Job Description

Posting number: 194979

Department: Department of Social Services

Division: County Office-Greenville

Job classification: Case Worker III

Posting type: Open

Categories: Community Services, Health Services, Social Services, Human Services, Community and Social Services

Summary

This is a South Carolina Department of Social Services Internal Position. Only current South Carolina Department of Social Services employees are eligible for this position.

Do you have a passion to provide meaningful work in the community? Would you like to be part of an organization whose central mission is helping to protect, stabilize and strengthen the lives of children, families, and vulnerable adults? Then the South Carolina Department of Social Services has the right job opportunity for you.

Job Duties:

• The CWS Team Coordinator - Permanency provides direct supervision to Child Welfare Supervisors. Ensures accountability of supervisors by conducting case consultations, coaching, trainings, and support in accordance with DSS Policy, Agency Mission and GPS Practice Model. Assists the County Director with the development of plans and strategies to improve performance and practice in Child Welfare.
• Supervises a staff of front line supervisors. Promotes safety, permanency and well-being by ensuring fidelity to policy and procedures, and conducting case consultations, facilitating meetings, reviewing data reports, monitoring policy changes, ensuring staff attendance in mandatory trainings, and conducting periodic case reviews to ensure quality practice. Provides direct supervision to case managers in absence of a supervisor. Coordinates and performs on-call duties.
• Authentically engages and works collaboratively with child welfare staff, families and other professionals with empathy, respect and leadership to include timely responses to telephone calls, emails, and texts. Responds timely and professionally to constituent inquiries from the public and families to problem solve and bring resolution to inquiries.
• Ensures timely permanency by providing oversight and monitoring of permanency data. Works with Child Welfare supervisors to ensure permanency resources are explored at the onset of agency involvement and ongoing. Ensures supervisors are adhering to court orders, and assists supervisors in identifying and addressing legal barriers that impact timely permanency and legal proceedings.
• Partners with community stakeholders to identify services to meet the needs of children and families.
• Provides supervisors with EPMS planning and evaluation plans. Participates in hiring and training of all new employees, promotes equal opportunity, develops a diverse workforce, and gives fair opportunity to all staff. Completes performance and practice evaluations on direct reports biannually and upon request for level ascension. Timely submits evaluations for level ascension and EPMS evaluations.
• Maintains Child Welfare certification by completing a minimum of 20 hours of relevant training every calendar year.
• Maintains an active routine of self-care and pursues support when necessary to minimize the threat of secondary trauma to physical and mental health. Applies trauma informed principles when working with Child Welfare staff and families.
• Ensures that personal identifying information (PII) is properly used, accessed, gathered, shared and disposed. To protect agency networks and applications by safeguarding systems, equipment and data.
• Performs Red Cross shelter duty as needed and other emergency management needs during State declared disaster as directed.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Examples of duties

A Bachelor's Degree and three (3) years of experience in human services or social service programs.

A Master's Degree and one (1) year of experience in human services or social service programs.

Supplemental information

This application for employment with the SC Department of Social Services must be completed in its entirety. A resume may be included; but shall not be substituted in lieu of the completion of this application in part or in whole. "See Resume" is not acceptable information for the completion of any part of the requirements of this application. If such is submitted, this employment application will be considered incomplete and may not be forwarded as eligible for consideration to hiring managers.

Must possess a valid driver's license and have access to and be able to operate a motor vehicle. Individuals must comply with necessary field work assignments.

If you certify, by completion and submission of this application, that you possess educational credentials that qualify you for the available DSS positions, you will be required to provide a certified official transcript, if you are selected for job offer.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services offers an exceptional benefits package that includes:

• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs

DIVISION: Child Welfare Services / Greenville County