Job Description
Description
The Human Services and Public Health area is seeking a Senior Social Worker to join the Children's Mental Health Case Management team. In this position, you will be responsible for working closely with youth and their parent/guardians to address complex mental health needs while providing assessments, referrals, monitoring, and regular contact with the youth, families, and community providers.
The operated team of case managers work with youth who may be involved in multiple systems, such as Child Protection and Juvenile Justice. In this role you may interact with Child Protection, the Treatment Placement Screening team, Child Welfare, Corrections, and the Waiver system in addition to working with voluntary and involuntary parents/guardians who have children between the ages of 12-18 with mental health diagnoses (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder) and have experienced adverse childhood events.
Current Hennepin County employees who refer a candidate hired into an open competitive position may be eligible for a $500 referral bonus. For more information visit employee referral program.
Location and hours:
This position is hybrid and will include home visits within the community and remote work as job duties require. Work hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with room for flexibility. This position may have minimal out of state travel. While this position is designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin.
New employees who are hired into remote or hybrid positions between January 2, 2022 to December 31, 2024, will receive
$500 toward the cost of establishing consistent internet connectivity, payable upon completion of 6 months of employment.
About the position type:
This is a full-time, benefit-earning position.
This position is internally classified as a Social Worker, Senior.
Click here to view the job classification specification for Social Worker, Senior.
In this position you will:
- Provide mental health targeted case management to youth with mental health diagnosis and engage them and their families with cultural humility and a person-centered approach.
- Work with families to assess needs and strengths, resources and collaboratively develop short and long-term treatment goals and services plans.
- Prepare and maintain case records, case finding, correspondence, and reports.
- Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team and effectively with in-patient treatment teams, community providers, and families.
Need to have: One of the following:
- Licensed as a Graduate Social Worker by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and 18 semester (27 quarter) credits of graduate work in the above areas, and three years or more of full-time supervised experience as a social worker.
- Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods, human growth and behavior, and principles or social welfare.
- A valid driver's license and daily access to reliable transportation to travel primarily within/outside of the metro area to meet with clients in their residential settings and/or perform authorized off-site work duties.
Nice to have: - Experience:
- Working with children who have mental health diagnosis and their families.
- Providing social services to people from diverse cultures or communities.
- With youth and families, to obtain information by direct or collateral interviews.
- Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with other professionals, agencies, and the public.
- Preparing case records and reports and coordinate with other services providers.
- Knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of social work and social work ethics.
- Physical and mental illnesses and their impact on personality and behavior.
- Social services laws, county, and community resources.
- Norms and values of varying cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Ability to:
- Communicate with, and understand the problems faced by families from all cultural background and economic levels.
- Utilize supervision, consultation, and in-service training in achieving an increasing level of competence
- Read, interpret, and apply policies, regulations, and procedures.
- Effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Skilled in using personal computers.
Candidates with fluency in a language in addition to English are encouraged to apply. Bilingual candidates who pass a language assessment may qualify for additional bilingual pay and duties. About the department: Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other
. About Hennepin County: Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that reduce disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.
Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (login as Guest).
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
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This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
Watch this video for application best practices and tips. This position may have access to systems or other documentation that contains HIPAA data.
Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience.
Final candidates may be required to complete a driver's license check, drug test, that may include testing for cannabis, and/or background check.
If you have any questions, please contact: Katie Bakke
Katie.Bakke@hennepin.us
Job Tags
Remote job, Full time, Temporary work, Relocation, Monday to Friday,