County Caseworker 2 (Local Government) - Allegheny County C&Y (Multiple Vacancies)

Are you interested in a career with a strong dedication to serving your community within Allegheny County? If you are then this is the position for you!

Allegheny County DHS/Children, Youth and Families Division has an immediate opening for County Caseworker 2 positions in the Allegheny County - DHS - CYF - Placement/Stability Division.

Allegheny County has a complete benefit package. Apply today!

The Caseworker 2, under the general supervision of the Casework Supervisor, Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Children, Youth and Family Services (OCYF), Placement Unit, performs case planning, screening and placement services for children/families seeking permanency. The incumbent serves as a liaison/resource for agencies, families, and children to help them through the permanency/placement process.

Other duties include:

• Diagnosis/Case Planning:
  • Reviews the social history, psychological, psychiatric, medical, and school information on children referred for permanency/placement services as well as prospective adoptive/Permanent Legal Custodianship (PLC) families as assigned.
  • Supplements written referral information by telephone and personal contacts with the child, the child's prospective adoptive/PLC families, the child's direct service worker, and collateral contacts, as needed.
  • Reviews and evaluates proposed placement homes through case records, regular home assessments, and collateral contacts. Determines suitability and utilization of resource family.
  • Ensures engagement of the child and resource family with Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) resources. Refers child or youth to appropriate SWAN and Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange (PAE) services.
  • Coordinates with ASCI Kinship Navigation to assure the referrals are made at appropriate intervals, maintain contact with regional offices to close any lingering ASCI requests for Kinship Navigation closure, and utilize all resources necessary to assure that all kinship options are being explored.
  • Attends Kinship Navigation meetings and work collaboratively as a CYF partner with ASCI Kinship Navigators to provide ASCI Kinship Navigators with resources they may not otherwise have access to.
  • Performs home visits, congregate care visits, or agency visits to engage with children, youth, agencies, and resource parents.
    
    

• Full-time employment.
• Work hours are 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
  
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Six months of experience as a County Caseworker 1; or
• Successful completion of the County Social Casework Intern program; or
• A bachelor's degree with a social welfare major; or
• A bachelor's degree which includes or is supplemented by 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences and one year of professional social casework experience in a public or private social service agency; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within two months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credits.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.

  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.