Within an Office of Juvenile Justice facility provides clinical social work services to residents and their families.
Employees perform both program delivery and client intervention functions.
Conducts intake interviews with juvenile offenders, families and victims and develops appropriate treatment plans. Serves as liaison to facilities, agencies and schools and participates on community councils and planning boards. Conducts foster care studies and recruits foster parents. Makes application for Title XIX and Title IV-E for custody juveniles. Provides detention screening for law enforcement entities and coordinates detention placement.