About this role
Purpose/Description
The Social Service Specialist 1/Intake is responsible for ensuring compliance with court proceedings, procedures, and regulatory requirements while supporting quality assurance, data tracking, and process oversight functions. This position plays a critical role in reviewing, monitoring, and coordinating juvenile case processes to ensure timely and accurate assignment and service initiation, adherence to established guidelines, and alignment with programmatic, operational, and legal standards.
The Social Service Specialist 1/Intake serves as the initial point of review for incoming juvenile cases and referrals and is responsible for conducting comprehensive intake functions, including verifying documentation completeness, confirming eligibility criteria, ensuring accuracy of data entry, and facilitating appropriate case assignments in accordance with established protocols. This role requires strong attention to detail, system navigation skills, and the ability to interpret court directives and agency policies. The Social Services Specialist 1/Intake is a hybrid position responsible for juvenile intake, assessment, registration, case coordination, service monitoring, procedural review, quality assurance, data tracking, and operational support across designated juvenile justice programs.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Regular status; AND
- Associate's degree in social work or a related human services field.
- At least three (3) years of professional experience in child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, or a related setting providing services to youth and families.
NOTE : Additional years of experience may be substituted for the required education.