Social Worker IV - Leeward District Administration

Hawaii State Department of Education • Waipahu, HI

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This posting is being used to fill Social Worker positions that provide services to students at various schools within the Leeward District as needed and assigned by the Leeward District Administration. The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable. New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.

Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work from a program of study accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a doctoral degree in social work from a college or university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or a comparable regional accreditation body.
• Education background must demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.
• Progressively responsible professional work experience which involved helping individuals and their families find satisfactory ways of identifying their problems, coping with their conditions, and functioning effectively within their environments.
• Some positions require applicants to possess a current, valid Driver's License.

Nice To Haves

• If you will graduate within six (6) months of application from an accredited university and will meet the Education Requirement upon your graduation, you must provide a letter attesting to such from your department chair or university, along with your most current official transcripts.
• Final official transcript s howing receipt of the degree must be submitted upon graduation.

Responsibilities

• Seek to improve the overall quality of life of people within the context of their environment through the remediation and prevention of their problems.
• Improve accessibility, accountability and coordination of service delivery among a variety of professionals and/or agencies tasked with providing appropriate services to clients.
• Establish working relationships of mutual respect and trust with the clientele served.
• Utilize a variety of helping interventions to enable these clients to function as effectively as possible.
• Identify and evaluate client problems and needs.
• Develop a service or treatment plan, sometimes in tandem with other professionals working in an interdisciplinary team.
• Initiate and implement the service plan, either directly or through the authorization of provider/vendor services.
• Monitor services being provided.
• Evaluate/assess client progress, with amendments to the service/treatment plan made as appropriate.

Benefits

• Salary Range: All new external applicants will be placed on the initial step of the salary range. However, placement above the initial step of the salary range will be based on special characteristics and critical needs of the position, an applicant's exceptional qualifications, the availability of funds, and other relevant factors. Such appointments require prior approval. Hawaii State Department of Education employees will be placed on the salary range in accordance with Department regulations.
• Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself available for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities.
• A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months.
• Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.
• You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

What This Job Offers

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