SCOTLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
P.O. Box 1647 . Government Complex . 1405 West Boulevard
Laurinburg, North Carolina 28353-1647
APRIL M. SNEAD, MPM
Director
CLASSIFICATION:
HIRING RANGE: Grade 69
STARTING DATE:
RECRUITING PERIOD:
TELEPHONE: (910) 277-2500
FAX: (910) 277-2402
RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Social Worker III –Adoptions/FC Licensing
UNIT: Children's Services Unit
37,224 - 38,184
SALARY RANGE: 37,224 – 53,940
Immediately Upon Hire
A completed State Application Form (PD-107) AND OFFICIAL CERTIFIED COLLEGE
TRANSCRIPT OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE must be received by Scotland County DSS,
Attn: Personnel, P.O. Box 1647, Laurinburg, NC 28352 no later than April 19, 2015 at 5:00 PM
Applications can be obtained on the following websites:
http://www.oshr.nc.gov/jobs/general.htm or in hard copy from Scotland County Department
of Social Services.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The primary purpose of this position is two-fold in that it has the responsibility to license and relicense
family foster homes to assure that children in out-of-home care have safe, nurturing homes that will help them grow and reach their
full potential and completes the adoption process for agency, relative, step-parent, adult, and private adoptions. The foster home
licensing program is responsible for the recruitment, licensing, and re-licensing of foster parents within the county. This position is
also responsible for providing training opportunities to foster parents that may include parenting education for foster parents,
biological parents, and/or adoptive families. The adoption program is responsible for ensuring all legal requirements for adoption are
met and adoption decrees are awarded. This position is also responsible for determining adoption assistance eligibility and processing
adoption assistance payment requests.
Access to an automobile for in and out of county travel is a requirement. Unit staff rotates on-call coverage and carry a beeper, making
a Children's Services worker available 24 hours per day. Applicants must be able to respond to the beeper and when necessary appear
on site within 30 minutes.
This position requires participation in unit staffings and working effectively with all members of the unit. The ability to maintain
effective working relationships with clients, peers, supervisors, and the community is required. This position requires the preparation
of case summaries and maintenance of accurate and up-to-date case records.
KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
 Thorough knowledge of social work principles, techniques, and practices, and their application to complex
casework, group work, and community problems.
 Considerable knowledge of a wide range of medical, behavioral, and/or psychosocial problems and their treatment
theory.
 Considerable knowledge of family and group dynamics and a range of intervention techniques, governmental and
private organizations, and resources in the community, laws, regulations, and policies which govern the program.
 General knowledge of the methods and principles of casework supervision and training.
 In certain settings, considerable knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes and their treatment as they
relate to decisions regarding clinical interventions and appropriate therapies based on medical or psychological
diagnosis.
 Skill in establishing rapport with a client and in applying techniques or assessing psychosocial, behavioral and
psychological aspects of client’s problems.
 Ability to supervise, train, or instruct lower-level social workers, students, or interns in the program.
 Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of case load and their families, as
well as civic, legal, medical, social and religious organizations.
 Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to plan and execute work effectively.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work; Bachelor’s degree in social work from an accredited school
of social work and completion of the Child Welfare Collaborative (Child Welfare positions only); Bachelor’s degree in social work
from an accredited school of social work and one year directly related experience; Master’s degree in counseling 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. Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Resumes in lieu of application will not be accepted. All applications will be considered but not necessarily interviewed. In lieu of no
qualified applicants, trainees will be considered. References will be required. Criminal Background Check and a Drug/Alcohol Screen
will be completed on applicant hired. Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) preferred.
An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
March 10, 2015