Human Services Social Worker Master's Degree including Special Skills Classes

The Position

This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cut-offs are at 5:00 pm on: 5/28/26, 6/25/26, 7/23/26, 8/27/26, 9/24/26, 10/22/26, 11/25/26, 12/24/26. Under direction and with independent professional responsibility, Human Services Social Worker Master's Degree positions provide direct public social services to clients, dealing with complex individual and family problems, and acting as program and casework consultants to staff.

Knowledge Of:

• Goals and objectives of public social services
• Available public and private community resources
• Awareness of cultural differences and implicit bias
• Socio-economic awareness of low income population
• Applicable laws, rules and regulations governing the field of public social services
• National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
• Interviewing techniques
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as Microsoft Office products, and other specialized applications related to area of assignment
• Basic arithmetic (i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, percentages, ratios, and fractions)

• Social casework principles and practices including group work and community organization
• Social problems which call for the use of public and private community resources
• Socio-economic conditions and problems which affect the work of a public social service agency
• Principles, program provisions and requirements, and applicable procedures of criminal justice, victim-witness, multi-disciplinary review, and domestic violence systems and programs
• Crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques
• Research and analysis methods used in studies involving social services and public assistance programs
• Individual and group behavior and dynamics
• Medical, psychological and socioeconomic conditions and problems which affect the work of a public social service agency
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Ability To:

• Communicate effectively with persons from a variety of social, cultural and economic backgrounds
• Work effectively with diverse communities and perspectives
• Act and present professionally when engaging clients, contractors, coworkers, and others in the course of work
• Work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Interview effectively in a wide variety of circumstances
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with clients, fellow employees, other agencies and the general public
• Maintain composure under stress
• Compile and integrate information to make a comprehensive assessment
• Communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing
• Independently initiate and respond to correspondence
• Think critically, reason logically, understand and follow complex instructions and procedures
• Compile various records and information accurately
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
• Read, analyze, interpret and apply complex regulatory material
• Read correspondence and reports and understand their meaning
• Organize work schedule, prioritize tasks and budget time
• Accept and use consultative supervision
• Maintain focus and a high volume of work amid interruptions
• Keep accurate and orderly records
• Compose routine business communications, reports and other written materials in a clear, concise, organized, and accurate manner
• Make arithmetical computations accurately and rapidly
• Demonstrate skill in the use of community resources
• Provide education to client or others, about public social service program as set forth in laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Demonstrate skill in the application of social work methods and practices in highly complex cases
• Provide program and casework consultation to other staff members
• Provide leadership in the utilization of social casework concepts and methodologies

Minimum Qualifications:

Either: A Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in social work, behavioral science, sociology, psychology, social psychology, counseling, education counseling, gerontology, marriage and family therapy, nursing, vocational rehabilitation, criminal justice, public administration…