Jobs at Lancaster County

Investigate reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment of older adults. Conduct home visits, assess risk, develop and implement least-restrictive care plans, coordinate with medical and community providers, manage cases (including guardianship/emergency interventions), document findings, and participate in a rotating on-call schedule.

Provide trial-level legal representation for indigent adults charged with homicide and serious felonies in district, common pleas, and appellate courts; mentor junior attorneys; prepare reports; maintain case data in the case management system; complete CLE and death-penalty certification; serve on committees as directed.

Coordinate county-wide strategic funding and grants lifecycle for public safety, emergency management, and enterprise technology projects. Identify funding opportunities, prepare competitive applications, manage grant implementation, ensure compliance and financial oversight, coordinate multi-departmental stakeholders, support audits and closeouts, and develop long-term funding strategies and process improvements.

Prepare sentencing guidelines forms by researching criminal histories, verifying dispositions (including out-of-county/state), entering data into the PA SGS Web, and advising prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges. Maintain accuracy, confidentiality, and up-to-date knowledge of sentencing laws; assist with training, discovery redaction, and interagency communications.

Provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles in magisterial district court, court of common pleas, and Pennsylvania appellate courts. Handle trials, hearings, pleas, sentencing, appeals, client communications, factual investigation, legal research, filings, and coordinate experts and investigative staff.

Provide front-desk reception and telephone coverage, assist clients and visitors, perform clerical tasks (copies, mail, e-faxes, shredding), run court-related errands, and support special projects and departmental needs under supervisor direction.

Provide child welfare casework in Intake, Family Support, and Permanency: investigate abuse/neglect reports, deliver short-term/crisis intervention, create and implement court-approved case plans, supervise placements, make service referrals, monitor progress, maintain records, and conduct home visits for a caseload of roughly 15–25 families.

Provide administrative support and oversight for special projects, HR and training records, asset and fleet data, and research-related functions. Collect and analyze program data, develop outcome and performance reports, prepare memos/reports, coordinate IT/facilities requests, and recommend operational improvements to the Deputy Director of Administrative Services.

Provide specialized early intervention casework for infants/toddlers with prenatal drug exposure/NEs, coordinating services, conducting family assessments, tracking development, entering data into CARES/PELICAN/EI Tracking, facilitating IFSPs, and collaborating with community partners and POSC networks.