Social Worker

Responsibilities

include :

• Providing timely review, assessment, and recommendation of release requests to ORR to ensure release of UAC to a sponsor promptly once it is determined that the sponsor is able to provide for the child's safety and well-being.
• Assisting ORR in ensuring children are placed in the least restrictive setting while ensuring safety and minimizing flight risk of the UAC.
• Meeting with individual UAC in instances when there are identified safety concerns and care provide staff at designated ORR-funded care provider sites.
• Providing targeted child welfare-based assistance to care provider staff, as directed by ORR staff.
• Providing written assessments, and when necessary, reviewing or providing technical assistance to the written assessments of the care provider's case managers and clinicians.
• In collaboration with the care provider and ORR, make recommendations for home study and post-release services for at-risk children.
• In collaboration with the care provider and ORR, make placement recommendations, including for children who require more specialized levels of care, such as long-term foster care, residential treatment centers, and secure care.
• Collaborating and working on any other tasks specific to case coordination as per ORR / DUCO policy and procedures.
• Leading case staffing with care providers to discuss individual cases and progress.
• Meeting with designated ORR staff to provide updates of individual UAC cases and elevate complex cases as needed.
• Able to travel to designated client sites about 25% during each month.

Here's what you need :

• Public Trust. The successful candidate will need to undergo a Tier 2 Public Trust investigation
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or Social Sciences
• Bilingual- English and Spanish. Fluency will be confirmed and documented
• 5+ years of Social Work experience
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• General PC knowledge, including Microsoft Office
• This is a hybrid position located in the Corpus Christi, Texas area. Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance for the occasional requirement to travel to assigned shelter locations in the San Antonio region.

Bonus points if you have :

• Master’s degree in social work
• Experience working with immigrant youth and families
• Experience in juvenile justice

Security Clearance :

Public Trust is required

Education :

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of relevant experience
• Master’s Degree and 2+ years of relevant experience

Benefits :