Social Work Trainee
Buncombe County
- Asheville, NC
- $23.32-32.05 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assess clients for any medical, educational, social, and placement needs as well as other services for eligible clients; link clients with Agency and community resources.
- Engage in case planning activities with the case assigned social worker; Complete required documentation in regard to cases.
- Attend and/or facilitate meetings for families being served as needed to maintain open communication between the family, assigned social worker, and other community supports/systems involved with the family unit.
- Provide training, individual and group support, and partnerships with community programs to meet tangible resource needs.
- Evaluate available information to determine the appropriateness for intervention and level of services required.
- Research information to assess risk, determine service needs, and establish case history and eligibility.
- Identify, explore, and utilize community resources for the purpose of coordinating unmet client needs.
- Maintain current knowledge of resources available from public and private agencies to assist clients with problems and work closely to facilitate connection to such services.
- Report any concerns of abuse or neglect to supervisor immediately.
- Gather information for the purpose of documenting unmet needs and advocate to address unmet service needs.
- Demonstrate a commitment to culturally competent practice.
- Perform other related duties as assigned for any of the following SW II roles: Intake SW, Prevention SW, Reunification Specialist, Licensing SW, Placement SW, Adoption Assistance SW, Neutral Facilitator
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Knowledge of social work principles, techniques and practices and their application; knowledge and understanding of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that affect Protective Services.
- Thorough knowledge of agency and community resources.
- Ability to use highly specialized interviewing skills to assess risk and voluntarily engage client in a situation that is emotionally charged and stressful to all involved, the ability to ascertain facts and information without imposing or adding information during an interview.
- Knowledge of casework principles, crisis intervention, and impacts of family structure dynamics on individuals.
- Skill in working with other professionals from different disciplines who may view client/problems differently.
- Ability to meet a client where they are and work with them to achieve their goal and support a client's right to self-determination.
- Ability to be flexible and maintain a calm exterior in the face of crisis, change and/or stress.
- Ability to orchestrate community services and to create resources where none are readily available.
- Ability to identify and prioritize problems under stress.
- Skill in crisis interviewing and counseling to allow worker to take charge, diffuse and manage the crisis.
- Ability to accurately observe human behavior and environmental condition, processing collected data in order to effectively recommend and implement a sound course of action in a minimal period of time, relying on self as a major resource, while operating in an isolated and stressful environment; and acting appropriately and effectively on the acquired information.
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