Kansas
Status: Full-time
Position Summary:
Provides supervision and on-going support, consultation, direction, instruction and advice for the social work and case management staff assigned under the supervision of the Regional Casework Supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Master’s Degree in Social Work
- Must live and be licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Kansas and the state of Missouri
- Three (3) years paid employment in a child placement agency
- Graduate or certified social work license from the applicable state board of licensing
Essential Duties:
- Provides individual and group supervision for state social work and case management staff
- Provides support, consultation, direction and instruction for state social work and case management staff
- Ensures new hire and on-going training requirements are met for all state social work and case management staff in order to meet agency, state, federal and Hague standards
- Stays abreast of all state regulations and monitors services to ensure compliance
- Reviews the completed file, including the home study, to evaluate appropriateness of the parents and to ensure that all required documents have been submitted and are in compliance with regard to date, content, and verification of reported information
- Makes recommendations based on the review of the completed record for follow-up
- Gives the final approval of the home study based on the review of the entire record
- Consults with the appropriate Executive Team member on situations that merit further investigation or approval for action
- Provides contracted supervision for all BSW’s requiring such supervision by the Board of Social Work, if applicable
- Contributes to the evaluation of state social work and case management staff during annual evaluations
- Reviews in-state applications for adoption upon submission to the agency
- Reviews and approves home studies conducted by unaccredited agencies which require a Certificate of Approval
- Carry caseload of domestic and/or international clients, as needed
Secondary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Able to instruct and train in both continuing education and training settings.
- Assisting with and/or supervising social work interns’ field placements.
- Maintains good working relationships with the state directors, leadership and staff, including resolving all disputes in a Biblically prescribed fashion.
- Represents the ministry in a professional manner in and away from the office.
- Assisting in agency-related events, including the annual staff retreat, the annual dinner, anniversary celebrations, both international and domestic.
- Maintains Social Work License and state-required annual training hours
- Assists and provides support to the Dissolution/Disruption Team upon request
- Other duties, as assigned.
Key Competencies:
- Client focus
- Ethical Conduct
- Flexibility
- Excellent decision making skills
- Teamwork orientation
- Problem solving skills
- Personal effectiveness
- Upholds the mission, vision, values of the ministry
- Signs and upholds the Employee Statement and Statement of Faith
- Maintains regular and consistent attendance
- Provides leadership
- Establishes Christ-centered relationships
- Servant leader
- Has a missional mindset
- Technical capacity
Work Environment:
- Must live and be licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Kansas
- Primarily operates in a home office environment, but must be willing and able to travel throughout each state
State Specific Requirements:
- A Master’s Degree in Social Work
- Three (3) years paid employment in a child placement agency
- Must live and be licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Kansas and the state of Missouri
- Graduate or certified social work license from the applicable state board of licensing
- Complete annual training/CEU’s as determined by State regulations and Hague requirements, whichever is greater.