Caseworker for Juvenile Services Department
The City of Lynchburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City of Lynchburg is hiring for a Caseworker for the Juvenile Services Department.
Essential duties and responsibilities include:
- Provides regularly scheduled individual counseling
- Coordinates and conducts treatment plan meetings
- Makes decisions and exercises judgment in program policies and operations
- Documents casework services and prepares reports
- Assists and counsels treatment staff
- Meets with adolescents and their families to monitor behaviors
- Coordinates educational and vocational opportunities
- Meets and confers with legal, medical, school, court and other professionals
- Performs tasks required to maintain compliance with State and Federal guidelines
- Coordinates and transports adolescents to appointments
- Testifies in court
- Responds to emergencies and serves on-call duty
- Monitors compliance with standards
- Administers first aid and CPR as required
- Intervenes and mediates disputes
- Participates on family assessment planning teams
Additional duties may include:
- Assisting subordinate staff with management of detainees
- Supervising adolescents during assigned shifts
- Fostering relationships with mentors for adolescents
- Performing responsible professional casework in home-based treatment
- Providing intense services and case management for at-risk youth
- Making both announced and unannounced visits to juvenile homes
- Conducting random curfew checks
- Participating in Family Assessment and Planning Team
- Responding to emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Minimum education and experience required:
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in social work, psychology, counseling or a related field, and two years related experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
Additional requirements:
Valid State Driver's License required and acceptable driving record according to City criteria. Prior to employment must have Criminal Record Check and reference checks, driving record check completed, and Child Protective Services check. Prior to onset of employment must have tuberculin and drug screen as part of physical examination. Must successfully complete IS100 and IS700 National Incident Management (NIMS) training within 90 days of employment. May also be required to complete higher levels of NIMS training as determined appropriate for the position.
The City offers an array of benefits combined with direct salary/wages in order to establish a total compensation package that supports the City's goals of attracting, rewarding, and retaining employees who are both representatives of the community and are also able to deliver exceptional services.