Human Services Professional IV; Autism Spectrum Disorder - Kauai District

Position: Human Services Professional IV (Autism Spectrum Disorder) - Kauai District

This posting is being used to fill Human Services Professional positions that provide services to students at various schools within the Kauai District as needed and assigned by the Kauai District Office.

Salary Range: All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. However, placement above the initial step of the salary range will be based on special characteristics and critical needs of the position, an applicant's exceptional qualifications, the availability of funds, and other relevant factors. Such appointments require prior approval. Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.

Human Services Professional IV, SR-22: $5,258.00 - $6,399.00 per month

Human Services Professionals (HSPs) 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.

HSPs come from a variety of interdisciplinary bases, establish working relationships of mutual respect and trust with the clientele served, and utilize a variety of helping interventions to enable these clients to function as effectively as possible.

This position is responsible for providing an integrated system of program support services to school teams and families of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Responsibilities include servicing students' IEPs which consist of parent education and training, leading and directing paraprofessionals, case coordination for students with larger multidisciplinary team, providing training in areas specific to autism such as applied behavior analysis, consultation and collaboration with student's families and school teams.

Level IV reflects positions which are distinguished by the complexity of assigned cases and level of authority assumed by the worker.

Basic Education Requirement:
Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor’s degree which included a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours in courses such as counseling, criminal justice, human services, psychology, social work, social welfare, sociology or other behavioral sciences.

The education background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.

Experience Requirements:
Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, applicants must have had progressively responsible experience of the kind and quality described in the statements below and in the amounts shown below, or any equivalent combination of training and experience.

Class Title Specialized
Exp. (years)
Supervisory
Exp. (years)
Admin Exp.
(years)
Total Exp.
(years)
HSP IV2 1/202 1/2
* Supervisory Aptitude
:
Supervisory aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects of supervision, e.g., by serving as a group or team leader; or by successful completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by the application of supervisory skills in work assignments;

or by the favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

Administrative Aptitude:
Administrative aptitude will be considered to have been met when there is strong affirmative evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involved administrative problems (e.g., in planning, organizing, promoting, and directing a program, including policy and budgetary considerations; providing staff advice and assistance in such matters);

interest in administration demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly…