Lead Social Case WorkerDenver Human Services is seeking a dedicated and experienced Lead Social Case Worker for the Intake section within Child Welfare Services. The Intake team primarily is responsible for investigating new allegations of abuse/neglect of children ages 0-18 in a fast-paced and demanding environment. You will also be expected to contact families and conduct interviews on behalf of the child, as well as maintain professional contacts with community leaders and regularly communicate with law enforcement representatives. As a Lead Social Case Worker, you will be a lead on a team of Social Case Workers and actively participate in leadership, supervision and development. You should be a strong team player and possess good decision-making skills and the ability to effectively handle conflicts. The Lead Social Case Worker will perform permanently assigned lead work over professional social case workers, assist with Social Case Worker Supervisor establish unit goals, plans, and specific unit functions. You will provide intensive social case work services including case management, counseling, referral, placement, and assessment/evaluation.
Responsibilities: Overall, the Lead Social Case Worker will:
- Create and implement a training and development plan for workers at all levels that encourages professional growth and commitment to excellence
- Create and implement a system that helps staff manage workload at a high volume and fast pace
- Obtain and maintain supervisory certification and participate in training the Social Case Worker staff
- Maintain current supervisory certification and participate in training the Social Case Worker staff
- Demonstrate critical decision-making skills with their staff and section
- Assist Social Case Worker Supervisors and perform supervisory roles in their absence
- Demonstrate competencies and critical decision-making skills when working with intake assessments, ongoing cases, and youth cases
- Lead by example and set a precedent for Social Case Workers
- Attend voices meetings and court hearings with Social Case Workers when needed
What You'll BringWe value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.
Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
Intake experience
Spanish bilingual proficiency
Experience with Differential Response
Strong organizational skills
Superior critical thinking, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills
Demonstrated communication and writing skills
A positive, professional, and proactive attitude
Certification from the Colorado Child Welfare Academy
Extensive experience with Child Protection in a County level Child Welfare environment
Minimum Qualifications:
Education Requirement: Requirements as set forth in Colorado Department of Human Services Volume 7 and/or Volume 30 regulations.
Experience Requirement: Requirements as set forth in Colorado Department of Human Services Volume 7 and/or Volume 30 regulations; Three (3) years of post-graduation professional social case work experience at the type and level of Social Case Worker.
Education and Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted.
Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements.
License/Certification Requirement: By position, requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.
Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.
Requires certification as a social case worker in Child Welfare or Adult Protective Services in accordance with CDHS regulations.
Required Application Documents:
Please attach your official or unofficial transcripts of your completed undergraduate and/or graduate degree in the required attachment section.
Application Deadline:
This posting is expected to stay open until October 18th. Please submit your application as soon as possible no later than October 18th at 11:59 p.m. MST.
