Family Team Meeting & Permanency Round Table Facilitator - Senior Social Caseworker

About Our Job

Note: This position is open to current City and County of Denver employees ONLY.

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The target pay range for this position is $66,000 - $71,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 132 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

What You’ll Do

At Denver Human Services (DHS), we envision a healthy community where people are connected, supported, safe, and well. One in three people in Denver turn to DHS for support at all stages of life. Our employees help children, at-risk adults, families, and individuals navigate social and economic pressures by connecting them to services and experts who support their overall well-being.

About Protection & Prevention

Denver Human Services works to protect Denver's children, youth, adults, and at-risk adults by providing services and advocacy while promoting family stability, respecting diversity, and working to create and strengthen connections to community resources. We work to prevent abuse by providing education, resources, and support to parents, families, and community organizations.

Denver Human Services is seeking a passionate and well-rounded individual to serve as a Family Team Meeting & Permanency Round Table Facilitator within Child Welfare Services on the Family Engagement Services team. In this role, you will be responsible for facilitating up to three, 2-hour family meetings per day as well as regularly facilitating both Family Team Meeting (FTM) and Permanency Round Table (PRT) meetings. You will also be charged with scheduling those meetings, arranging the meeting spaces, conducting the meetings and producing written reports outlining the details of the meeting and the team decisions that come of them.

The Family Team Meeting (FTM) Team at DHS manages and facilitates the family engagement meeting process, including facilitating meetings that include internal staff, community members, family/clients, attorneys and other professional providers. The FTM Facilitator guides the meeting team in making decisions regarding the following: removal of the child from the home, change of placement, 90-day case reviews, permanency, reunification, and case closure.

The PRT (Permanency Round Table) Team manages and facilitates permanency focused, family meeting for cases that include children in out of home placement for over 12 months and/or those cases that have not yet achieved a permanency plan for the child or youth. The Permanency Round Table Facilitator ensures that the meeting team is avidly working toward permanent connections and/or permanent placement for the child.

Additionally, the FTM/PRT Facilitator:

• Prepares for FTM and PRT meetings, including identifying and coordinating logistical and safety matters, and reviewing case summary if available
• Conducts and facilitates FTM and PRT meetings, including setting ground rules and expected outcomes, leading brainstorming, and moving the group towards consensus
• Manages and resolves high conflicts during FTM and PRT meetings and determines when additional intervention steps are required in the event consensus cannot be reached during FTM and PRT meetings
• Will complete prep work and planning for the various stages of the PRT process
• Works closely with supervisor and team members to ensure business needs are met.
• Serves as professional support and resources for case workers during and after FTM and PRT meetings
• Facilitates and participates in making decisions regarding removal, placement and reunification of children with the intent of preventing out-of-home removal or finding the least restrictive option
• Utilizes extensive network of county community-based services, organizations and resources to effectively facilitate meetings and make immediate decisions on appropriate course of actions
• Completes FTM and PRT meeting activity reports documenting situation, safety and risk concerns, and placement planning
• Compiles and provides data and statistics for management to track success rates of FTM and PRT processes
• Ensures work conforms to appropriate policies, regulations, procedures, standards and laws of State and Federal agencies
• Effectively conducts both, in‑person and virtual facilitation
• Performs other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• At least 3 years of child welfare case work experience
• Facilitation experience
• Ability to engage families and professionals, as well as manage high conflict and difficult behaviors
• Demonstrate flexibility and adapt quickly to changing needs, using strong problem‑solving skills to resolve issues as they arise
• In-depth knowledge of agency policy, Volume VII, and agency and community resources
• Expertise in assisting the meeting team reach consensus and making quality decisions

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Requirements as set forth in Colorado Department of Human Services Volume 7 and/or Volume 30 regulations
• Experience: Two (2) years of post-graduation professional social case work experience at the type and level of Social Case Worker and demonstrated mastery of essential duties described
• Education & Experience Equivalency: No substitution of experience for education is permitted. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for experience requirements
• Licensure & Certification: Requires a valid Driver’s License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment. Requires certification as a Social Case Worker in Child Welfare or Adult Protective Services in accordance with CDHS regulations

Additional Document Please attach your official or unofficial transcripts of your completed undergraduate and/or graduate degree and list of professional references to your application in the required attachment section.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until September 16th, 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than September 16th at midnight to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CS2690 Social Case Worker Senior

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Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$63,679.00 - $105,070.00

Target Pay

$66,000-$71,000/year

Agency

Denver Human Services

Redeployment during Citywide Emergencies

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