Human Services Professional IV - Complex Area Nanakuli-Waianae

Overview

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

All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. Placement above the initial step will be based on special characteristics, 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: $5,369.00 – $6,535.00 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 students’ 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.

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.

• 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:
  
  HSP IV
• Specialized Experience (years): 2 ½
• Supervisory Experience (years): 0
• Administrative Experience (years): 2 ½
• Total Experience (years): 2 ½

Progressively responsible professional work experience which involved helping individuals and their families find satisfactory ways of identifying their problems, coping with their conditions, and functioning effectively within their environments. Depending on the employment setting and the kinds of clients served, job duties and responsibilities may vary, although typically the work will include the identification and evaluation of the client’s problems and needs;

the development of a service or treatment plan, sometimes in tandem with other professionals working in an interdisciplinary team; the initiation and implementation of the service plan, either directly or through the authorization of provider/vendor services; monitoring of services being provided; and evaluation/assessment of the client’s progress, with amendments to the service/treatment plan made as appropriate.

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• Experience providing supportive…