Social Worker II - Adult Specialist

Adult Home Specialist

This position is located in the Adult Services Section.

Examples of Duties

The Adult Home Specialist position carries out recruitment, monitoring, complaint investigations, corrective actions, and licensing of adult care facilities. The specialist assists facilities in achieving and maintaining compliance by insuring that at least the (prescribed) minimum standards of operation are understood and practiced by the licensed administrator and the staff of those facilities. This position promotes the health, safety, and well-being of residents of adult care facilities by providing consultative supervision to administrators.

The Adult Home Specialist also participates in the investigation of protective services complaints involving specific residents within assigned facilities. Appropriate recommendations for enforcement are made through the local Department of Social Services to the NC Division of Health Services Regulation (DHSR) regarding licensing, penalties, and/or sanctions. Duties involves working with individuals with single and multiple developmental disabilities in need of short- or long-term adult care placement to obtain the essential necessities of life.

Work routinely involves dealing with highly sensitive issues related to individual residents/families and the operational management of facilities as well as issues with facility owners and staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in social work from an appropriately accredited institution; bachelor's degree in a human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of directly related experience; bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and two years directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Directly Related Experience is defined as Human Services experience in the areas of case management, assessment and referral, supportive counseling, intervention, psycho-social therapy and treatment planning.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of Geriatrics, the Older American Act, the Developmentally Disabled Institute, Preventive Intervention Techniques, and Protective Services. Knowledge of casework and community services and service programs. Good verbal and written communication skills are essential to the position. The ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the regulations which govern Adult Care Home (ACH) licensure is needed. Also the ability to effectively articulate issues related to licensure to North Carolina Division of Facility Services consultants, ACH personnel, residents and families and other community groups/organizations is required.

This position must be able to comprehend, interpret and apply the regulations and policy related to the Special Assistance – In Home section in the Adult Services Manual and the At-Risk Adult section of the Division of Medical Assistance Manual.

Conditions of Employment

The selected applicant will be subject to the following conditions prior to appointment. Failure to complete or fulfill these conditions may result in dismissal. The employee in this position will be operating motor vehicles for Cumberland County and shall have a valid North Carolina Driver's License. Each applicant who is tendered an offer for employment for any position with Cumberland County shall be tested for the use of drugs specified in the County policy.

Refusal to submit to testing or a confirmed positive test shall be a basis for withdrawal of the conditional employment offer. Law enforcement background check is required. Duties of this position require the use of the employees personal vehicle. This position will require assisting in emergency and/or disaster situations. The Cumberland…