Family Services Worker - Interim
Overview
The Department for Children & Families' Family Services Division Middlebury District Office is seeking a professional level Interim Family Services Worker to join our team of dedicated staff in supporting children, families and communities. Our goal is to promote safety, permanency, wellbeing and law abidance for children in need. Your role may involve conducting assessments related to child abuse and neglect or delinquency and/or providing ongoing services to at-risk families, children in state care, or youth on juvenile probation. We work in partnership with parents, relatives, educators, law enforcement, community-based service providers, courts, foster parents, and others. The work we do is meaningful, challenging and critical to the safety and well-being of Vermont's children and families. This is an Interim position with an expected duration of approximately 1 year.
We are a fast-paced office. We are a tight-knit team. We have a lot of laughs, and we work hard. We care about you both inside and outside of the office. We have the best Admin team to support you in doing your work. We have the most skilled Supervisors to guide you in your social work practice as it relates to child safety and youth justice. We have a talented Resource Coordinator who supports our foster/kin care community. We have dedicated FSWs who care deeply about the work and positively impact the lives of the families whom we serve in Addison County.
Minimum Qualifications
Master's degree in social work.
OR
Bachelor's degree AND eighteen (18) months of human services casework, including at least six months with a child or youth services caseload where duties included direct responsibility for client intake, assessment, plan development, monitoring, service procurement, and case closure in a formal human services delivery system.
OR
Satisfactory completion of 12 to 18 months experience as a Family Services Worker trainee in DCF.
Who May Apply
This position, Family Services Worker - Interim - Middlebury (Job Requisition #49855), is open to all State employees and external applicants.
If you would like more information about this position, please contact andrea.grimm@vermont.gov.
Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered.
Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.
AHS BACKGROUND CHECKS: Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position. In accordance with AHS Policy 4.02, Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates, with the exception of those who are current classified state employees seeking transfer, promotion or demotion into an AHS classified position or are persons exercising re-employment (RIF) rights.