Social Worker Or Human Services Professional III And IV - Wailuku/Kahului, Maui

State of Hawai'i•Island of Maui, HI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Social Workers and Human Services Professionals seek to improve the overall quality of life of people within the context of their environment through the remediation and prevention of their problems, and by improving accessibility, accountability and coordination of service delivery among a variety of professionals and/or agencies tasked with providing appropriate services to clients. These professionals come from a variety of interdisciplinary bases, establish working relationships of mutual respect and trust with the clientele served, and utilize a variety of helping interventions to enable these clients to function as effectively as possible. These positions are found in a variety of settings and work with diverse types of people. They may be found in hospitals and other health service agencies, social service agencies, schools, correctional facilities, and programs concerned with substance abuse, aging, and family violence. Although work settings and clientele may differ, all Social Workers and Human Service Professionals use similar professional concepts, principles and techniques regardless of the program in which they work. The Social Worker or Human Services Professional IV positions are distinguished by the complexity of assigned cases and level of authority assumed by the worker. The following summarizes the types of positions found at these levels: Type A: The fully trained, experienced Social Worker or Human Services Professional who independently performs the full range of professional human services work for a caseload consisting of predominantly highly complex cases. These are cases where clients frequently exhibit extreme hostility (which may include violent behavior to others or themselves) or resistance to services, possibly because they have been repeatedly referred to or compelled to accept agency services; have multiple and/or severe psychological, mental, physical, and environmental problems or have become the focus of notoriety and/or intense public scrutiny; and there is difficulty in determining or obtaining appropriate services, and in having clients accept services and comply with treatment plans. Type B: The fully trained and experienced Social Worker or Human Services Professional who serves as a program specialist under the direction of a higher-level specialist or other professional and is assigned a program which is fairly narrow in scope and/or generally part of a larger program area. Work may encompass various tasks such as interpreting, clarifying and developing guidelines within the overall scope of the larger program; drafting policies and implementation plans; developing training guides and providing training; and monitoring and reporting on implementation. Type C: The fully trained, experienced Social Worker or Human Services Professional who spends a significant portion of the work time in direct performance of work typical of the Social Worker or Human Services Professional III and concurrently supervises a small group of less experienced Social Workers or Human Services Professionals and/or others providing professional human services, without having significant program management responsibilities. Note: Some positions may provide services covered under the Felix Consent Decree. Program areas for the current vacancies: Department of Human Services (DHS): Adult Protective & Community Services (APCS) - Assess requests for adult social services; investigate all reports of abuse and neglect of dependent adults and arrange for appropriate services to ensure safety; and provide comprehensive services to severely or chronically ill and disabled adults of all ages as an alternative to institutional nursing home care. General Human Services (GHS) - Work with one of the following programs: 1) employment-related or first-to-work services, child-care licensing services, and economic assistance to eligible families and individuals; 2) administrative planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive statewide social service programs; 3) medical assistance; and 4) vocational rehabilitation services, including eligible individuals who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired.

Requirements

Must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
Social Worker: 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.
Human Services Professional: Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university which included a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in courses such as counseling, criminal justice, human services, psychology, social work, social welfare, sociology or other behavioral sciences.
For Human Services Professional Only: Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience below, or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience that provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree, including the coursework specified above, may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
Social Worker (with BSW): One year of progressively responsible professional work experience helping individuals and their families find satisfactory ways of identifying their problems, coping with their conditions, and functioning effectively within their environments for Level III; two years for Level IV.
Social Worker (with MSW): No Specialized Experience required for Level III; two years for Level IV.
Social Worker (with Ph.D. in Social Work): No Specialized Experience required.
Human Services Professional: One and one-half years of progressively responsible professional work experience helping individuals and their families find satisfactory ways of identifying their problems, coping with their conditions, and functioning effectively within their environments for Level III; two and one-half years for Level IV.
Applicants who will graduate within three months and will meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements upon their graduation will be accepted for examination.
Some positions require possession of a valid driver's license at the time of appointment.

Nice To Haves

Some positions may provide services covered under the Felix Consent Decree.

Responsibilities

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 clients to function as effectively as possible.
Perform the full range of professional human services work for a caseload consisting of predominantly highly complex cases (Type A IV).
Serve as a program specialist under the direction of a higher-level specialist or other professional and is assigned a program which is fairly narrow in scope and/or generally part of a larger program area (Type B IV).
Interpret, clarify and develop guidelines within the overall scope of the larger program; draft policies and implementation plans; develop training guides and provide training; and monitor and report on implementation (Type B IV).
Spend a significant portion of the work time in direct performance of work typical of the Social Worker or Human Services Professional III and concurrently supervise a small group of less experienced Social Workers or Human Services Professionals and/or others providing professional human services, without having significant program management responsibilities (Type C IV).
Assess requests for adult social services (APCS).
Investigate all reports of abuse and neglect of dependent adults and arrange for appropriate services to ensure safety (APCS).
Provide comprehensive services to severely or chronically ill and disabled adults of all ages as an alternative to institutional nursing home care (APCS).
Work with employment-related or first-to-work services, child-care licensing services, and economic assistance to eligible families and individuals (GHS).
Work with administrative planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive statewide social service programs (GHS).
Work with medical assistance (GHS).
Work with vocational rehabilitation services, including eligible individuals who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired (GHS).