Salary : $28.56 - $37.26 Hourly
Location : Red Lake Falls, MN
Job Type : Full Time Permanent
Job Number : 011-63
County : Red Lake County Social Service Center
Opening Date : 11 / 04 / 2025
Closing Date : 12 / 5 / 2025 4 : 30 PM Central
Classification Summary
County Social Services, located in Red Lake Falls, MN has two full-time (35 hours a week) Social Worker opportunities available.
Come join our team!
The position offers a chance to make a difference in the lives of children and families in the community by providing assessments, case planning, arranging for services and resources, and providing monitoring and coordination for clients to help eliminate and / or prevent risk of harm.
Red Lake County Social Services encourages a healthy work-life balance through flexible hybrid work schedules. Candidates can choose to have a flex schedule and / or telecommute up to 2 days. The position works 35 hours per week and includes a full benefit package. Wage depends on qualification and experience.
County benefits include :
- PERA (Public Employee Retirement Association of Minnesota)
- Paid single coverage health insurance (2 health insurance options)
- Paid life insurance policy with matching AD&D
- Paid AD&D policy
- Paid Short-Term Disability policy
- Paid Time Off, increases with years of service
- Paid Holidays
- Additional voluntary benefits available to employee
SEE EXAMINATION PROCESS SECTION BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY (NOTE THAT THERE IS A TWO STEP PROCESS TWO APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED)
Examples of Duties
Minnesota Merit System Examples of Duties
Interviews clients at intake.Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.Provides counseling to families and individuals.Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.Provides adult and child protective services.Provides vocation / employment services.Provides adult and children's mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems.Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.Supervises foster home placements.Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.Provides preventive services.Interprets policies and regulations to clients.Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.Dictates findings and correspondence.Prepares regular and special reports.May provide work direction to social work paraprofessionals.Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.or
A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.You may apply before graduating, but no more than 60 days prior to receiving your Bachelor's Degree.
Examination Process
The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited. You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.
Once your application has been submitted changes cannot be made. If you have a change in location availability or your contact information changes please email with the new information and include your applicant ID.
Please note there are two (2) steps to this application process :
1. Submit a Merit System application at this link here : - County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's
And
2. Complete a Red Lake County Application
Deadline to apply is Friday, December 5, 2025.
For further information, contact Human Resources at 218-253-2590, email : For a Red Lake County application and job description visit
An Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
The following benefits may be available and vary by County, please check with the County directly to see what types of benefits they offer :
Pension / Retirement BenefitsInsurance Benefits, including health and dentalPre-Tax flexible spending accountsHealth savings accountEmployer paid life insurancePTO - Vacation / Sick LeavePaid holidaysFlexible work scheduleMonday - Friday work week, weekends offPublic Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program01
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