About Our Job
NOTE: Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. A bilingual stipend may be available to eligible candidates once hired.
With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.
What We Offer
The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The budgeted salary range for this position is $62,000 - $72,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:
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A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
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457B Retirement Plan
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140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
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Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
Location
The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.
What You’ll Do
At
Denver Human Services (DHS)
, we envision a healthy community where people are connected, supported, safe, and well. One in three people in Denver turn to DHS for support at all stages of life. Our employees help children, older adults, families, and individuals navigate social and economic pressures by connecting them to services and experts who support their overall well-being.
About Protection & Prevention
Denver Human Services works to protect Denver's children, youth, adults, and elders by providing services and advocacy while promoting family stability, respecting diversity, and working to create and strengthen connections to community resources. We work to prevent abuse by providing education, resources, and support to parents, families, and community organizations.
Denver Human Services (DHS) is currently seeking a top-notch, highly-dedicated Social Case Worker to join the Prevention team in its Resource Engagement and Prevention Division. The DHS Prevention Team is an innovative program that works to prevent future involvement of families in the child welfare system by pro-actively offering services and resources that seek to build on family strengths. The goal of prevention is to work with a family at the first available opportunity to: increase supports surrounding protective factors, decrease the risk associated with the likelihood of child abuse and neglect and decrease the likelihood of entry or reentry into the child welfare system. Prevention services case workers do this by connecting families to services that foster children’s growth in a stable and nurturing home.
In this role, you will be expected to be able to carry a caseload, engage with families in crisis, and challenge clients efficiently and effectively. The selected candidate will have a strong foundation in family engagement, safety, and risk assessment, and have knowledge of community resources and grassroots/non-profit agencies. Ideally, the selected candidate will be able to find community resources, link families to these resources, and support vulnerable families to prevent entry or reentry into the child welfare system. You will also be expected to maintain and cultivate partnerships with other community-based agencies through outreach.
Additionally, the Prevention Social Case Worker:
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Performs case management activities involving complex problems/cases, assesses individual and family needs, and provides brief counseling and referral services
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Conducts initial needs assessment, ascertains nature and extent of complaint and severity of problems, and interviews defined clients and/or family members to elicit information to determine client's/family's medical, employment, economic, educational, and emotional history
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Evaluates client's needs, interest, motivation, and pattern of responsibility, reviews case records for client and family profiles, socio-economic history, previous treatment and services experience, and/or special problems and needs, and reviews and discusses case, problems, prognosis, behavior patterns, and needed services with a supervisor or other senior level staff
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Establishes, maintains, and coordinates services and activities with relevant community agencies and monitors and evaluations activities of agencies contracted to provide a variety of social services
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Represents the department in accordance with Volume 7 and city rules and regulations
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Prepares case records, reports, and documents and compiles with state and federal standards in providing case notes and evaluations
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Performs other related duties as assigned
About You
We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.
Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
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A strong commitment to building engagement and relationships with those Denver Human Services serves
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Strong self-starter and organizational skills
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Superior critical thinking and time management skills
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Solid interpersonal and communication skills
Required Minimum Qualifications
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Education requirement: Requirements as set forth in Colorado Department of Human Services Volume 7 and/or Volume 30 regulations. A bachelor’s degree from a higher education institution with at least fifteen (15) college level credit hours related to the job responsibilities of child welfare social caseworker. Course work examples can include and are not limited to, the development of human behavior, child development, family intervention techniques, diagnostic measures, counseling, psychology, or therapeutic techniques
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Experience Requirement: Professional, internship, or volunteer work experience in a human services related agency, as required by Colorado Department of Human Services Volume 7 and/or Volume 30 regulations
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Education/Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements
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Licensure: Requires a valid Driver’s License at the time of application. Requires post-hire completion of certification requirements to be a social case worker in Child Welfare or Adult Protective Services in accordance with CDHS regulations. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment
Note: Please attach your official or unofficial transcripts of your completed undergraduate and/or graduate degree and list of professional references to your application in the required attachment section.
Application Deadline
This position is expected to stay open until July 14th. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than July 14th at midnight to ensure consideration.
About Everything Else
Job Profile
CA2686 Social Case Worker
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Position Type
Unlimited
Position Salary Range
$56,176.00 - $92,690.00
Starting Pay
Although our full pay range is included above, the budgeted hiring range for this position is $62,000 - $70,000 based on education and experience.
Agency
Denver Human Services
Assessment Requirement
The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law.
It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact Jobs@Denvergov.org
with three business days’ notice.
Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.
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