Social Worker IV - Children's Services

Salary: $65,186.00 Annually
Location : DHHS Social Services Division, 107 Exeter Street, Manteo, NC
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 2025-00801
Department: DSS Administration
Opening Date: 12/04/2025


About the Position
Performs advanced skilled work overseeing staff, training and mentoring staff, reviewing case files, consulting on more complex cases, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the Senior Social Worker Supervisor. Limited supervision is exercised over subordinate social workers (on-call only). Position requires work outside of normal business hours, including, on a rotating basis, weekend and holiday on-call coverage.

Job Duties

• Meets, in person, with children and families to continually assess needs and risk of harm.
• Identifies needs, makes appropriate referrals, ensures delivery of medical, psychological, and educational care of children, placement families and biological families with the goal of establishing permanency for children.
• Gathers and maintains accurate information and makes critical observations in emotionally charged and hostile environments; maintains case files and prepares forms in accordance with federal and state mandates.
• Prepares court reports and attorney packets; testifies in court hearings.
• Works with families to create treatment plans; encourages families to work towards goals set out in these plans.
• Screens reports of child abuse, neglect, and dependency, assign to workers while serving as on-call supervisor and occasional daytime supervisor.
• Covers intake of community reports of child abuse, neglect, and dependency.
• Performs other assigned duties.

Position Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of social, economic and health problems.
• Thorough knowledge of social institutions and the methods of the helping process.
• Thorough knowledge of individual and groups behavior.
• Ability to identify social problems and needs to assess the ability of individuals and families to utilize services in problem solving.
• Ability to plan and organize work and to understand and interpret laws, policies, and regulations.
• Ability to solve problems within scope of responsibility.
• Ability to prepare reports and maintain records.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, associates, other professional and technical staff, social agencies and the general public.

Education, Experience and Supplemental Information

• Bachelor's degree in social work or related field. Any applicant with international degrees will be sent to Dare County Human Resources for eligibility screening.
• Considerable experience in social work or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Valid driver's license.
• Transcripts required with application to be considered for the position.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Dare County provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
Background Check Statement

Position may require a background check that may include: criminal, credit, motor vehicle, education, and sexual offender registry or based on job requirements. Unless required by state law, a record of conviction will not automatically exclude you consideration for employment. Dare County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
A competitive benefits package is provided:

• 12 - 30 paid vacation days per year, based on length of service
• 12 paid sick days per year
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 3 paid personal leave days
• Employer-paid medical insurance for employee
• Life Insurance
• Local Government Retirement System
• Automatic 3% contribution into NC Total Retirement 401K Plan
• Longevity Pay Plan
• Employee Assistance Counseling Program
• Transfer of sick leave from another North Carolina state or local government agency will be considered within 2 months of hire
• Elective supplemental insurance including short-term disability, vision, dental, term life

Employees have the option to cover their dependents on the County's group policy at their own expense through payroll deduction.


Note: Part-time positions do not include benefits. If this is a part-time position, it will not include benefits.