Opportunities: Social Worker 1(A)-(B)-2 (Foster Care or Adoption)
Core
Provide ongoing services to parents and children, assess families for child placement, and ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children in care.
Role type
Social Worker (Foster Care or Adoption)
Builds
Case plans for birth families, kinship caregivers, foster parents, and adopting parents
Domain
Child and Family Services / Social Work
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Case planning, risk assessment, court testimony, trauma-informed care, community resource advocacy, foster/adoptive parent recruitment and support
Preferred skills
Understanding of child development, family dynamics, effective intervention strategies, problem-solving, creative thinking
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Collaborate with individuals, families, and communities; Plan, develop, and monitor case plans; Participate in risk assessments, court testimonies, and evaluations; Recruit, prepare, assess, and support foster and adoptive parents
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, professional practice