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shasta county Assistant Social Worker/Social Worker/Senior Social Worker in Redding, California
THE COUNTY OF SHASTA
INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR
Assistant Social Worker/Social Worker/Senior Social Worker
CURRENT VACANCY IS WITHIN THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH
SKILLS OR EXPERIENCES LISTED UNDER THE IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT MAY ALSO BE USED TO SCREEN APPLICATIONS
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FINAL FILING DATE: *CONTINUOUS*
SALARY INFORMATION
Assistant Social Worker: $3,773 - $4,816 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY/$21.76 - $27.78 APPROXIMATE HOURLY Social Worker: $4,369 - $5,576 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $25.20 - $32.16 APPROXIMATE HOURLY* Senior Social Worker: $4,936 - $6,299 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $28.47 - $36.34 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*
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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Health and Human Services Agency:The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) partners with communities to protect and improve the health and well-being of Shasta County residents. Established in 2006, the HHSA is organized into four branches: Childrens Services, Adult Services, Public Health and Economic Mobility, with a centralized administration. The HHSA promotes optimal health for all. The frail, the abused, the mentally ill and those without resources look to the HHSA for services and resources to meet their basic needs, and to protect their health and safety. This transformation improves efficiency, avoids unnecessary duplication of effort, encourages collaboration among programs and organizes the HHSAs services to be more responsive to the needs of the public.
Childrens Servicesencompass the services that help ensure children are protected and safe. This branch investigates alleged abuse and neglect of children, and it licenses foster and adoptive homes for children who are experiencing traumatic events in their lives. The branch also encompasses childrens mental health and youth alcohol and drug services. This branch also works with juvenile justice and education to coordinate services for clients.
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ABOUT THE POSITION
Assistant Social Worker:Under direction, to carry a caseload involving the determination of need for basic social service functions for applicants or clients; to perform elementary social studies to identify a need for more intensive casework services; to provide limited casework services of a general tangible nature; and to do related work as required.
Social Worker:Under direction, to carry a service caseload and to provide social services; to conduct social studies and develop service plans which may include the need for specialized social services; to provide information about available services and to arrange for referral of clients to appropriate departmental or community human services resources; and to do other work as required.
Senior Social Worker:Under direction, to carry a service caseload and to provide social services; to conduct social studies and develop service plans which include the need for specialized social services; to provide information about available services and to arrange for referral of clients to appropriate departmental or community human services resources; or to lead internal reviews of all aspects of the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program to ensure both internal integrity and to investigate potential fraud; perform related work as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Assistant Social Worker:Assistant Social Worker is the trainee class in the professional Social Worker series. A position in this class is distinguished from that of the next higher class of Social Worker in that the incumbent is given constant and detailed supervision n learning such items as departmental organization, social service programs, basic case study methods and casework services. As experience is gained, employees are assigned selected caseloads where consequence of error is minimal; case recommendations and casework methodology, however, continue to receive close review. In contrast, the Social Worker carries a full caseload, works with greater independence of action, and normally provides case services of average to complex difficulty.
Social Worker:This is the full journey level in the professional Social Worker series. Incumbents spend a substantial part of their time on the more difficult, sensitive, and specialized services where major case decisions are made independently and where consequence of error may be significant. Advanced casework skills, a high degree of program knowledge, judgment and creativity are required. Typical assignments include adoptions, child foster home placement, child protective services screening and intake, juvenile court case consultation and liaison, original licensing for child foster care homes, and initial assessment of adult protective services. This class is distinguished from the Senior Social Worker class in that the latter is expected to manage a difficult caseload at the highest level of skill.
Senior Social Worker:Senior Social Worker is the highest level professionally trained worker in the series performing the most responsible and difficult casework dealing with highly complex family and individual problems in Child Protective Services, Juvenile Court, Adoptions, Placement, or Adult Services. This class is distinguished from the Social Worker class by its specialization in child welfare services requiring casework management at the highest level of skill, or by its advanced knowledge of the technical aspects of a program combined with the highest level of skill and experience in dealing with the complex problems within the senior and disabled adult population.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
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