County Social Services Aide ; Local Government - Clearfield County C&Y

The Position

Do you want to help support children, youth, and families as they navigate important moments in their lives? Join Clearfield County Children & Youth Services in this County Social Services Aide 1 position. With our team, you will learn new skills, work with caring professionals, and contribute to safer, healthier homes. If you want to make a difference in a child’s life, then we want to hear from you!

As a County Social Services Aide, you will assist and receive training from professional social services personnel in providing services to children, youth, and families. Aides provide practical support like helping with transportation, daily living tasks, and simple clerical work. Your responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to:

• Appointment Assistance:
  Schedule, transport, and escort clients to various appointments, foster homes, court hearings, and for recreation purpose; contact clients who fail to keep appointments
• Daily Life
  
  Skills:
  
  Assist clients and families with everyday activities of living, home maintenance and care, and completing paperwork; distribute and deliver equipment, clothing, and other belongings to clients; supervise children during office hours
• Communication:
  Provide basic information to clients and the community; notice family problems and share information with professional social services workers and supervisors to help find solutions; keep confidentiality
• Clerical and Office Support:
  Pickup, sort, and deliver mail; answer the phone, take messages; file, copy, and type documents; keep waiting and visiting rooms clean, maintained, and welcoming

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.

• Graduation from high school; or
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Clearfield County. If no eligible candidates who live within Clearfield County apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
• Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.