Social Worker 4

Is a primary anchor on a Social Worker-Attorney collaborative team:

• Serve as a social work consultant to attorneys and multidisciplinary teams, supporting client engagement, case evaluation, and case strategy development.

• Conduct initial and ongoing client assessments to identify needs, supports, crisis interventions, and appropriate services, and make recommendations to attorneys.

• Advocate for clients in and out of court by addressing mental health and social service needs, coordinating with providers and agencies, and assisting clients in preparation to testify.

• Perform investigative and case support activities, including client visits, background research, records requests, subpoenas, documentation, and case management for assigned caseloads.

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive social work documentation, including assessments, social histories, case summaries, and quality assurance evaluations to monitor service outcomes.

• Participate in special projects, professional committees, trainings, and conferences; provide guidance and training to peer mentors; and represent the agency’s social work programs at local, state, and national levels.

• Support a holistic, client-centered approach to child representation by addressing social-emotional and developmental needs, allowing attorneys to focus on legal advocacy.

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations in complex and high-risk cases, including those involving trauma, mental health concerns, and special needs, and recommend appropriate services and referrals.

• Collect, review, and interpret educational, medical, and psychosocial records; prepare required social work documentation such as assessments, case summaries, and social histories.

• Collaborate with attorneys and multidisciplinary partners by participating in planning meetings, providing case updates, developing strategies, and advocating for resources to meet client needs.

• Maintain regular contact with clients and key stakeholders (e.g., DCFS, foster parents, CASAs, service providers) through visits, check-ins, and consultations to ensure continuity of care and communication.

• Manage an assigned caseload of CINC clients, document case activity in the PRIME system, attend court hearings, and provide expert testimony and client support as needed.

• Attends all MHAS staff meetings.
• Provides in-services to staff on the appropriate use of various treatment modalities, the availability of regional and state resources for our
• Clients, and the psychosocial aspects of service to children in foster care.
• Completes all requirements to maintain professional licensure and as required of all state employees.
• Provides data and/or reports to data administrator upon request.

Appointment Type:This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.