Senior Deputy Public Guardian

Riverside University Health System's Behavioral Health Department is looking for a Senior Deputy Public Guardian to join the team! The incumbent will be responsible for the investigation of financial resources, living situation, and support network of individuals referred to the Public Guardian to determine eligibility for conservatorship. Senior Deputy Guardians will also be tasked with protecting and selling of assets as needed and directed as well as applying for services, arranging transportation, or making court appearances as directed by the court.

Under direction, to perform the more complex estate management work; to manage conservatees; real and personal property; and to do other work as required. Senior Deputy Public Guardian is a single position class located in the Public Guardian office and reports to the Supervising Deputy Public Guardian. This class is distinguished from the Deputy Public Guardian class in that the incumbent manages a small caseload of the more complex conservatorship cases and is responsible for the management of conservatees' real and personal property.

• Manages a small case load of the more complex conservatorship cases involving complies appraisals, mismanaged estates, large estates with many sources of income;

• Manages real and personal property to include the security, storage, maintenance, and disposition of property;

• Performs initial and periodic inspections of real property in order to determine and document the property's condition;

• Conducts detailed investigations into estates of persons placed under conservatorship to discover and protect assets; locates, marshall, inventories, and take into custody personal property; make preliminary appraisal of assets; take into custody any cash, check or small valuable assets.

• Develops property profiles and conducts title searches; obtains appraisals for insurance purposes;

Coordinates supporting services for assigned caseload including legal, social, medical, and psychiatric services; arranges, in conjunction with social service agencies, for the physical care and shelter of conservatees

• Arranges for and maintains fire, liability, mortgage, and vandalism insurance;
Arranges for the sale of real property through local real estate broker listings and public auctions for the sale of personal property;

• Arrange for the burial of conservatees and the distribution of assets pursuant to testate or intestate succession; arranges for the adoption or disposal of pets.

• Posts legal notices and advertisements; informs prospective buyers of the conditions of sale, bidding, and payment;

• Determines whether vacant property should be rented or leased and appropriate rent to be charged; insures that the property is cleaned and repaired before renting; advises tenant of move-in date and collects deposits and initial rent payments.

• Evaluates the real property of new conservatee cases and reviews existing rental or lease agreements;

• Monitors the contract Property Management Services to assure that property is maintained and rented and advises other Public Guardian staff of recommended actions to protect property;

• Makes court appearances and may testify at hearings concerning conservatees.

• Files small claims actions and presents case on behalf of the conservatee; testifies in court regarding the Public Guardian Office's actions involving real property; appears in court for the confirmation of sale of real property.

Knowledge of:
The Public Guardian/Conservator's function and related laws, regulations, and codes;
Practices and methods used in financial and estate investigations to determine assets including real and personal property;
Real property management; real estate principles and practices including title vesting, financing, selling costs, deeds, contracts, and appraisal techniques;
Vehicle and mobile home sales and title transfers; escrow procedures and title documents;
Banking and other financial procedures.

Ability to:
Manage and protect the assets of wards and conservatees;
Interpret and apply laws and regulations related to Public Guardian and Conservator's work; establish and maintain effective working…