Social Worker - Family Involvement Strategies
Company: Family Service Rochester
Location: Rochester
Posted on: February 28, 2026
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Job Description:
Family Service Rochester is seeking a full-time Social Worker
Coordinator/Facilitator to join our Family Involvement Strategies
Team. In this position you will engage directly with families who
are working with child protection/child welfare services and/or
juvenile corrections to focus on building plans to ensure child
safety, permanency and well-being. You will complete these tasks
by: Coordinate and facilitate FIS meetings on referral from a
variety of Community Services Units utilizing the concepts of the
Family Group Decision Making models. Complete all assigned
documentation and prepare paperwork related to family plans.
Provide education and information on Family Involvement Strategies
and Family Group Decision Making to the community. Work as part of
a team in the implementation of Family Involvement Strategies.
Eligible candidates will hold a degree in a human services field
and have relevant experience working with families. Preference will
be given to those with a Minnesota Social Work License or license
eligibility. Our ideal candidate possesses excellent communication,
listening, computer and organizational skills. Knowledge of human
services and family systems and experience in conflict resolution.
You must also possess the ability to work effectively and
professionally with diverse populations, within a team environment.
This position requires reliable transportation and the flexibility
to work a schedule that is responsive to client availability and
need, which may require some evenings and weekends. For your
expertise, Family Service Rochester will provide a collaborative
and safe work environment where all identities are welcomed and
valued. You can expect agency lead continuous improvement in
understanding our own privileges and how that may impact our work
with others. We offer a competitive compensation program with full
benefits including lost cost health insurance, free mental health
services for employees and their families. Generous retirement plan
match with immediate vesting. Employer sponsored life and
disability insurance. Since 1965 Family Service Rochester has been
a leader in southeast Minnesota, providing child welfare, mental
health, and aging services. We are a Public Service Loan
Forgiveness Organization. We provide flexible scheduling, 4 1/2
weeks of PTO to start and 11 1/2 paid holiday per year. We offer a
culture of learning, listening and growth where employees regularly
meet with senior leadership to provide ideas and feedback. If you
are passionate about the role extended families play in the lives
of the children they love, believe that children are nested in an
extended family network and desire to empower family networks to
make decisions for their own children, we have a great opportunity
for you. At Family Service Rochester (FSR) we believe that our
employees are our greatest asset. We are guided by our values in
where we believe that everyone needs to be understood and that
partnership is a process. We believe that everyone desires respect
and that partners share power. We believe that everyone has
strengths and that judgements can wait. If you share in our values
and desire to listen to what people need and together, build better
lives you would make a great addition to Family Service Rochester.
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