NEOGOV · 5 days ago
Placement Coordinator Social Service Specialist 3 (SSS3) - Spokane
Spokane County – Spokane, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$5,370/mo - $7,226/mo
1+ years expNEOGOV is part of the State of Washington's Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), which aims to ensure that children and youth grow up safe and healthy. The Placement Coordinator Social Service Specialist 3 will assess the safety of children with their families, intervene when necessary, and develop case plans to ensure timely permanency outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Placement Coordination and Placement Entry
Apply child welfare practice, principles, law, rules, and policy in assessing and placing children
Maintain thorough knowledge and excellent working relationships with foster parents, placement agencies, other placement coordinators, and office staff
Prepare required documents for placement and respite
Keep track of placements and respite through approved electronic documents
Provide ongoing assessment of risk
Assist in the development of strength-based and client-involved plans to address areas of need
Assist with evaluating the progress of children via communication with foster care placements and relay information to the social worker for action
Document case activities and maintain case records within FAMLINK for child placement and child/family services
Qualification
Required
Six (6) years of paid social service experience* AND 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline AND 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline
OR
Bachelor's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, or any degree that includes 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline AND Two (2) years of paid social service experience*
OR
Master's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, or any degree which includes 30 semester or 45 quarter credits in a Social Service discipline AND One (1) year of paid social service experience*
OR
One (1) year of experience as a Social Service Specialist 2
AND
The ability to take action to learn and grow
The ability to take action to meet the needs of others
*Paid Social Service experience must include at least one year of assessing risk and safety to children and providing direct family-centered practice services
Preferred
Ability to competently evaluate, analyze, and assess the risk and safety of children and implement appropriate procedures using the agency's preferred risk and safety assessment tools
Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply current applicable laws, rules, and policies on the delivery of child protective and child welfare services
Ability to effectively partner with community partners and professionals to develop and maintain resource teams to support children and families
Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with child's caregiver (parents, foster parents, relatives, kin, or facility staff)
Competent computer skills, including the ability to type and operate basic computer programs, such as Word and Excel
Ability to learn the agency's software programs
Proficiency in the utilization of e-mail program functions such as calendar and meeting requests
Benefits
Employees and their families are covered by medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance.
Staff are eligible to enroll each year in a medical flexible spending account which enables them to use tax-deferred dollars toward their health care expenses.
Employees are also covered by basic life and long-term disability insurance, with the option to purchase additional coverage amounts.
Dependent care assistance allows the employee to save pre-tax dollars for a child or elder care expenses.
Other insurance coverage for auto, boat, home, and renter insurance is available through payroll deduction.
The Washington State Employee Assistance Program promotes the health and well-being of employees.
State Employees are members of the Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).
Employees also have the ability to participate in the Deferred Compensation Program.
All state employees are covered by the federal Social Security and Medicare systems.
If you are employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, and meet the qualifying criteria, you may be eligible to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Full-time and part-time employees are entitled to paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year.
Full-time employees earn eight hours of sick leave per month.
Full-time employees accrue vacation leave at the rates specified in WAC 357-31-165 or the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Washington State supports members of the armed forces with 21 days paid military leave per year.
Most employees whose family member or household member dies, or for loss of pregnancy, are entitled to five (5) days of paid bereavement leave.
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$700MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-07-28Secondary Market· $700M
2025-07-28Acquired
2021-06-02Private Equity
Leadership Team
Shane Evangelist
CEO
Brandon McDonald
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