HealthHuman Services Professional Trainee Underfill (Elko)

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

Job Summary

The Division of Child and Family Services is recruiting for a Health/Human Services Professional Trainee underfilling for a Psychiatric Caseworker 2 with the Wraparound in Nevada (WIN) Program in Elko. Wraparound in Nevada (WIN) is a community-based program that provides intensive tiered care coordination/targeted case management to children/youth with serious emotional disturbances who have complex needs across multiple domains. WIN utilizes a screening/assessment process in partnership with youth and families to determine their needs and the appropriate level of care coordination. WIN provides tiered care coordination that includes both High Fidelity Wraparound (HFW) and FOCUS. Both models are embedded in the System of Care values and principles and place the child/youth and their family at the center of all planning. This position performs a variety of duties across community-based settings including youth and family homes. Duties include developing coordinating and monitoring plans of care coordinating and collaborating with community service providers and partnering with youth and their families to develop and facilitate child and family team meetings. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Under immediate supervision incumbents perform duties below the journey level while receiving training for advancement to an entry-level professional health/human services class. This class may be used for entry into Child Care Facilities Surveyor Health Facilities Inspector Developmental Specialist Health Program Specialist Psychiatric Caseworker Quality Assurance Specialist Social Worker or other professional health/human services series from the Medical Health & Related Services or Social Services & Rehabilitation Occupational Groups in any department of State government.

Essential Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in social work early childhood development psychology public health special education nursing or other discipline directly related to the field in which the applicant is to be trained; OR two years of journey level technical or paraprofessional experience in the field in which the applicant is to be trained (NOTE: some jobs strictly require a Bachelors degree).

Job Duties

Employees in this class receive on-the-job training in the duties performed in the particular professional field. Training received is designed to prepare individuals to do the entry-level work in a particular class. On the job training may be supplemented by formal or informal classroom courses and/or workshops.

Duties will involve assignment of entry-level professional work that is closely monitored by a journey-level professional or supervisor in the particular field. Duties may include performing technical and/or paraprofessional work in the professional field in order to build a foundation of theoretical and/or experiential knowledge.

This is an entry-level trainee class. Employees in this class will progress within the appropriate professional series pursuant to regulations regarding automatic advancement.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Working knowledge of: problem solving techniques; research techniques; basic mathematics.

Ability to: write grammatically correct correspondence; read and understand technical information related to the profession; communicate verbally to express ideas and explain problems/solutions/findings; analyze problems and develop logical solutions; interact effectively with clients and/or staff from a variety of backgrounds.

Recruiter Contact Information: Sonja Grass -

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

Please send direct Inquiries or correspondence to the recruiter listed on this announcement.

Required Experience:

Intern