Social Worker - Foster Care

POSITION : SOCIAL WORKER III (FOSTER CARE) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : This position provides ongoing foster care services to children who are in the legal custody of Department of Social Services. Work involves assessment and evaluation of children and their families; development of permanent plans; review and monitoring of progress towards goals and permanence; timely documentation and completion of paperwork; ongoing preparation for and participation in Juvenile Court proceedings. Also, this Social Worker completes court ordered or agency requested home studies to determine eventual placement of children with respective relatives or kin and any other duties as needed or required. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE : Master's Degree from an accredited school of social work; or a bachelor's degree from an accredited school of social work through the Child Welfare Collaborative; or a bachelor's degree from an accredited school of social work and one year of directly related experience; or a four-year degree in a human services field plus two years directly related experience; or a four-year college or university degree plus three years of directly related experience. Directly related experience is defined as human services experience in the areas of case management, assessment and referral, supportive counseling, intervention, psycho-social therapy and treatment planning. (Application for Social Worker II, and Social Worker I, will be accepted for consideration for a possible "Work Against" appointment if recruitment for qualified Social Worker III is unsuccessful.) POSITION AVAILABLE : Immediately APPLICATION DEADLINE : Open Until Filled APPLICATION PROCESS : Applications will be taken at NC Works Career Center, 942 West Pine Street, Mount Airy, NC (phone 336-415-6120), by calling the Surry County Human Resources Office at 336-401-8221 or by going online to the Surry County HR job posting page, printing the application and e-mailing back to the indicated email, SCJobs@co.surry.nc.us. A complete list of duties and analysis of physical demands is available for review. SURRY COUNTY IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BECAUSE OF AGE, SEX, RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR DISABLING CONDITION. SURRY COUNTY IS A DRUG FREE WORKPLACE ALL PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES MUST SUCCESSFULLY PASS DRUG SCREENING AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT