Social Worker

Why Work at Shineforth?

Shineforth has been an unwavering champion for children, teens, and families for more than 120 years. Our main campus is in Richmond, Va., and we offer nearly 20 programs at eight locations throughout Virginia.

Work-life balance is critical to the health and well-being of our employees, which is why we offer generous paid leave, 12 paid holidays, flexible workspaces, and comprehensive health benefits options that include an Employee Assistance Program, vision, and optional dental. Shineforth employees are eligible for a 401(k) that Shineforth matches up to 7 percent.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is at the forefront of all we do at Shineforth, and we maintain a culture of acceptance in which crucial conversations are encouraged. Shineforth doesn’t exclude anyone on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, religion, or economic background.

SUMMARY

Provideclinical social work and supportive services to Treatment Foster Care, Adoption, and Family CAREclients and families. Provide a full range of services including intake, assessment, clinical support, crisis intervention, referral, report writing, family reunification, family recruitment and discharge planning and maintaining case files.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree (MSW) in social work with a minimum of one-year direct service experience or a Bachelor’s degree (BSW) in social work with two years direct service experience. Demonstrated ability to apply sound clinical casework and counseling skills to children and families, understand treatment modalities and their implications for services to families and youth.

Treatment Foster Care and Adoption Responsibilities

Assess the placement and treatment needs of clients in Treatment Foster Care program to meet their service plan upon intake into the program.

Develop, implement, and reassess comprehensive treatment plans for each assigned client.

Conduct home visits to assigned clients to assess client’s level of care, and provide guidance toward meeting their treatment goals. Provide clinical interventions and coaching to resource parents to assist with the progress of foster or adoptive children placed in their home including crisis intervention strategies as needed.

Provide on-going support to resource parents, guiding and encouraging them as they care for clients in their home including assisting them with obtaining needed services for clients through referrals to community resources. Advocate for appropriate client services with court, family, and school systems.

Periodically assists with events to recruit, certify, train, and support of resource parents.

Reassess each client’s progress on an ongoing basis, and update the progress toward treatment goals. Coordinate the involvement and participation of placement agency representatives, birth parents, resource parents, education and court personnel, and, as needed, psychologists and/or medical consultants, when updating the needs and treatment plan.

Maintain case files for each client according to licensing standards as to content, accuracy, thoroughness and confidentiality. Produce a variety of reports, including intake, treatment plans, social history, quarterly,incident, discharge, home studies,court, discharge, and FAPT reports.

Provide service coordination among referring agencies such as the Department of Social Services, Community Services

Boards, Family Assessment and Planning Teams, and others.

Represent your client and the agency at meetings such as FAPT, court, IEP, treatment team, medication management, and others as needed.

Provide “on-call” responsibilities to respond to after-hours emergencies as assigned by program.

Conduct the home studies and re-evaluations as assigned.

Assist with the intake of clients.

Family CARE services Responsibilities

Provide supportive services assisting in the reunification process, to include but not limited to visitation, mentoring, clinical support services.

Provide clinical support services for approved clients; coordinate with the assigned Shineforth staff and document strategies and progress related to the treatment goals for the client.

Provide clinical and supportive services while coordinating with other professionals such as Department of Social Services, Community Services Boards, FAP Teams, internal Shineforth programs, and others. This includes advocacy and supportive activities on behalf of families.

Work a flexible schedule (evenings and weekends) to provide home-based interventions, facilitate individual, group and family counseling that meet the diverse needs of families.