CPS Social Worker – Hourly/Part-time

Salary:  $28.29 an hour (hourly rate negotiable based on years of experience with child protective services social work)

Catawba County Social Services is committed to making living better through serving children and families with multiple and complex needs.

We are seeking individuals who desire to work a flexible schedule on an hourly basis and share our common core values:

Doing what’s right:

• Assessing families and children while maintaining integrity, respect, transparency, and professionalism through the completion of thorough investigations of identified children to assess for child safety, risk and well-being needs.

Doing what matters most:

• Serving families, children, and our community by providing support and comprehensive family-centered, solution focused assessments and interventions that will support a parent’s capacity to protect and nurture their children. 

Doing it together:

• Working cohesively with families, children, community and in-agency partners, and other child welfare entities to support and strengthen families. 

Doing it well:

• Striving for excellence in meeting all mandated standards in a fast-paced and mandated, but rewarding environment that ultimately seeks to assure child safety and develop and reinforce protective family units. 

These positions are hourly-part-time working up to 19 hours a week, as needed. No benefits are associated with these positions.

RESPONSIBILITIES SPECIFIC to Hourly CPS SOCIAL WORKERS: 

• Assigned active cases from staff who have departed to completion
• Complete case activities on case as assigned or as needed
• Meet at regular intervals with assigned supervisor to discuss completed tasks
• Initial response to abuse (physical and/or sexual), neglect and dependency reports on children 
• Completion of thorough assessments, including use of strong interviewing and documentation skills, and making immediate decisions regarding the safety of children
• Establish protection plans
• Apply crisis intervention techniques
• Provide services up front to assure the maximum safety of children, which could include court action
• Continuously assess the safety, risk, and well-being of identified children 
• Complete any other social work job responsibilities as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work with Child Welfare Collaborative; or 
• Master's degree from an accredited school of social work and 1 year of social work experience; or 
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of social work with Child Welfare Collaborative and 1 year of social work experience; or
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of social work and 2 years of social work experience; or 
• Bachelor’s degree in a human services field and 3 years of social work experience; or 
• Bachelor’s degree in a non-human services field and 4 years of social work experience
• Previous Child Welfare experience in North Carolina and have been out of the child welfare workforce for no more than five years 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• A valid Driver’s license with a safe driving record 
• This is considered light to medium work; lifting up to 40 pounds to carry children and belongings.

PREFERENCES:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Social Work
• Direct social work experience in child welfare services or similar experiences 
• Experience in interviewing caretakers, children, and other sources soliciting specific details of child maltreatment to obtain thorough and comprehensive assessment of alleged child maltreatment 
• Persons with bilingual ability (English/Spanish) are encouraged to apply.