SOCIAL CASE WORKER - CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT (EXAM #6350)

State of careers Rhode Island • Meriden, CT

10d • $61,475 - $70,876

About The Position

This announcement is for a Civil Service Examination for the position of Social Case Worker. The role involves performing social case work to provide social services in various fields such as public assistance, child welfare, soldiers' welfare, medical or psychiatric social work programs, health, or correctional programs. The Social Case Worker will work collaboratively as part of a diagnostic or therapeutic team and perform related duties as required. The position is under general and occasional close supervision, with work reviewed for conformance to agency policy and professional standards. Supervision exercised is usually none.

Requirements

• A working knowledge of social case work principles, practices, and techniques.
• A working knowledge of individual emotional and behavioral patterns, as well as social and economic factors that contribute to personal maladjustment and dependency.
• Familiarity with community resources and how to use them effectively.
• The ability to apply social case work practices and techniques.
• The ability to work effectively with people and aid them in constructive utilization of their capabilities and in adjusting to their specific problems.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with public assistance recipients, children, other public and private agencies, supervisors and associates, the community, and the public.
• Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution of higher education with specialization in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Child Development, or Vocational Guidance.
• Any combination of education and experience that is substantially equivalent to the above education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform social case work providing services in a public assistance program, including determining eligibility for various assistance programs, recommending money payments, and assisting individuals and families in utilizing resources.
• Assist in the periodic case review and reevaluation to determine the continuance, readjustment, or discontinuance of public assistance grants.
• Perform social case work providing services to children in and away from home, covering areas like family budgeting, securing economic aid and employment, arranging medical and dental care, guidance in child care and home management, educational and vocational consultation, and securing psychological and psychiatric advice.
• Facilitate the use of foster home care and provide assistance to children in their adjustment to home, school, and community.
• Conduct periodic reevaluations of the need for foster home care and provide continuous planning and case work services to families of these children.
• Investigate adoptions and child marriages and make recommendations.
• Provide assistance to unmarried mothers and their children.
• Offer protective services for neglected, abused, or exploited children.
• Cooperate with the Family Court and other agencies in the protection and care of children.
• Perform social case work in a hospital, psychiatric or intellectual and developmental disability clinic or institution, or correctional institution.
• Assist in family and community care programs involving patient placement in homes.
• Assist in maintaining social service programs within an institution.
• Provide case work services to the mentally ill and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Collaborate as a member of a diagnostic and therapeutic team in a psychiatric social work program to facilitate patient recovery.
• Perform social case work, under supervision, in a medical social work program for patients in hospitals, institutions, clinics, or in the community and home.
• Obtain social data from patients, their families, and other groups.
• Arrange for medical treatment and provide follow-up care based on physician recommendations.
• Interpret social factors to physicians and medical problems to patients and their families.
• Perform special services related to the care and adjustment of the physically or mentally sick, provision for the chronically sick and disabled, arrangement and management of convalescence, social case work with the physically handicapped, protection against community disease, and promotion of hygiene and sanitation.
• Maintain adequate case records and make reports as requested.
• Handle correspondence as directed.
• Perform related work as required.

Benefits

• Information regarding benefits available to State of Rhode Island employees can be found on the Office of Employee Benefits' website.
• Direct deposit for all employees is required for new hires after September 30, 2014.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level