Assistant Social Worker​/Social Worker​/Senior Social Worker

Shasta County Behavioral Health And Social Services

The current vacancies are in the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health and Social Services Branch. Applications will be reviewed weekly until positions are filled. This recruitment may close at any time, qualified candidates are encouraged to apply immediately. Responses to supplemental questions required. Final filing date: continuous. Salary information:
Assistant Social Worker: $3,945 - $5,036 approximate monthly / $22.76 - $29.05 approximate hourly. Social Worker: $4,568 - $5,829 approximate monthly / $26.35 - $33.63 approximate hourly. Senior Social Worker: $5,161 - $6,586 approximate monthly / $29.77 - $38.00 approximate hourly.

This recruitment will be used to fill positions in Child Welfare Services. This is a continuous recruitment that is open until the needs of the County are met. This is a continuous recruitment which means applicants are only able to apply once every six months to this specific recruitment.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Assistant Social Worker

• Studies and applies the principles and techniques of social work to a caseload which includes basic types of services problems;
• As a learner-trainee, interviews clients to ascertain the nature of their problems and develop elementary services plans;
• Carries out the less difficult services plans under close supervision where the end result normally is a tangible service, such as employment, referral to a community center or an environmental change;
• Makes referrals to other staff members when problems are beyond level of competence;
• Interprets services rules, regulations, and policy to clients and the general public when within the scope of responsibility;
• Maintains necessary casework records;
• Attends training courses designed to further understanding of the social work processes and to increase technical competence.

Social Worker

• Carries a caseload of the more difficult types of social service cases involving individualized treatment and specialized advanced application of casework methods and skills;
• Diagnoses client problems and follows through with the more difficult treatment plans with a high degree of independence;
• Interviews clients in office or home to assess needs for service;
• Explains the optional and mandatory nature of social services programs; interprets State, County and departmental rules, regulations and policies to individuals and groups;
• Responds to requests for information and makes referrals to appropriate workers or departments;
• Gathers, maintains and disseminates current information on community resources;
• Prepares reports, case records and correspondence; as an additional duty, incumbents may function in a lead capacity and assist with casework consultation and training for other social workers;
• Assists in developing and implementing unit policies and procedures;
• Acts in the absence of the supervisor or as designated in assigning cases and reviewing and approving case decisions;
• Attends meetings and does related work as needed.

Senior Social Worker

• In addition to the duties listed above, carries a caseload of the most responsible and difficult types of social service cases dealing with highly complex family and individual problems involving individualized treatment and specialized advanced application of the highest level of casework methods and skills.

When Assigned to Child Welfare Services: Takes referrals regarding child abuse or serious neglect, gathers specific information, determines the urgency and severity of risk and determines appropriate actions to be taken, including crisis intervention with families to reduce the risk to the child; handles emergency responses; establishes cooperative working relationship with families and assists in developing a treatment resource plan with the parents and community resources as needed;

observes child's developmental progress and determines best methods of dealing with behavioral problems; assists family members in resolving marital, financial, or other particular problems related to abuse; may provide specialized case services in child sexual abuse or children's group work; refers clients to other agencies and community resources; may advise parents on problems of child custody; arranges for foster home placement of children;

may provide court testimony in child abuse or neglect cases; provides leadership in departmental conferences and training programs; may present information on child protective services to community groups; prepares correspondence, case records and written reports as required; prepares and presents juvenile court petitions within specified time limitations for the purpose of removing child from natural parents; provides case management for family reunification or maintenance cases under the jurisdiction of Juvenile Dependency Court.

When Assigned to Resource Family Approval: Recruits, evaluates, and assesses foster care home applicants;…