PERMANENCY SPECIALIST

Essential Function

• Serves as a Permanency Child Welfare Specialist.


• Works with intact families and children in home and/or substitute care.


• Conducts interviews with clients and professionals to obtain information for the continued diagnosis of problems and development of treatment plans. 


• Transports clients when taking protective custody, when placing them in substitute care, and when changing placement location.


• Prepares and maintains case documentation for planning, implementing, and evaluating services. 


• Participates in case staffing's to facilitate case transfer and participates in multi-disciplinary diagnostic and technical staff conferences to assess needed services.


• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Preferably requires a master’s degree in social work.

OR

A master’s degree in a related human service field, supplemented by one year of directly related professional casework/case management experience.

OR

A bachelor’s degree in social work and one year of directly related professional casework/case management experience.

OR

A bachelor’s degree in a related human service field and two years of directly related professional casework/case management experience.

This class is included as an Upward Mobility Program credential title.

The college or university issuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree must be accredited, and the degree program in social work must be approved by the Council on Social Work Education.  The directly related professional casework/case management experience must be related to family preservation, family reunification, adoption, youth development, counseling, and advocacy services or a related field

Conditions of Employment

• Requires a valid driver’s license, daily access to an automobile, and proof of vehicle insurance.


• Requires completion of a bacground check and self disclosure of criminal history.


• Requires physical, visual and auditory ability to carry out assigned duties.


• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime, including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime.  This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.  This also requires the ability to work in a 24 hour “on call” capacity.


• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.