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Auglaize County Job & Family Services Social Services Worker 1 in Wapakoneta, Ohio
Supervise visitations between children and agency approved family members. Transports children to visits when required. Redirecting/coaching parents toward positive interactions with their children, when appropriate, with regard to child development, discipline, and child safety. Interviews, screens, and documents initial incoming abuse/neglect reports; and completes the necessary paperwork to be passed on to supervisor for determination of need. Provides support and service coordination to assist families in meeting goals. Performs data entry including but not limited to entering referrals, case openings, transfers, case activities and case closings into SACWIS.
Assists with fingerprinting, personal background checks, law enforcement records, in depth personal and collateral interviews, assists with inter-office runs, front desk coverage, and dropping off drug screens to UPS collection site.
Provides clerical support such as completion of applications for various publicly funded programs; coordinates, monitors and assists in completion of internal social service forms; and assists with SAR paperwork, timeline compliance, etc. Assist the Fiscal Department with preparing of social services related invoices for processing.
Conducts drug screening for clients.
Attends training, conferences, and meetings
Maintains required licensures, certification, and continuing education requirements, if any.
Meets all job safety requirements and all applicable safety standards that pertain to essential functions.
Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE CHARACTERISTICS: (* indicates developed after employment)
Knowledge of: *Federal, state and local laws/rules pertaining to social services and specific to child protection; interviewing practices; child safety assessments; *Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS); *county, department, and division goals and objectives; *county, department, and division policies and procedures; case management; work place safety; office practices and procedures; business grammar and spelling; data entry; records management; social work techniques; child development; community resources and services, counseling, psychology, sociology, agency and/or community counseling programs and services.
Skill in: Use of modern office equipment; data entry; customer service; active listening (giving full attention to what other people are saying and taking time to understand the points being made); service orientation; social perceptiveness; speaking and writing; conflict resolution.
*Ability to: * Carry out instructions in written, oral, picture or schedule form; deal with problems involving several variables within a familiar context; recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate action; draw valid conclusions; interview others; prepare accurate documentation; *maintain records according to established procedures; communicate effectively with a diverse public and professional audience; understand a variety of written and/or verbal communication; exercise independent judgment and discretion; act as an expert witness; compile and prepare reports; gather, collate, and classify information; develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and clients; perform job safely; maintain a flexible schedule; perform job safely; define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; apply principles to solve practical, everyday problems dealing with variety of variables; review and critique individual programming and make feasible recommendations; handle sensitive face-to-face contacts and inquiries.
To apply submit resume to: alicia.wireman2@jfs.ohio.gov