Social Worker II
Social Worker II
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$ 2065 - 2484
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Position Information
- Performs basic social services casework; identifies client needs for more intensive casework services and provides referrals; carries a caseload of moderately difficult cases; manages a caseload of increasingly difficult cases; and performs other related work as assigned.
Working under general direction Social Worker II is the journey level in the Social Worker series. Employees at this level are expected to carry a full caseload of moderately difficult cases requiring greater skill and depth of job knowledge in assessing problem situations and formulating plans for service. Typical assignments are within child welfare and adult services programs. However at the agencys discretion Social Worker II may be assigned to employment services to perform social services case work for employment services clients as required by department needs. Employees work with a high degree of independence in administering services and in using agency or community resources. Some positions may determine initial and continuing eligibility for one or more aid programs.
Social Worker II differs from Social Worker III in that the latter is the advanced journey level assigned the more complex cases specialized functions and/or leadworker duties.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED AND RECEIVED
Incumbents in the Social Worker I/II classification receive direct supervision from a Social Worker Supervisor or other higherlevel supervisor or manager. Examples of Duties
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Conducts interviews with clients family members and others in their home in the office or via telephone to assess the basic social physical and mental needs of clients and obtain health information in order to identify and provide social services
- Performs case studies and evaluates individual and family case information to assess the safety of children and adults; determines appropriate types and methods of treatment
- Assesses reports of suspected abuse; may be required to work oncall; may provide information to law enforcement or district attorneys
- Develops and carries out culturally sensitive noncomplex to moderate treatment plans for an assigned caseload in conformance with agency state and federal requirements; assists clients and family members to develop strategies to accomplish case plan goals
- Refers clients to other staff members or to community resources for direct and intensive services and specialized counseling as necessary; advocates on the clients behalf for most appropriate services including enabling services
- Assists applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources
- Interprets policies rules and regulations of the agency to applicants clients and others within the scope of their responsibility
- Makes home visits in connection with casework assignments
- Prepares and maintains case records and databases; communicates decisions timelines recommendations and case plans to clients families and service providers
- May testify in court
- May be assigned to specialized functions
- Participates in inservice training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of the social work processes and achieve technical competence
- Receives casework consultation from professionally trained staff members
- Provides community outreach for various agency programs
- Maintains client confidentiality; performs all duties in conformance with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics
- Performs related duties as assigned
- Carrying a caseload that includes cases with issues of moderate difficulty
- Counseling or supporting clients with complex or specialized needs; provides crisis intervention
- Providing selfhelp information education and services; works with client and caregivers to develop and improve caregiving and independent living skills
- Obtaining and evaluating policy medical and psychological reports
- May serve as mentor to staff orients staff provides training and guidance on cases
Note: The level and scope of the knowledge and skills listed below are related to job duties as distinguished between the two levels in the Definition Section.
Knowledge of:- Principles and practices of organization workload management and time management
- Principles and practices of note taking report writing English composition grammar punctuation and spelling
- Phone etiquette and interview techniques
- Socioeconomic conditions and trends
- Basic principles of individual and group behavior
- Current issues in the field of social welfare
- Role and responsibilities of social workers
- Principles of interviewing and problemsolving methodology
- Basic public welfare programs on the Federal State and local level
- General principles of public assistance policies and programs
- Developing and preparing court report case plans case narratives and safety plans in automated computer systems
- Entering and retrieving data and narratives from automated computer systems
- Basic principles and techniques of interviewing and recording of social casework
- Laws rules and regulations governing the operation of the public welfare agency and the role of a social worker
- Community organization and the social problems calling for the use of public and private community resources
- Basic principles involved in the nature growth and development of personality and ingroup processes
- The medical legal economic and social management needs of individuals and families with special medical needs such as HIV disease drug dependency the medically fragile child Alzheimers and the terminally ill
- The strategies and protocols surrounding crisis intervention techniques such as voice modulation and assessing the potential for suicide
- Basic psychopathology the different types of mental illness diagnoses how mental illness affects human behavior and mental health services and treatments utilized by clients
- Understand and learn the agency programs policies and procedures
- Obtain facts and recognize the relevance and significance
- Organize and maintain work detail
- Establish and maintain effective client rapport and professional working relationships with agency staff clients and others
- Communicate effectively both orally (phone and in person) and in writing
- Analyze situations and adopt effective courses of action
- Interpret and explain to the applicant recipient or others public social service programs policies rules and regulations
- Develop skill in interviewing case recording and interpretation
- Work within a community setting and effectively use appropriate resources and services
- Maintain confidentiality in accordance with legal standards and/or county regulations
- Work effectively in emotionally charged or stressful settings/emergencies
- Operate a personal computer and other office equipment and software
- Analyze data interpret and apply directions rules policies procedures and regulations and develop appropriate responses
- Accept and use constructive feedback
- Interact professionally and respectfully with clients including difficult hostile or distressed clients
- Respect cultural differences
- Work with cases varying in difficulty /clients including clients with dual diagnoses potentially dangerous clients or legally complex cases
- Analyze data from multiple sources interpret and apply complex directions rules policies procedures and regulations and develop appropriate responses
Minimum Qualifications
- Pattern 1: One 1 year of fulltime experience performing entry level social work case management in the Social Worker I classification in an Interagency Merit System (IMS) county;ORPattern 2: One 1 year of fulltime social work case management experience**; AND thirty 30 college semester units or fortyfive 45 quarter units from an accredited college or university including fifteen 15 semester units or twentytwo and a half 22.5 quarter units in social welfare social/human services sociology or other social or behavioral science*;
*Examples of acceptable social or behavioral science courses include: anthropology criminal justice education ethnic studies history human development human services law nursing nutrition psychology public health social welfare sociology welfare womens studies.
