If you have an interest in helping children, youth, and families, then we may have the position for you! Lebanon County Children & Youth Services is actively seeking a Casework Supervisor to round out our staff. You will oversee caseworkers and compliance with key requirements to help ensure our agency provides effective services that treat all children, youth, and families we serve with dignity, honesty, and integrity. Apply now and make a difference in this very rewarding position with a team that values compassion, accountability, respect, and empowerment!
This position performs professional social service work of a supervisory nature. Work supports caseworkers, foster parents, investigations, compliance, quality, and planning functions. As a County Casework Supervisor, you will perform the following duties:
- Supervise Caseworkers: Meet with caseworkers to review active placement cases and provide guidance, direction, and advice with case planning and need for ongoing services
- Train Foster Parents: Oversee the training and approval of new foster parents, foster home evaluations and re-evaluations, and ensure foster families meet all State/Federal requirements and regulations
- Oversee Cases and Investigations: Provide case management and counseling services to children, youth, and family members; oversee and monitor investigations of suspected child abuse and neglect
- Ensure Compliance: Maintain direct knowledge of laws and regulations which govern child welfare services and ensure compliance with all State/Federal regulations and Agency policies/procedure
- Assure Quality: Ensure that all required documents are completed timely and that all services are being provided to clients; review and schedule all petitions for Court Reviews, have all required forms completed accurately and timely
- Support Effective Planning: Maintaining reports, statistics, data, and summaries to assist with budget preparation; occasionally meet with community representatives and agencies to ensure coordinated services meet community needs
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Two years of professional experience in public or private social work and a bachelor's degree with major course work in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and education which includes 12 college credits in sociology, social welfare, psychology, gerontology, criminal justice, or other related social sciences.
Other Requirements:
- This particular position also requires a valid driver's license which is not under suspension.
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Legal Requirements:
- This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
- Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.