at Cocopah Indian Tribe in SOMERTON, Arizona, United States
Job Description
SUMMARY
Under the supervision of the Social Services Director, insures that laws about Indian Children are followed in cases where the Indian Child/ren may be removed from the home. Works to assist in preventing family breakup, and that permanent removal of an Indian Child/ren from the custody of his/her Indian parent/Custodian is a last resort. Performs duties as an On-Call Child Protective Services worker. Works with clients to improve their family dynamics and motivates practical learning experience
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responds to calls concerning possible child abuse/neglect, along with situations where the environment may be unsafe for children and completes required reports.
- Investigates reports of possible child abuse/neglect, provides appropriate agencies with detailed reports of findings, and establishes emergency foster care placement for Indian Child/ren when necessary.
- Assists with aftercare of Indian Child/ren, providing referrals to service providers as necessary.
- Attends court hearings, provides testimony, and acts as an advocate for child/ren in all court proceedings.
- Attends and participates in Multi-Disciplinary Team and Child and Family Team meetings as required, as well as other meetings as necessary.
- Completes required contact reports for children assigned to case load and maintains case management file according to BIA requirements
- Trains foster and biological parents on child development and reinforcement techniques.
- Provides emotional support and solving assistance to individuals and families with social problems and crisis.
- Provides life skills training to foster and biological parents concerning functional, specific needs for youth in foster care, along with family management skills training on functional, specific family needs for at-risk families.
- Completes monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports to Tribal Administration and BIA Area Office as required.
- Assists with Foster Care Program through recruitment activities, application/licensing process, and monitoring of child placement.
- Provide transportation to program clients to health facilities, AHCCCS office, DES, Social Security office, and other service agencies and for in-service training/counseling.
- Consults with supervisor on management or referral of all difficult or complex problems.
- Other related duties as assigned by the Director.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Must be interested in counseling and have a strong interest in helping others and can motivate individuals.
- Must possess crisis intervention knowledge, referral and resource coordination skills, and individual, family, and group training experience.
- Must be knowledgeable of physical and socioeconomic issues within the community that may affect family and their well-being.
- Should have knowledge of adult support resources in the area and know their application and functional processes.
- Knowledge of the Cocopah Tribe/American Indian customs and traditions.
- Knowledge of individual life skills, financial management, stress reduction, home management, and consultation. skills, education and training skills, program development skills.
- Ability to communicate (both written and orally) clearly and effectively with clients.
- Good computer skills/knowledge (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Ability to work independently with little supervision.
