Social Worker

Social Worker Location: Topeka, KSType: Full Time - Direct Hire SUMMARY:
This position will act as a member of a multidisciplinary team in serving clients and families. Provides child foster care placement, complete assessments, locate appropriate placement and monitors their care
and well-being to ensure their needs have been met. Licensing and relicensing of foster homes. This position also provides and/or refers services to families and
children for reintegration and/or reunification, adoption, and guardianship. ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Representative as a guardian for all assigned CINC cases. Includes enrolling children inneeded programs, signing paperwork as guardian and providing foster parents updatedinformation• Obtains certified birth certificate, social security card, and BID card on each child that comes intothe care of the governing organization.• Obtains medical card with completion of a form within one business day of temporarycustody.• Obtains family social history and accurate genograms within 30 days.• Places and provides supervision for children in foster, relative, group and adoptive homes,institutions and medical treatment centers.• Coordinates and runs case plans at various stages of the life of the case with all appropriateentities which includes meeting biological parents within 10 business days of CINC petition.• Schedule and conduct case plan to establish goals for families and monitor case plan goals forcompliance.• Provides any necessary services, including transportation, for families or individuals to assist inthe application, evaluation, or continued eligibility of benefits or services.• Provide family and individual support to assist in problem solving related to family functioning.• Assesses foster homes environment factors and personal characteristics of potentialfoster/adoptive homes to determine suitability for placement.• Write and submit written court reports including current case plan to CFS Manager 7 businessdays prior to scheduled court hearing. Reports must be current, relevant to current case plan andfollow through with all court orders.• Attendance is mandatory at all scheduled court hearings that involve children on assigned caseload.• Assist other social workers with court attendance as assigned by CFS Manager.• Travels to home sites, courts, and state agencies in GSA vehicle to assist families and other agencies.• Maintain case history records, reports and other required documents.• Conduct monthly home walkthrough visits and log contact on appropriate forms.• Acts as a liaison between parents/families and other professionals.• Refer child and parent/guardian to community resources and coordinate services according toneed.• Document all contact on appropriate forms. Maintain up to date case files. Input information indatabase.• Provide after hours and weekend on call according to rotation schedule.• Assists as assigned to fill in for other Social Worker team members concerning case management, reviews, and court appearances as needed • Completes home studies as assigned within the given deadlines.• Attend required CEU training to maintain Social Work licensure.• Conducts all required background checks.• Assists with subsidy determination.• Acts as liaison for families receiving State services as assigned.• Assist with providing clients services including attendance at court hearings as assigned.• Assist with providing family preservation services as assigned.• Assist with completing thorough assessments on all abuse, non-abuse intake allegations, whenappropriate submit recommendations and required paperwork to court for custody as assigned.• Works cooperatively within the office, and other agencies as needed.• All other duties as assigned. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:• Bachelor’s degree in social work, Master’s degree in Social Work is preferred. • One year of direct social work experience; specifically, in child welfare and/or foster care, Three years is preferred.• Current Kansas Social Worker license with the BSRB

• or able to obtain license within 6 months of employment.

• Must have valid Kansas driver’s license and be insurable with the governing organizations insurance

• or able to obtain license within 90 days of employment.

• Available to work the assigned schedule and available as needed to work a flexible schedule tomeet the demands of the position, which may include nights, weekends, holidays, and overtimehours.• Must have interest and knowledge of community lifestyle and culture.• Continue to improve job related skills through college courses and/or on-going training.• Must possess professional work ethics, manner, and appearance.• Must possess ability to communicate professionally; both orally and in writing a service-orientatedapproach, sometimes in stressful circumstances.• Must be reliable, punctual, and dependable to meet the needs of the department.• Must possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situation and documentation.• A record of satisfactory attendance and performance in all prior and current employment.• Must be able to type proficiently and use standard office equipment. BACKGROUND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:• Background Investigation with adjudication• Pre-employment Drug Screening• Tuberculous (TB) Screening