Social Worker, Human Services​/ Social Work

Salary

Hourly: $25.57 Monthly: $4,432.13 Annual: $53,185.60

Eligible for a 10% hiring incentive paid in three installments: 50% upon hire, 25% after 12 months, 25% after two years.

• Conduct interviews with clients, families, and others to assess basic social, physical, and mental needs.
• Perform case studies to evaluate safety of children and adults and determine appropriate treatment methods.
• Assess reports of suspected abuse and provide information to law enforcement or district attorneys; may be required to work on‑call.
• Develop and implement culturally sensitive treatment plans for an assigned caseload in conformance with agency, state, and federal requirements.
• Refer clients to community resources or specialized counseling and advocate on their behalf.
• Assist applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources.
• Interpret policies, rules, and regulations of the agency to clients and staff.
• Make home visits in connection with casework assignments.
• Prepare and maintain case records, databases, and communicate decisions, timelines, recommendations, and case plans.
• May testify in court and be assigned to specialized functions.
• Participate in in‑service training and other staff development activities.
• Receive casework consultation from professionally trained staff members.
• Provide community outreach for agency programs.
• Maintain client confidentiality and comply with the NASW Code of Ethics.

• Workload and time management principles.
• Note taking, report writing, English composition, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Phone etiquette and interview techniques.
• Socio‑economic conditions and trends.
• Basic principles of individual and group behavior.
• Current issues in social welfare.
• Role and responsibilities of social workers.
• Interviewing and problem‑solving methodology.
• Public welfare programs at federal, state, and local levels.
• Public assistance policies and programs.
• Developing court reports, case plans, narratives, and safety plans using automated computer systems.
• Data entry and retrieval in automated systems.
• Interviewing and recording techniques for social casework.
• Laws, rules, and regulations governing public welfare agencies.
• Community organization and use of community resources.
• Principles of personality development and group processes.
• Medical, legal, economic, and social needs of individuals with special medical conditions.
• Crisis intervention techniques including suicide assessment.
• Basic psychopathology and mental illness diagnoses.

• Understand and learn agency programs, policies, and procedures.
• Obtain facts and recognize relevance.
• Organize and maintain detailed work records.
• Establish and maintain effective client rapport.
• Communicate orally (phone and in person) and in writing.
• Analyze situations and adopt effective courses of action.
• Interpret and explain public social service programs and regulations.
• Develop interviewing and case‑recording skills.
• Work within community settings and use appropriate resources.
• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with legal standards.
• Work effectively in emotionally charged or stressful settings.
• Operate personal computer and office equipment.
• Analyze data and apply complex directions, rules, and policies.
• Accept and use constructive feedback.
• Interact professionally with clients, including difficult clients.
• Respect cultural differences.
• Work with cases of varying difficulty, including dual diagnoses and legally complex cases.

Pattern 1: Graduation from an accredited four‑year college or university.

Pattern 2: Successful completion of 30 college semester units or 45 quarter units from an accredited college or university, including 15 semester units or 22.5 quarter units in social welfare, social/human services, sociology, or another social or behavioral science.

One year of full‑time experience as a Social Service Aide, Eligibility Specialist II, Employment and Training Worker II, or comparable classification, or three years of full‑time experience providing direct client services to disadvantaged adults or children in a private or public agency.

Valid driver’s license required at the time of interview.

Positions require pre‑employment screening including background checks and fingerprinting.

The County is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, nationality, or sexual orientation.