Hybrid Social Worker (Visitation - F&C) bei Forsyth County (NC)

About the Department

The Forsyth County Department of Social Services is seeking to hire a full-time Social Worker to serve the primary purpose of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children (birth - 21 years old) in Forsyth County who have been reported and/or adjudicated by Juvenile Court to be abused, neglected, dependent, or delinquent juveniles by facilitating the visitation process. This is achieved by supervising and coaching visitation interactions between parents and their children. 

Position Duties

This position will ensure child(ren) are visiting in a safe environment by providing observation, encouragement, mediation, coaching, and interventions as needed. Visitation interactions and activities must be documented to address appropriateness, needs, and outcomes of the parent-child interactions. Participation in Child and Family Team meetings and Permanency Planning Review meetings is expected. Collaboration and communication with social workers, GAL’s, and other case involved parties is required. Transporting children and families to and from their supervised visitation could be required. The visitation social worker could be asked to testify in court. 

The primary hours of work are from 8:00am until 5:00pm but flexibility in scheduling is needed to meet the needs of the families served and the mandated time frames.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of social work or;

Master's degree in Counseling or;

Four-year degree in a Human Service field or related curriculum including at least 15 semester hours in courses related to Social Work or Counseling and six months of Social Work or Counseling experience or;

Four-year degree and one year of experience in Counseling or in a related Human Service field which provides experience in techniques of counseling, casework, group work, or community organization.

A higher education level may be considered as a substitution for all or part of the experience requirement.

Bilingual (English/Spanish) speaking candidates are a plus.

Valid driver's license required. A valid driver’s license is essential to the functions of this position as regular travel outside of the office is fundamental to the daily work.

Other Qualifications

Requires a working knowledge of social work principles, techniques, and practices, and the ability to apply these skills to the work with children and families; 

considerable knowledge of family and group dynamics and a range of intervention techniques; 

and skills in establishing rapport with a client and at assessing social, behavioral, and interactional dynamics of the family’s served. 

Requires organization and documentation skills to perform job duties and responsibilities.