Social Worker, Senior
OPENING DATE: 06/21/22
CLOSING DATE: 07/05/22 11:59 PM Central Time
JOB TYPE: Full-time
LOCATION: Hennepin County, Minnesota
DEPARTMENT: Human Services and Public Health
THE POSITION
The Well-Being Area of Health and Human Services seeks two Senior Social Workers for the Parent Support Outreach (PSOP) Team. PSOP workers provide voluntary child welfare services to families who have risk factors of child abuse and neglect. One position will require face-to-face contact with residents.
Location and hours:
These positions are hybrid. One position will require face-to-face contact with residents and travel throughout Hennepin County. The other position will work primarily remote, occasional travel throughout Hennepin County may be required. These positions will work Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. While these positions are designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in Minnesota or Wisconsin.
New employees who are hired into remote or hybrid positions between January 2, 2022 to December 31, 2024, will receive $500 toward the cost of establishing consistent internet connectivity, payable upon completion of 6 months of employment.
About the position type:
These are full-time, benefit-earning positions.
These positions are internally classified as Social Worker, Senior.
Effective September 1, 2021, all new job offers are conditional based on the candidate being fully vaccinated for COVID-19. “Fully vaccinated” means 14 days after receiving the second dose in a two-dose vaccination series approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a full or emergency-use basis, or 14 days after receiving a single-dose vaccine approved by the FDA on a full or emergency-use basis. After a conditional job offer is made, the candidate must show proof of full vaccination prior to their start date. A COVID-19 vaccination card from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a vaccination record from your doctor’s office or a personal digital vaccination record constitutes sufficient “proof.” The candidate must also attest they are vaccinated by completing a form on the first day of employment. Reasonable accommodations to this vaccination requirement will be considered upon request by a candidate for medical or religious reasons as required by applicable law.
In these positions you will:
- Engage with residents in voluntary services and provide strengths-based case management.
- Complete referrals to community agencies to address long-term resident needs.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders via phone, email, and in-person in accordance with the case management role.
- Complete timely documentation in accordance with program standards.
Need to have:
- One of the following:
- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and at least 27 quarter credits of graduate work in the above areas, and three years or more of full-time supervised experience as a social worker.
- Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods, human growth and behavior, and principles or social welfare.
- Licensed as a Graduate Social Worker by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
- A valid driver's license and daily access to reliable transportation to travel throughout Hennepin County.
Nice to have:
- One or more years of experience providing social services to children as a supervised social worker in a public or private social services agency.
- Case management experience working with at-risk families.
- Experience with social service information system (SSIS) documentation and the ability to engage residents in voluntary child welfare services.
- Knowledge of:
- The Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and other financial programs, and the ability to collaborate with internal service providers from these companion programs.
- Community resources and supports.
- Social work practice and ethics, including early intervention and prevention work.
- The ability to understand issues related to equity and to demonstrate a commitment to promote diversity and inclusion.
- Commitment to the mission and philosophy of the Well-Being team.
About the department:
Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align to one or more of our overarching goals -- that Hennepin County residents are healthy, protected and safe, self-reliant, assured due process, and mobile.
Our employees receive a combination of generous benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at www.hennepin.us/employees.
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
Your future. Made here.
This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
This position may have access to systems or other documentation that contains HIPAA data.
Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience.
Final candidates may be required to complete a driver's license check, drug test and/or background check.