Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Why Work at Shineforth?

Shineforth is a nonprofit organization that provides a comprehensive array of programs to support children, teens, and parents as they work to overcome challenges. We equip families with tools for success so they can achieve their goals. As a national leader in helping young people and families, we also proactively identify unmet social services needs and develop the necessary partnerships to address those needs.

SUMMARY

Provide clinical social work and supportive services to Treatment Foster Care in the Northern Region. Provide comprehensive services consistent with Shineforth’s wraparound philosophy and practice principles for children and families consistent with agency and licensing standards and professional ethics.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree in social work or related field with a minimum of one-year direct service experience or a Baccalaureate degree in social work or related field and two years direct service experience. Demonstrated ability to apply sound casework and counseling skills, understand treatment modalities and their implications for services to families and youth.

INTAKE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Arrange and attend weekly intake meetings to assess client needs and program availability.
• Responsible for matching clients referred to the Treatment Foster Care Program with appropriate families.
• Collaborate with team members throughout the Northern Region to ensure placement requirements are met.
• Develop relationships and know resource family strengths and needs throughout the Northern Region. Coordinate pre-placement visits.
• Obtain relevant information on prospective clients for evaluation and placement.
  
• Update referral sources regularly regarding the status of their clients.
  
• Respond to emergency requests for services.
  
• Complete all required documentation and reports for clients as prescribed by Agency or licensing standards.
  
• Participate in interviews with clients, their families, social workers and others.
  
• Review medical, psychological, psychiatric and social information and prior service plans to determine the appropriate level of needed service.
  
• Secure supplementary information such as psychiatric evaluations, medical records or school reports.
  
• Maintain effective presence within the external professional community and referral network by representing the agency in a positive and professional manner to market and or sustain services.
  
• Establish and maintain positive and effective internal and external work relationships through communicating effectively to a variety of diverse groups/individuals.

FAMILY TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, plan and implement the pre-service training curriculum for resource families consistent with regulations for accreditation and licensing.
  
• Conduct certification/home study process and provide written narrative according to state licensing standards, accreditation and agency guidelines.
• Conduct trainings with a variety of approaches/delivery mechanisms to meet the needs of the audience ensuring alignment with adult learning principles.
  
• Facilitates In-Service training for resource families to ensure families receives training hours consistent with agency guidelines.
  
• Conduct CPR/First Aid Training and ensure all approved families maintain certification.
  
• Conduct annual evaluation of training program curriculum and services.
  
• Maintain records of approved and waiting resource families that are consistent with licensing and accreditation standards.

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