Impactful Social Service Aide - Child & Family Support

Salary: $19.57 - $24.98 Approximate Hourly

Under general supervision, the Social Service Aide assists Social Workers by performing specifically designated tasks related to the improvement of family functioning and child and adult services; and performs related work as required. This extra help position in Children’s Services is responsible for conducting drug testing of adult and, at times, minor clients at the Breslauer Public Health Clinic, including collection of urine specimens, safe storage and shipping of specimens, and data entry regarding specimens.

• Assist Social Workers by relieving them of routine tasks.
• Conduct drug testing of child welfare clients.
• Maintain a routine caseload of elderly adults who are infirm or incapacitated and receiving household services.
• Conduct ongoing client needs assessments and verify needs by contacting medical and health services providers.
• Present client assessments to professional staff for approval.
• Complete narrative reports regarding a client's condition and services provided and/or recommended.
• Enter data regarding case and client information and contacts into an automated system.
• Make client referrals to medical personnel or social workers as needed.
• Train and receive certification to deliver evidence- or research-based parenting services to families in the child welfare system.
• Provide direct training and counseling to mentally ill and developmentally disabled parents on parenting and household management skills, and teach families about nutritional meal preparation, budgeting, and household care.
• Monitor the medical and psychological care of abused children.
• Supervise visits between parents and children and report observations to the social worker.
• Provide emergency child care.
• Transport or accompany clients to appointments for service or interviews.
• May testify in juvenile court hearings.
• Assist social workers in providing a variety of child and adult social services.
• Act as a liaison between clients and professional staff, individuals and groups in the community.
• Directly assist families in using and learning about the resources of society, particularly medical, legal, and employment services.
• Maintain records of work performed.
• Perform other related duties as required.

• Basic rules and regulations regarding In-Home Supportive Services, child abuse reporting, and Welfare and Institution Codes.
• Basic community resources useful to clients served.
• Acceptable housekeeping and homemaking standards.
• Methods, materials, and equipment used in general housekeeping work.
• Basic methods and attitudes involved in the in-home care of physically ill, handicapped, or disabled persons.
• Adequate food preparation with limited kitchen equipment.

• Interview persons to obtain a variety of information applicable to the provision of social services.
• Understand and accept differences in human behavior resulting from cultural, economic or other forms of deprivation.
• Effectively instruct physically and mentally disabled adults in parenting and household skills.
• Deal with physically and sexually abused children.
• Prepare basic written reports.
• Recognize and report specific indications of need for social services.
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
• Establish and maintain effective working relations with co-workers, outside organizations, and the public.

• The equivalent to completion of two (2) years of college, including fifteen (15) semester units in social welfare, social/human service, sociology, or other social or behavioral science.
• Or two (2) years of full-time experience in a public or private social services agency providing services to disadvantaged adults or children.

Possession of a valid California driver’s license.

SHASTA COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.