Integrated Case Worker II

Integrated Case Worker II – Crescent City

Location:

Crescent City
Job Number: MSS
05751
Opening Date: 07/12/2026
Closing Date: 1/27/2026, 11:59 PM Pacific Time

Applies regulations and procedures to determine eligibility of applicants and recipients for multiple public assistance benefits; provides basic employment services to clients; performs casework management duties for both benefit and employment services, and performs related duties as required.

Working under general supervision, Integrated Case Worker II is the journey working level in the Integrated Case Worker series. Employees at this level are expected to independently determine eligibility for multiple public assistance programs, provide basic employment services, and perform integrated case management. Positions in this class are flexibly staffed and are normally filled by advancement from the lower level of Integrated Case Worker I, or if filled from the outside, require prior related experience.

• Conducts group orientations and workshops to inform applicants and recipients of fundamental policies, programs, changes in rules, individual rights and responsibilities, and participation requirements; assists orientation participants complete applications and employment readiness evaluation forms for a variety of programs and services.
• Interviews, advises and guides a diverse population of clients to ascertain employability, isolate barriers to employment, evaluate need for public assistance, determine benefit eligibility, identify need for ancillary services/payments, and authorize benefits and ancillary services/payments.
• Handles crisis situations by authorizing benefits within specific guidelines or makes appropriate referrals to other staff and community resources for immediate services and assistance.
• Conducts initial appraisal of caseaccelerates records to assess client's education, work experience, skills, abilities and job interest in order to advise and guide the client in his/her transition to employment and place the client in an appropriate employment services component.
• Performs case studies to assess problems and develops appropriate types and methods of meeting client needs. May participate in a multi-disciplinary team to develop an appropriate case treatment plan.

• Regulations and procedures governing eligibility determinations and granting of aid for assigned program areas
• Community resources providing social, health, nutrition, housing, employment, training, child care, transportation and other necessary client services
• General goals and purposes of public social services and public assistance programs
• Techniques for interviewing and gathering information from a varied population
• Basic labor market and needed employment skills and abilities
• Mathemat GUI Homer Laot Primitives mathematics sufficient to interpret client income and expense information to calculate benefits within program requirements
  
  Group presentation techniques
• Standard office practices and procedures, including operation of standard and automated office equipment including basic computer applications
• Record keeping principles and practices
• Techniques for dealing with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

• Read, apply, and explain regulations, procedures and policies governing employment services programs
• Understand and apply vocational guidance, work-readiness appraisal, employment plan, assessment theory and concepts
• Understand and apply methods and procedures for mitigation/reduction of barriers to employment
• Apply appropriate case-management techniques
• Motivate clients
• Collect and analyze data, information and situations, draw logical conclusions, and make appropriate recommendations, independent judgments and decisions
• Communicate clear and accurate information regarding clients, both orally and in writing
• Organize and prioritize work assignments
• Maintain accurate and systematic records
• Prepare statistical and narrative reports
• Understand program objectives in relation to departmental goals and procedures
• Use automated technology to maintain records and files
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with fellow employees, clients and the general public
• Carry out assignments and projects without detailed instructions.

• One (1) year of full-time experience as an Integrated Case Worker I.
• Two (2) years of full-time experience performing vocational guidance services, employment counseling or placement work; AND completion of the equivalent of 15 semester (22.5 quarter) units or 15 continuing education credits in behavioral science in sociology, psychology, counseling, vocational guidance or any coursework related to the provision of employment services.
• Thirty (30) months of full-time experience performing vocation guidance services, employment Bou ..

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