Social Work Supervisor

Hybrid

Recruitment # 241004-7761SH-001

Location Bridgeport, CT

Date Opened 10/7/2024 12:00:00 AM

Salary $86,918 - $110,175/year

Job Type Open to Agency Employees

Close Date 10/15/2024 11:59:00 PM

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• Introduction

  The State of Connecticut (https://portal.ct.gov/) , Department of Children and Families, (DCF (https://portal.ct.gov/dcf) ) needs a Social Work Supervisor (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=7761SH&R1=&R3=) for our Region 1, Bridgeport Area Office Foster Care Unit. You'll lead a team of social workers dedicated to providing flawless care and support to children in crisis. This full-time position at 100 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT offers a chance to shape the future of our foster care services.

  As a Social Work Supervisor, you will

• Supervise a unit of 5 to 7 social workers, ensuring they provide ongoing assessment, support, and monitoring of compliance with state and federal regulations.

• Collaborate with social workers caring for children facing trauma, substance use exposure, domestic violence, and various developmental, behavioral, medical, educational, and mental health issues.

• Ensure the alignment and adherence to the latest department standard methodologies, policies, and procedures.

• Coordinate staff development, support, retention, and performance, ensuring that social workers are equipped to deliver outstanding care.

• Serve as a bridge of communication between departments to ensure the provision of services for children.

• Collaborate with Intake and Ongoing protective service social workers, Clinical, Educational, and medical teams to address the adverse impact on child safety, permanence, and well-being.

• Successfully implement strategies to ensure children remain safe, maintain stability, and stay connected to their families and communities.

  Schedule and Travel This position is full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, with occasional evening and weekend hours. Statewide travel may be required to ensure children receive the best possible care and support. Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families? Are you experienced in foster care policies, well-informed about the Family First Prevention Services Act, and dedicated to applying technology for improved outcomes? If you’re ready to lead with determination and collaborate across community service networks, we invite you to apply for this role and help shape a brighter future for those we serve.

  Selection Plan

• In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee of the agency listed above for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language, and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.

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• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.

• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.

• In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.

• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position.

• Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Liz Pinette at elizabeth.pinette@ct.gov.

• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.

• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov .

• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

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  PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Departments of Children and Families this class is accountable for supervising social work staff in the provision of direct social case work services to clients and providing case work quality improvement for an assigned region through a process of administrative case supervision or Special Review Investigation.

In the Department of Social Services this class is accountable for supervising social work staff in the provision of direct social case work services to individuals.

In the Department of Correction this class is accountable for supervising social work staff in the provision of direct social case work services to offenders.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff;

• Provides staff training and assistance;

• Conducts performance evaluations;

• Determines priorities and plans unit work;

• Establishes and maintains unit procedures;

• Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;

• Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;

• Prepares reports and correspondence;

• Performs related duties as required.

  DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (ADMINISTRATIVE CASE SUPERVISION):

• Completes administrative case review to ensure treatment plan as developed by Social Worker and Social Worker Supervisor for each child and/or youth in placement is appropriate;

• Completes Special Review Investigation on cases that have experienced serious injury or death of a client to ensure case management and/or treatment plans for child and/or family were appropriate;

• Identifies best practice deficiencies and determines necessary corrective action;

• Facilitates case planning process with involved parties on each reviewed case to develop case consensus regarding permanent plan;

• Reviews and approves revisions to permanent plan for each child and/or youth to ensure conformance to decisions made during review;

• Ensures corrective action taken by Social Worker and/or Social Worker Supervisor;

• Ensures documentation of treatment plan meets all federal, state and departmental policy guidelines;

• Provides leadership in encouraging parental participation;

• Establishes specific timetables for action by case related professionals and parents;

• Participates in formulating policy and regulations relating to work of unit;

• Provides consultation to field staff in solution of problems.

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of

• relevant agency policies and procedures;

• and understanding of case work principles, methods and techniques;

• factors which influence attitudes and behavior of individuals and families;

• Knowledge of

• community resources (e.g. facilities serving social, mental health, medical, educational and legal needs, etc.) and services provided;

• legal basis for departmental programs and requirements;

• Considerable

• interpersonal skills;

• oral and written communication skills;

• Ability to interpret complex written material;

• Supervisory ability.

  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Possession of a Master's degree in social work or a closely related field and two (2) years of experience in the self-directed use of case management techniques and counseling to sustain or restore client functioning OR a Bachelor's degree in social work or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in the self-directed use of case management techniques and counseling to sustain or restore client functioning.

NOTES:

• Closely related fields are: applied sociology, child development, child welfare, clinical psychology, counseling, human development and family studies, human service, marriage and family therapy, nursing, social and/or human services, education and criminal justice.

• Qualifying experience at this level must include the use of professional interviewing techniques, provision of skilled counseling to an assigned client caseload and assessment of basic client needs (nutritional, environmental, financial, medical, protective service) through continuing personal observation during visits, intervention and evaluation. Qualifying experience must be at the full working level above the level of Social Worker Trainee.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of foster care policies and procedures.

• Knowledge of Family First Prevention Services Act and Adoption and Safe Families Federal Acts.

• Experience with computer literacy and ability to integrate technology in the workplace.

• Knowledge of family related community services programs and potential networks.

  SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES: Incumbents in this class are required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator's License.

• DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES: Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator's License.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to speak a foreign language.

  Conclusion

  AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

  The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

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