Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties seeks a full-time (40 hours a week) Social Worker - Child Protection Specialist - Family Preservation Worker. This position is located in the Faribault County Human Servcies Center (Blue Earth, MN). Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday; flexible work hours can often be accommodated to balance family and personal life.

Come join the public service team at Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties! You will be a part of skilled, caring and knowledgeable health and human services professionals whose talents and contributions promote, strengthen and protect individuals, families and communities in Faribault and Martin Counties every day!

The HSFMC comprehensive benefit package includes medical insurance, dental, vision, accident, and critical care insurance, retirement plan, employer paid life insurance, health savings account, pre-tax flexible spending accounts, short and long-term disability insurance, tax deferred compensation, generous paid leave policy, and 10 paid holidays each year. Employees are eligible for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Faribault & Martin Counties are mostly rural/agricultural. Our small-town values make this an ideal place for raising families yet we are only two hours from the Twin Cities and all it has to offer.

Embracing respect and integrity, Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties responds to the needs of all community members and provides health and human services in a dignified and meaningful manner. Through a partnership with those we serve, we strive to improve their current situations and help them live their best life.

Come join our Family Preservation Unit in Child Protection Services! The ideal candidate will have high levels of compassion, empathy, and integrity, as well as a passion for working with and supporting families who are in crisis, with a desire for preserving the family structure. Candidates will thrive in a fast paced and ever-changing work environment and will hone their investigative skills and forensic interviews. At Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties, we strive to provide the best quality services for all of the families with whom we work.

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) partnered with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Association for County Social Services Administrators (MACSSA) to develop the Minnesota Realistic Job Preview for Child Protection (Linked) Child Protection Services job description video

SEE EXAMINATION PROCESS SECTION BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY

• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides direct services to emotionally, physically, or socially handicapped individuals.
• Provides services to delinquent children.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems. Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work para-professionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.

The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the "work experience" section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the "work experience" section of you application will not be credited. You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.

To apply for this position:
Submit an application to Minnesota Merit System by following this link here: 011-OC - County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's