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Description
The Prevention Service area of Children and Family Services is seeking Senior Social Workers to join the new Under 13 (U13) team. This team will support children under age 13 and their families who are experiencing significant behavioral, developmental, or emotional challenges. In these roles, you will provide advanced case management while partnering with youth, caregivers, and community providers to help families access supports, build stability, and navigate services. The work focuses on early intervention, understanding each child’s unique strengths and needs, and coordinating with schools, healthcare providers, behavioral health services, law enforcement, and the County Attorney’s Office. Staff will receive specialized training to support the needs of youth and families. Because U13 is a new and growing team, schedules and workflows may evolve as the program develops.
Current Hennepin County employees who refer a candidate hired into an open competitive position may be eligible for a $500 referral bonus. For more information visit employee referral program.
Location and hours:
These positions are hybrid, with duties performed in homes, schools, hospitals, community settings, and county offices which will require travel throughout Hennepin County, and remote as job duties require. Work hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and require a flexible schedule, working some evenings and weekend hours. While these positions are designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin. New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.
About these position types:
These are full-time benefit earning positions.
These positions are internally classified as a Social Worker, Senior.
Click here to view the job classification specification.
In these positions, you will:
- Manage a specialized caseload requiring intensive in-home intervention.
- Facilitate multiple visits with youth and family, up to 3 times a week.
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
- Develop and monitor treatment and intervention plans.
- Support children and caregivers through counseling and skill-building.
- Coordinate school-based supports and safety strategies.
- Facilitate hospital and behavioral-health follow-up care.
- Collaborate with law enforcement and the County Attorney's Office (CAO).
- Be required for possible court appearances and preparation of court documentation.
- One of the following:
- Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods, human growth and behavior, and principles of social welfare.
- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and at least 18 semester (27 quarter) credits of graduate work in the above areas, and three years or more of full-time supervised experience as a social worker.
- Licensed as a Graduate Social Worker by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
- A valid driver's license, daily access to reliable transportation, and the ability to obtain a Hennepin County Driver's Permit.
- Licensed or working towards licensure in any of the following:
- Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LSGW), Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC).
- Experience:
- Meeting with clients face to face in their homes or out in the community.
- Working in juvenile justice, corrections, or law enforcement.
- Conducting advanced assessments.
- Providing cross-system collaboration. Effectively interacting with people from diverse backgrounds including efforts towards disparity reduction.
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- Knowledge of:
- Diversity of cultural and lifestyle experiences, beliefs and practices relating to spiritual, mental, and physical health, community, family structure and dynamics and disparities.
- County and community resources for mental health, substance use disorder, social services, and basic needs.
- Harm reduction principles.
- Trauma-informed care principles.
- Person-centered thinking.
- Social determinants of health. Social work best practices and ethics.
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- Ability to:
- Function well in unpredictable and challenging situations calling for sensitivity, flexibility, resourcefulness, and independent judgment.
- Work well independently and as a team.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal, organizational and computer skills.
About the department:
Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that eliminate disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.
Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (log in as Guest).
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the elimination of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
Your future. Made here.
This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
Watch this video for application best practices and tips.
Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience. Final candidates may be required to complete a drug test that may include testing for cannabis, a physical assessment, and/or a criminal background check.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Kristin Checco
kristin.checco@hennepincounty.gov
Description
The Prevention Service area of Children and Family Services is seeking Senior Social Workers to join the new Under 13 (U13) team. This team will support children under age 13 and their families who are experiencing significant behavioral, developmental, or emotional challenges. In these roles, you will provide advanced case management while partnering with youth, caregivers, and community providers to help families access supports, build stability, and navigate services. The work focuses on early intervention, understanding each child’s unique strengths and needs, and coordinating with schools, healthcare providers, behavioral health services, law enforcement, and the County Attorney’s Office. Staff will receive specialized training to support the needs of youth and families. Because U13 is a new and growing team, schedules and workflows may evolve as the program develops.
Current Hennepin County employees who refer a candidate hired into an open competitive position may be eligible for a $500 referral bonus. For more information visit employee referral program.
Location and hours:
These positions are hybrid, with duties performed in homes, schools, hospitals, community settings, and county offices which will require travel throughout Hennepin County, and remote as job duties require. Work hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and require a flexible schedule, working some evenings and weekend hours. While these positions are designated as hybrid, based on current requirements hires must reside in or relocate to Minnesota or Wisconsin. New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.
About these position types:
These are full-time benefit earning positions.
These positions are internally classified as a Social Worker, Senior.
Click here to view the job classification specification.
In these positions, you will:
- Manage a specialized caseload requiring intensive in-home intervention.
- Facilitate multiple visits with youth and family, up to 3 times a week.
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
- Develop and monitor treatment and intervention plans.
- Support children and caregivers through counseling and skill-building.
- Coordinate school-based supports and safety strategies.
- Facilitate hospital and behavioral-health follow-up care.
- Collaborate with law enforcement and the County Attorney's Office (CAO).
- Be required for possible court appearances and preparation of court documentation.
- One of the following:
- Master's degree or higher in social work or closely related field with course work emphasis in areas such as social work methods, human growth and behavior, and principles of social welfare.
- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and at least 18 semester (27 quarter) credits of graduate work in the above areas, and three years or more of full-time supervised experience as a social worker.
- Licensed as a Graduate Social Worker by the Minnesota Board of Social Work.
- A valid driver's license, daily access to reliable transportation, and the ability to obtain a Hennepin County Driver's Permit.
- Licensed or working towards licensure in any of the following:
- Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LSGW), Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC).
- Experience:
- Meeting with clients face to face in their homes or out in the community.
- Working in juvenile justice, corrections, or law enforcement.
- Conducting advanced assessments.
- Providing cross-system collaboration. Effectively interacting with people from diverse backgrounds including efforts towards disparity reduction.
-
- Knowledge of:
- Diversity of cultural and lifestyle experiences, beliefs and practices relating to spiritual, mental, and physical health, community, family structure and dynamics and disparities.
- County and community resources for mental health, substance use disorder, social services, and basic needs.
- Harm reduction principles.
- Trauma-informed care principles.
- Person-centered thinking.
- Social determinants of health. Social work best practices and ethics.
-
- Ability to:
- Function well in unpredictable and challenging situations calling for sensitivity, flexibility, resourcefulness, and independent judgment.
- Work well independently and as a team.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal, organizational and computer skills.
About the department:
Human Services delivers a variety of services to individuals or families that assist with basic needs or encourage client change around specific objectives. We work with individuals as well as systems and communities in order to develop policy and advocate for the people we serve. The people we serve and our communities are connected. By helping one, we help the other.
About Hennepin County:
Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that eliminate disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive.
Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (log in as Guest).
Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the elimination of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.
Your future. Made here.
This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
Watch this video for application best practices and tips.
Invitations to interview will be based upon an assessment of education and experience. Final candidates may be required to complete a drug test that may include testing for cannabis, a physical assessment, and/or a criminal background check.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Kristin Checco
kristin.checco@hennepincounty.gov
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Who's Hiring
- Families First Counseling Services12
- Sutter Health11
- Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota7
- University of Kansas Medical Center4
- The Salvation Army3
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Education
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in family service worker jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, or a closely related human services field
- Experience conducting home visits and completing intake assessments with at-risk clients
- Proficiency in electronic case management systems for documenting client interactions
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for field-based client visits
- Completion of or eligibility for state-required child welfare or protective services training
- Ability to pass a state and federal background check including fingerprinting clearance
Tips for Your Family Service Worker Job Search
Tailor your resume to documentation requirements
Family service worker postings almost always list case documentation as a core duty. Highlight specific systems you've used, whether that's electronic case management software or paper-based intake forms, and name the client populations you've served, such as at-risk youth, foster families, or adults in crisis.
List your licensure status clearly
Many employers post roles that accept both licensed and license-eligible candidates, but they read resumes differently. Put your credential status, whether you hold a BSW, MSW, or are working toward licensure, in your summary line so hiring managers don't have to search for it.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists family service worker openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that match your caseload experience
Child protective services, domestic violence advocacy, and adult protective services each draw from different skill sets. Search by program type, not just job title, so you're applying to roles where your specific caseload background is an advantage, not a question mark.
Prepare concrete examples of boundary management
Interviewers for family service worker roles frequently ask behavioral questions about managing difficult client interactions or mandatory reporting decisions. Prepare two or three specific stories in advance that show how you balanced client relationships with legal and ethical obligations.
Negotiate start dates around background check timelines
Most family service worker offers are contingent on fingerprinting and state-level background checks, which can take two to four weeks. When you receive an offer, ask about the check timeline upfront so your start date is realistic and you don't resign from a current role too early.
Family Service Worker Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most family service workers?
Families First Counseling Services, Sutter Health, and Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota are hiring the most family service workers right now, with openings concentrated in California, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. County and state government agencies alongside large nonprofit networks tend to post the highest volumes consistently.
How many family service worker jobs are remote?
About 49% of family service worker openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that most roles require in-person home visits and face-to-face client contact. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements are administrative case coordination, intake screening, and phone-based crisis counseling.
How do you become a family service worker?
Most family service worker positions require a bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or a related human services field. After graduating, you complete a state-required training program, which covers mandatory reporting, child welfare protocols, or adult protective services depending on your agency. Many employers also require a clean background check and a valid driver's license before your first day.
Can you get hired as a family service worker with little or no experience?
Yes, many county agencies and nonprofits hire entry-level candidates who have completed a relevant degree, even without paid work history. Internships completed during a social work or human services program carry significant weight, especially if you worked directly with families, conducted assessments, or handled case documentation. Volunteer experience at a shelter, food bank, or crisis hotline can also substitute for formal employment on early applications.
What does the family service worker interview process look like?
Most family service worker interviews include a phone or video screen followed by a structured in-person interview with a panel of supervisors and HR staff. Expect competency-based and behavioral questions focused on how you handle mandatory reporting situations, manage a high caseload, and work with families in crisis. Some agencies add a written scenario exercise or a secondary interview with a program director before extending an offer.
Where can I find and apply to family service worker jobs?
You can find and apply to family service worker jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from agencies and organizations across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience, program specialty, and location, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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