**Qualifying social work case management includes direct case work management such as: assessment evaluation; conducting investigations of abuse and neglect; preparing court reports; responsibility for a long term caseload monitoring compliance through home calls and other personal contact; collaboration with other agencies and linking clients to resources and programs; development of a case plan modification of case plans as needed/required; and authority to impose sanctions or implement actions that impact services. Supplemental Information
Examination Information
Training & Experience Examination Weighted 100The Training & Experience Examination is designed to elicit a range of specific information regarding each candidates knowledge skill abilities and potential to effectively perform the duties relative to the classification. Responses to the questionnaire will be assessed based on predetermined rating criteria. All applicants must complete the entire examination to receive a score. To obtain a position on the eligible list candidates must receive a minimum rating of 70 on the examination.
Examination administration and processing time is approximately two weeks after the closing date of the job bulletin.
Eligible List Information
A departmentalopen eligiblelist will be established for the county of Del Norte. The list will be utilized for 12 months after it is established unless the needs of the service and conditions of the list warrant a change in this period.
Retest Period
Once you have taken the examination you may not retest for SIX 6 MONTHS from the established eligibility date.
Special Testing Arrangements
Special testing arrangements may be made to accommodate applicants for disability military or religious reasons. If you require such arrangements please contact CalHR at orupon notification that your application has been approved. Documentation from medical military school or church officials outlining the accommodation request must be received by our office a minimum of five business days prior to a scheduled examination.
Education Documents
If you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications you must attach your transcripts to your application. Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide a transcript evaluation that indicates the number of units to which the foreign course work is equivalent. Transcripts and evaluations may be unofficial; official transcripts may be required upon appointment. Please redact birthdates and social security numbers.
General Information
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by the start date of employment.
MSS reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the recruitment if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all competitors will be notified.
If you meet the requirements stated on this bulletin you may take this examination. Your performance in this examination will be rated against predetermined rating criteria. All competitors who pass will be added to the eligible list. Meeting the entry requirements does not assure success in the examination or placement on the eligible list.
General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity initiative dependability good judgement the ability to work cooperatively with others and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. As part of the hiring process a background investigation may be required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The Merit System Services program is committed to equal employment opportunity for all regardless of age ancestry color disability (mental and physical) exercising the right to family care and medical leave gender gender expression gender identity genetic information marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin political affiliation race religious creed sex (includes pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and related medical conditions) and sexual orientation.
Additional Information
- A valid drivers license may be required at the time of appointment and employees may also be required to drive their own car provide proof of car insurance and a DMV clearance. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to a disability will be reviewed on a casebycase basis.
- As a condition of employment the County of Del Norte will require proof of ability to work in the U.S.
- This recruitment will be used to fill fulltime parttime and extrahelp positions as vacancies occur.
About Del Norte County
Del Norte County where the redwoods meet the sea is located in the northwest corner of California along the Pacific Ocean and adjacent to the Oregon border. The substantially rural county is notable for forests containing coast redwoods some over 350 feet tall. These redwoods are the tallest living things on Earth dating back over 2000 years. Notably the County is located in one of the few rain forests in the temperate region. The County is home to a multitude of unique plants and flowers coastal bird and fish species rocky primitive beaches and sea stacks pristine rivers and historic lighthouses. Del Norte County is home to several fun rivers and ocean activities a variety of food festivals including local seafood a sanctioned BBQ cookoff raft races on the beautiful and wild Smith River and the very popular ocean standup paddleboard race. There are numerous hiking trails located within the national and state parks as well as sponsored park events throughout the year. Star Wars enthusiasts will also recognize the County as being the location of some of the forest scenes used in Return of the Jedi.
Employment Type
Full-Time
