County Agency Social Worker - Chisago County

Salary : $6,436.26 - $8,475.54 Monthly
Location : Chisago County, Center City, MN
Job Type: Full Time Permanent
Job Number: 011-13
County: Chisago County Health and Human Services
Opening Date: 11/03/2026
Closing Date: 11/18/2026 4:30 PM Central

Classification Summary
County Health and Human Services, Center City, MN, has a full-time (40 hours per week) County Agency Social Worker - Child Welfare and Intake Specialist vacancy.

This position will provide intake, assessment and case management services for Child Protection, Child Welfare and Parent Support Outreach Programs (PSOP) and support Child Protection teams in other tasks as needed.

Chisago County benefits includeMedical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, PERA, optional Deferred Compensation plans, vacation accrual, sick accrual, holiday pay, and Monday-Friday work week.
Examples of Duties

Minnesota Merit System Examples of Duties
• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provices adult and child protective services.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides adult and children's mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems.
• Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work para-professionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.
Minimum Qualifications

Minnesota Merit System Minimum Qualifications
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.

or
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.

Chisago County Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor of Social Work degree. Master of Social Work preferred OR a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.

Preference may be given to applicants with previous child protection experience and/or applicants who have successfully completed the Child Welfare Specialization within their degree program, including a field placement within a child protection/child welfare setting that serves IV-E eligible families.
Examination Process

The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of you application will not be credited.

Please attach a copy of your college transcript when applying. Otherwise, you will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.

Once your application has been submitted changes cannot be made. If you have a change in location availability or your contact information changes please email with the new information and include your applicant ID.

Note: This is a two step application process

1. Submit an application to Minnesota Merit System by clicking on the following link: (County Agency Social Worker - Bachelor's)

AND

2. Submit an online Chisago County Application by the November 18th, 2026 deadline.

The following benefits may be available and vary by County, please check with the County directly to see what types of benefits they offer:

• Pension/Retirement Benefits
• Insurance Benefits, including health and dental
• Pre-Tax flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account
• Employer paid life insurance
• PTO - Vacation/Sick Leave
• Paid holidays
• Flexible work schedule
• Monday - Friday work week, weekends off
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program