Social Worker III
Amador County
- Jackson, CA
- $30.94-37.61 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Carries a caseload of more difficult types of social services cases requiring a high degree of technical competence, such as situations where environmental forces affect family life
- Receives and responds to reports of suspected abuse; obtains information from reporters; personally investigates and assesses situations to protect vulnerable adults and children and recommends alternate placement; may provide information to law enforcement or district attorneys; may be required to work on-call; may testify in court
- Performs case studies evaluates individual and family case information to assess the safety of children and adults; determines appropriate types and methods of treatment
- Develops and carries out social treatment plans for an assigned caseload; ensures all services are delivered in a respectful, culturally sensitive and appropriate manner and
- Counsels or provides guidance and support to individuals and/or families with more complex or specialized needs including Adult Protective Services, crisis intervention, special medical or legal needs, and other social services
- Refers clients to other staff members
- Makes a diagnosis of client problems and follows through with the social treatment plans with a high degree of independence
- Interprets policies, rules, and regulations to client, applicants, and others
- May act as a lead worker to a small group of social service workers or service employees
- Assists applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources for individual needs
- Makes home visits in connection with casework assignments
- Develops and prepares court report, case plans, case narratives and safety plans in automated computer systems
- Enters and retrieves data and narratives from automated computer systems
- Prepares and maintains case
- Participates in in-service 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
- May be required to testify in court
- Works with community organizations and makes referrals to outside resources
- Provides self-help information, education, and services; works with clients and caregivers to develop and improve caregiving and independent living skills
- Obtains and evaluates police, medical, and psychological reports
- Maintains client confidentiality; performs all duties in conformance with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics
- Performs related duties as assigned
- Principles and practices of organization, workload management and time management
- Principles and practices of note taking, report writing, and English composition, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Phone etiquette and interview techniques
- Socio-economic conditions and trends
- Basic principles of individual and group behavior
- Current issues in the field of social welfare
- Principles of analysis and problem-solving methodology
- Basic public welfare programs on the Federal, State, and local level
- General principles of public assistance policies and programs
- 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 and responsibilities of a social worker
- Community organization and the social problems calling for the use of public and private community resources
- Current problems and methodology in the field of public social services
- 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, Alzheimer's, and the terminally ill
- Strategies and protocols surrounding crisis intervention techniques such as voice modulation and assessing the potential for suicide
- Psychopathology, the different types of mental illness diagnoses, how mental illness affects human behavior and mental health services and treatments utilized by clients
- Signs, stages and dynamics of abuse, and the effects of abuse on child/adult development and behavior
- Signs and symptoms of alcohol and drug use/abuse in adults and children and the effects on families
- Standards for maintaining clients safely in home; options for placement; effects of removing clients from unsafe situations
- Communicate effectively with others in writing, in person and over the telephone
- Analyze data, interpret directions, procedures and regulations, and develop appropriate responses
- Perform job duties under stressful conditions
- Respond appropriately to situations
- Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or county regulations
- Understand and apply the agency program, policy and procedures
- Obtain facts and recognize the relevance and significance
- Organize and maintain work detail
- Establish and maintain effective working relationship with agency staff, clients, and outside organizations
- Analyze situation and adopt effective courses of action
- Apply the principles of psychology and family relationships to engage individuals and families in social services
- Recognize signs of abuse for children, elderly and dependent adults; assess risk factors and potential dangers to clients
- Apply existing laws, rules, and regulations to welfare department operations
- Interpret and explain to applicants, recipients, 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
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Operate a personal computer and other office equipment and related software
- Act appropriately in emergency and stressful situations
- Interact professionally and respectfully with clients including difficult, hostile, or distressed clients
- Respect cultural differences
- Work with difficult or complex cases/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
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