Job Posting
Caseworker
Position: ICW Caseworker
Reports To: ICW Director
Department: Indian Child Welfare (ICW)
THIS POSITION IS TEMPORARY FULL TIME
Job Purpose: This position provides professional social work services relative to the protection, health, safety and welfare of Seminole Nation Indian Children and Families.
Job Duties:
• Provides assistance regarding case/treatment plans and/or individualized service plans as ordered by the Court for the reunification of the family unit.
• Serves as a court advocate for Seminole families and children in the state and tribal court systems.
• Facilitates collaboration with tribal programs and federal and state agencies that provide services to children, adolescents and families to increase services and provide strength-based approaches.
• Identifies and provides emergency crisis services as necessary; makes immediate clinical assessments and responds accordingly to accepted crisis prevention methods and techniques; coordinates other services as appropriate.
• Conducts timely assessments of reports of child maltreatment, in accordance with requirements of state and federal statutes and tribal policy, using standardized safety assessment tools and decision-making guides.
• Serves as a court advocate for Seminole families and children in the state and tribal court systems.
• Provides basic social work and casework to Seminole families and children.
• Consults with other social agencies to determine families’ need to develop appropriate intervention plans.
• Serves as a referral and resource for social services agencies unfamiliar with Tribal Resources.
• Responds quickly in crisis situations that involve children in an abusive or neglectful situation.
• Counsels individuals or family members regarding behavior modifications, rehabilitation, social adjustments, financial assistance, vocational training, child care, or medical care.
• Counsels parents with child rearing problems and children and youth with difficulties in social adjustments.
• Interviews individuals to assess social and emotional capabilities, physical and mental impairments, and financial needs.
• Refers the Tribal community to community resources for needed assistance.
• Arranges for day care, homemaker service, prenatal care, and child planning programs for clients in need of such services.
• Counsels students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicates need for assistance.
• Arranges for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose cause of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.
• Consults with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems and effective solutions.
• Serves as liaison between student, home, school, family service agencies, child guidance clinics, courts, and protective services, doctors, and tribal members.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Knowledge of information and techniques needed to rehabilitate physical and mental ailments and to provide career guidance including alternative treatments, rehabilitation equipment and its proper use, and methods to evaluate treatment effects.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, cultures, their history, migrations, ethnicity, and origins.
• Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution. This includes strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods.
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques.
• Knowledge of working with Native American families and tribal communities.
• Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react the way they do. Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Talking with others to effectively convey information.
• Being able to listen to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
• Identifying the nature of problems.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information.
• Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
• Assessing how well one is doing when learning or doing something.
• Being able to generate a number of different approaches to problems.
• Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
• Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
• Evaluating the likely success of an idea in relation to the demands of the situation.
• Observing and evaluating the outcomes of a problem solution to identify lessons learned or redirect efforts.
• Using multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things.
• Working with new material or information to grasp its implications.
• Reorganizing information to get a better approach to problems or tasks.
• Developing approaches for implementing an idea.
• Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal.
• Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
• Developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions.
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and writing so others will understand.
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Ability to speak clearly so that it is understandable to a listener.
• Ability to come up with a number of ideas about a given topic. It concerns the number of ideas produced and not the quality, correctness, or creativity of the ideas.
Work Environment:
• Work is performed in an office environment.
• Duties of the position will require some travel.
• Evening, weekend, and/or holiday work may be required.
Physical Demands:
Position requires the demands of normal office work and traveling to other facilities. May require fieldwork. Driving a GSA and/or privately-owned vehicle is required.
Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services or psychology, or directly-related degree.
• Two years of social services work experience, or directly-related work experience, working with children and families in difficult and sometimes volatile situations.
• Other combinations of directly related education and experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
• Child protection work experience preferred.
• Experience working with tribal government entities and/or other organizations of Native peoples is highly preferred.
▪ Valid Oklahoma driver’s license with ability to meet Seminole Nation liability insurance requirements and maintain eligibility for insurance.
▪ Must be able to pass background check, with no prior convictions and/or felonies.
▪ Must be able to comply with the Seminole Nation Drug Free Workplace policies.
Disclaimer: This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer.
Additional Information
Shift : Day
Closing Date: 03/26/2026 |
