The Department for Children & Families’ Family Services Division is seeking professional level Family Services Workers 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.
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A cover letter regarding your interest and qualifications for this work is required in lieu of a writing sample.
*The Family Services Worker Trainee position indicated in the minimum qualifications may or may not currently be under recruitment. If it were actively being recruited for, it would be listed as a separate job requisition under our Careers page.*
This position, Family Services Worker (Statewide Continuous Recruitment) (Job Requisition #13865), is open to all State employees and external applicants.
Please Note: This position is being recruited at multiple levels. If you would like to be considered for more than one level, you MUST apply to the specific Job Requisition.
Family Services Worker: Job Requisition 13865
Family Services Worker Trainee: Job Requisition 21605
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Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.
Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail.You must apply online to be considered.
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.
Duties are performed in a variety of setting ranging from departmental offices to client homes to courtrooms. Considerable field travel is required, for which private means of transportation must be available. Crisis situations may arise at any hour and may require evening or weekend responses. Incumbents predictably encounter high levels of stress and emotional situations, strong differences of opinion, and potentially exposure to physical danger. Class incumbents may be required to be on available or standby status during night, weekend, and holiday hours.
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.
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