**Job Title: Social Service Worker I**
The Social Service Worker I plays a crucial role in examining reports of child abuse and neglect, collaborating with families to develop case plans that prioritize child welfare. This position also involves liaising with community organizations, keeping up-to-date case documentation, and offering testimony during court proceedings. Candidates are required to have a bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or a comparable discipline. Furthermore, applicants must have a valid driver’s license and successfully clear a fingerprint-based criminal background investigation.
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
