This position will remain open until filled.

Polk County Social Services has an opening for a full-time (40 hours a week) Social Worker - Adult Services Social Worker behavioral health and MN choices/PCA assessments position. The salary range for the position is $28.20 - $39.04 per hour with benefits. This position will be located in the Crookston office.

This exciting career gives Social Workers the opportunity to work directly with people in our communities to assist them in improving circumstances in their life that may have contributed to negative outcomes. A successful candidate must communicate well, be able to work alongside other community responders and attend to multiple priorities.

Polk County offers a highly competitive benefits package including affordable healthcare plans through BCBS with attractive low-cost family healthcare plans, dental, vision, life, long-term and short-term disability coverage; flexible spending accounts; PERA retirement with contributions made by the County, vacation and sick leave, and access to many other health and wellness programs.

Applicants are not required to be licensed or have a social work degree. People with 4-year human services degrees (criminal justice, psychology, sociology, etc.) may be eligible for these positions.

For information on how to apply, see Examination Process section below.

• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provides adult and child protective services.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides adult and children's mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems.
• Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work paraprofessionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.

EXAM PROCESS:
The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited.You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.

Once your application has been submitted changes cannot be made. If you have a change in location availability or your contact information changes please email dhs.merit.system@state.mn.us with the new information and include your applicant ID.

Apply online at this link here: 011-OC - County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's

For more information, please contact Molly Paulsrud at (218) 470-8417 or email molly.paulsrud@co.polk.mn.us.