Social Services Worker

Current vacancy is with the Health & Human Services Agency located in Visalia.

Applications will be reviewed by Tulare County Human Resources & Development. As extra help positions become available, County departments with the job openings select the most qualified and appropriate applicant for the position available. The number of hours and duration of employment vary by each assignment. Extra help employees may work in a variety of County departments in locations throughout the geographic county area.

Extra help employees may not work more than 1,559 hours in any fiscal year from July to June. An extra help employee who mistakenly works in excess of 1,559 hours in a fiscal year does not become a probationary or regular employee. Applications will be active for six months. If you are hired for extra help and you complete a work assignment, and then you if you wish to be employed again, you must resubmit an Extra Help application online.

There are no benefits associated with extra help positions. See regular job specification for complete job duties and requirements.

• Manage a caseload which includes cases of moderate difficulty involving basic types of social service problems.
• Interview clients to ascertain the nature of their problems, determine social service needs, develop service plans, and carry out basic social service treatment plans.
• Assist applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources for their needs.
• Interpret policies, rules, and regulations of the department to clients and others.
• Make home calls in connection with casework assignments.

Minimum qualifications are used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which are required and equivalent to the following.

• Equivalent to completion of two years of college-level study in the behavioral or social sciences or a closely related field.

• Directly related program-specific experience may be substituted on a ratio of one-year specific experience equivalent to one year of education.

• One year of experience involving interviewing and counseling in a social services environment.

• Additional years of college-level study may be substituted for the direct program experience on a year-for-year basis.

• Basic social service principles and practices.
• Counseling methods and techniques.
• Interviewing methods and techniques.
• Basic math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

• Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles, and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
• Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
• Interview and counsel clients to obtain information and assist with problem solving.
• Research and define problems, collect information, organize and analyze material, draw valid conclusions and formulate recommendations.

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid California driver's license.

• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations.
• Dynamics of child abuse and neglect.
• Problems faced by the aged and dependent adults.
• Problems faced by the long-term unemployed.

Candidates selected will be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Additionally, a background investigation may also be conducted, which may include a re‑investigation every 10 years for some positions. An Employment Eligibility Verification using E‑Verify may be required on the first day of employment for some positions. Some job classes may also require a physical exam.

This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan servicer or visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-service

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