Govt. ACFS Family Services Specialist – Child Welfare
On-siteSault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Oversee caseloads for family support, child protection, and ICWA monitoring by completing paperwork, maintaining files, and conducting home visits to evaluate living environments. Provide 24-hour crisis intervention and on-call services, responding to critical situations and performing forensic interviews within defined time frames. Assess risks, identify placement resources, and prepare court petitions while testifying in hearings and serving as a qualified expert witness. Formulate social services plans to supervise family rehabilitation and report to the Sault Tribe Child Welfare Committee. Deliver counseling, advocacy, and community resource linkage to families and children, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and tribal laws.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Services area: Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Family Ecology, Consumer/Community Services, Family Studies or Child Development, Guidance/School Counseling Psychology, Criminal Justice, Human Services, or in another major where 25% of the course credits earned toward the degree are in human behavioral sciences required
- One year of experience working with children and families preferred
- Will be required to undergo and successfully pass a background check
- Must maintain a good moral character standing
- Must have a valid driver's license and be insurable by the Sault Tribe Insurance Department
- Must comply with annual driver's license review and insurability standards with the Sault Tribe Insurance Department
- Must complete Forensic Interviewing training and show proficiency in implementing forensic interviewing protocol
- Must comply with the Sault Tribe's Drug-Free Workplace Policy which may include random drug tests
- Must be able to handle potentially hostile clients and adversarial situations
- Must be able to confront and redirect inappropriate client behavior
- Must be able to travel
- Must have reliable transportation
- Must be able to establish appropriate relationships and boundaries with clients
- Must be flexible and available to work various shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Must be able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, in a diverse range of audiences and settings
- Must have working knowledge and be able to use word processing and spreadsheet and database software
- Must be able to work with minimal to no supervision
- Must be able to prepare clear, concise, thorough, meaningful, and grammatically correct written reports, letters, memoranda, policy and procedure drafts, and other written documents
- Must have the skills, knowledge, and ability to be approved to testify as a qualified expert witness/tribal representative in various courts across the county
- Must demonstrate skills and specialized knowledge related to Chapter 30 Child Welfare Code, the Indian Child Welfare Act, the Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act, and other various state and federal laws that pertain to child welfare court processes
- Must maintain strict confidentiality
- Native American preferred
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