Job Title: SW III – LINKS Coordinator
HR Announcement Number:
Location: Chatham County Department of Social Services
Contact Person: Doris Brady
Telephone number: 919-642-6905
Address to send application: Chatham County DSS
Post Office Box 489
Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312
Job Summary: The LINKS Coordinator provides services to youth ages 13 to 21 that are designed to
help them develop and work toward achieving goals for becoming successfully independent after they
leave foster care.
This social worker will facilitate groups that assist youth with effective communication, promote education
and life skills, encourage appropriate peer interaction, career planning and money management.
The social worker will coordinate LINKS services with the youth, the caretaker for the youth, and the
agency social worker for the youth. Duties include case management responsibilities for a limited number
of youth ages 16 to 21.
Responsibilities will include coordinating and providing training for foster parents and other caretakers on
how to teach life skills to youth. Social worker will explain aspects of LINKS to other DSS Social Workers,
and the general public. Social worker will develop a network of resource providers such as landlords,
educational providers, financial groups, and mentors. Additionally this social worker will develop and
maintain a budget for the financial aspects of the LINKS program and will submit reports to this agency
and to the State regarding financial eligibility and expenditures. Other reports detailing statistical
documentation for the program’s participants, goals, and outcomes will also be maintained.
Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work;
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of social work and completion of the Child Welfare
Collaborative; Bachelor’s degree in social work or counseling; Bachelor’s degree in a human services
field and one year of social work or counseling; Bachelor’s degree in a human services field from an
accredited college or university and two years directly related experience; Bachelor’s degree from an
accredited college or university and three years of directly related experience. A valid NC driver’s license
desired.
Full Time
Salary: $39,834 – $50,788
Closing Date: 09/30/2014
EOE
County Grade: 63