Social Worker - Underfill

Overview

The Aging and Disability Services Division (ADSD) is seeking to fill multiple vacancies for a Social Worker 1 in Las Vegas. This recruitment may be used to fill current and future vacancies as they occur in the following programs:
Adult Protective Services (APS) and Office of Community Living (OCL). This recruitment is to underfill a Social Worker 2 with OCL and Social Worker 3 with APS. Advancement to the next level may occur after meeting minimum qualifications, satisfactory performance, and with endorsement of the appointing authority.

ADSD fosters a positive, inclusive, and diverse work environment that values innovation, teamwork, and collaboration. The mission of ADSD is to empower individuals and their support systems by providing resources for disabilities and aging – connecting Nevadans to services and improving their quality of life.

• OCL:
  Eligibility determination, care planning, home visits, development and implementation of individualized care plans, and accurate documentation using web‑based case management software.
• APS:
  Investigate reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment involving vulnerable adults ages 18 and older and adults 60 and older; ensure timely case initiation, conduct home visits and assessments; use a person‑centered approach to evaluate risk, review records, identify service needs, make referrals, determine case outcomes based on regulations, and close cases following thorough investigation and intervention to ensure client safety.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Under close supervision, incumbents at this level function in a trainee capacity, learning to determine social service needs of clients, develop appropriate solutions and case plans, and provide ongoing case management services.
• May organize multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to assist in strategic assessment and planning of protective services, issues regarding the delivery of service, programs, or individual plans for preventing, identifying, remedying, or treating abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation, or abandonment of children or vulnerable adults; MDT teams may include representatives of other organizations concerned with education, law enforcement, or physical and/or mental health.
• Document case activities; maintain written case histories to include client status, progress and assessment results; complete necessary forms and prepare relevant correspondence and case reports according to applicable policies, procedures, laws and regulations.
• Provide crisis intervention in the office or community setting to include responding to emergency calls; report instances of neglect or abuse to the appropriate authorities; utilize appropriate controls for individuals who may be aggressive, combative, or hostile by following established protocols and policies.
• May provide technical assistance, training, guidance and/or serve as lead workers to other new or experienced Social Workers; may train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of non‑professional staff such as Family Support Workers and Administrative Assistants.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Licensure or provisional licensure as a Social Worker, Clinical Social Worker, Independent Social Worker, or Associate in Social Work.

Assess and reassess client levels of functioning by interviewing clients, family members and other community contacts; utilize tests, inventories, and other assessment tools; review medical, legal and law enforcement reports; and evaluate client resources for the purpose of identifying the level of assistance needed and services appropriate to meet client emotional, social, financial and health needs.

• General knowledge of: social problems which call for the use of public and private community resources; philosophy of social work; social work ethics; dynamics of human behavior including interpersonal relationships and social interaction; confidentiality laws; client rights; case management practices; signs of substance abuse, mental illness and domestic violence.
• Ability to: understand and accept the differences in human behavior caused by deprivation, abuse…