Social Worker Or Human Services Professional V - Oahu

Recruitment Number 22-0626 - The current vacancies are with the Department of Attorney General, Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.

Salary: $6,043 to $7,351 per month (SR-24, Step D to I).

Note:

Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

A continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. The notice of the last day to file applications will be posted on the Civil Service Hawaii State Government Jobs page of our website.

Social Workers and Human Services Professionals seek to improve the overall quality of life of people within the context of their environment through the remediation and prevention of their problems, and by improving accessibility, accountability and coordination of service delivery among a variety of professionals and/or agencies tasked with providing appropriate services to clients.

These positions are found in a variety of settings and work with diverse types of people. They may be found in hospitals and other health service agencies, social service agencies, schools, correctional facilities, and programs concerned with substance abuse, aging, and family violence.

serve as supervisors over groups of lower-level professional staff providing human services work or are engaged in program development and evaluation functions. The work requires a significant amount of knowledge of human services skills; program goals and organizational objectives; and pertinent policies, procedures, laws, rules, and regulations.

Positions which serve as unit supervisors with full technical and administrative responsibility over a group of subordinate HSPs and possibly other professional staff who are engaged in providing direct casework or related services, and non-professional support staff.

Positions which serve as program specialists or staff consultants assigned to new or existing programs, or major segments of large programs, who work under the supervision of a higher-level specialist or professional position.

• Department of the Attorney General (AG):
  Criminal Justice Division (CJD) - Provides professional counseling and assistance to victims and/or witnesses; act as their advocate/counselor within the criminal justice system; support them through court proceedings; maintain case management for court proceedings related to the victim/witness; make referrals to appropriate governmental or community agencies for support services; and coordinate services to ensure ongoing emotional support and continued safety of vulnerable victims and/ or witnesses.
• Department of Human Services (DHS):
  General Human Services (GHS)- Work with one of the following programs:
  1) employment-related or first-to-work services, child-care licensing services, and economic assistance to eligible families and individuals;
  2) administrative planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive statewide social service programs;
  3) medical assistance; and
  4) vocational rehabilitation services, including eligible individuals who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired.
• Department of Health (DOH):
  Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD)-Excluding HSH positions, work with complex and difficult cases providing comprehensive mental health treatment services to clients who would otherwise be at high risk for hospitalization or subject to recurrent symptoms requiring crisis services. Positions located in a Clubhouse setting will be responsible for providing psychosocial rehabilitation services to adults with serious mental illness.
• Developmental Disabilities (DDD) - Service clients with mental retardation and/or developmental disabilities and their families, providing care coordination and case management functions.

Note
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Some positions may provide services covered under the Felix or Makin Consent Decree.

To qualify, you must meet all the requirements for Social Worker or Human Services Professional as outlined below.

• Legal Authorization to Work
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  The State of Hawaii requires all persons seeking employment with the government of the State shall be citizens, nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
• BASIC EDUCATION
  : Social Worker
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  In accordance with Act 238, SLH 2005, applicants must possess a bachelor's or master's degree in social work from a program of study accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a doctoral degree in social work from a college or university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or a comparable regional accreditation body.
• Human Services Professional
  : A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university which included a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in courses such as counseling, criminal justice, human services, psychology, social work, social welfare, sociology or other behavioral…