnel in carrying out the plan for services
- Periodically review cases to determine changes in the individual’s or family’s situations affecting the need for services
- Provide casework counseling in areas including available community services, financial management, and parenting in an effort to prevent possible problems in the future
- Share in rotational on-call duties (Child Protective Services Unit staff only)
Requirements
- Possession of a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Human Services, Psychology, Social Work, or a closely related field
- Degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education
- If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency
- Candidates must have been legal residents of Schuyler or a contiguous (Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins and Yates) county for at least one month immediately preceding the date of the application