DSHS ESA Social Service Specialist 2

DSHS ESA Social Service Specialist 2
Join our team as a Social Service Specialist 2 with theEconomic Services Administrations(ESA)Community Services Division(CSD) in our Spokane Maple CSO where you will provide vital client-centered support to individuals and families working to overcome barriers to stability and self-sufficiency.

In this role you will support participants in both the WorkFirst and Aged Blind or Disabled (ABD) programs by conducting comprehensive assessments developing individualized plans and delivering ongoing case management. Youll work with clients facing a wide range of vocational medical psychological and social challenges helping them navigate services access resources and move toward greater independence.

You will also assist individuals in gathering and coordinating documentation for federal disability benefits collaborating with medical providers community partners and internal teams to ensure accurate and timely support. This position involves both office-based work and occasional travel for home or alternate-site visits allowing you to meet clients where they are and provide equitable meaningful service.

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Some of what youll do:

• Provide case management for people with social cultural vocational and medical impairments of varying degrees
• Conduct assessments and create case plans for participants in the WorkFirst program
• Complete program assessments and eligibility determination for Aged Blind and Disabled/Housing & Essential Needs
• Create implement monitor and modify case plans for customers to help achieve self-sufficiency
• Review and examine cases on a periodic basis to assess client progress and determine continuing compliance with social services programs
• Coordinate services with other agencies such as behavioral health Employment Security substance abuse programs vocational rehabilitation and developmental disabilities
• Apply medical diagnostic terminology and categories to assess and determine client employability or incapacity
• Provide services collaboratively and with empathy and respect
• Interview clients and provide a comprehensive assessment of vocational educational social and health history
• Authorize referrals to medical specialists and referrals to other agencies
• Performs home and alternate site visits to assist customers experiencing poverty.
  
  

• Twelve months of experience as aSocial Service Specialist 1ANDcompletion of the agencys Social Service Specialist training program.
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• A masters degree in social services human services behavioral sciences criminal law/justice or an allied field ANDone year as aSocial Service Specialist 1or equivalent paid social service experience. A two-year masters degree in one of the above fields that included a practicum may be substituted for one year of paid social service experience.
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• A bachelors degree in social services human services behavioral sciences criminal law/justice or an allied field ANDtwo years of paid social service experience performing functions equivalent to aSocial Service Specialist 1.
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• An equivalent combination of education/experience of six or more years.
  

• Effective verbal and written communication skills when interviewing clients and interacting with coworkers community partners medical providers attorneys and community partners
  
• Consistent ability to serve the public with respect concern courtesy and responsiveness
  
• Successful at de-escalation in situations
  
• Willingness and commitment to work with underserved homeless people with mental illness and chemically dependent clients
  
• Ability to use automated software applications
  
  

• An updated resume
  
• Three professional references with contact information
  
  

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