Social Worker III

Job Title

Adult Home Specialist

Job Description

Consists of providing aged and disabled clients an opportunity to obtain and maintain self-sufficiency in a safe environment appropriate to their needs. The outcome of this task is often affected by the urgency of crisis situations resulting from catastrophic injury or illness, which requires that some individuals be placed in alternative living situations immediately. When self-sufficiency is threatened either by the client's infirmity, environmental conditions, or unsuitable actions on the part of a caretaker, this worker will explore options which could include protective services, placement in a residential facility, organizing family support, and in-home aide service. In some cases, the worker may also seek legal recourse through guardianship proceedings. Essential to the process of providing services is the availability of those services, and this worker is an essential participant in seeking resources. Assist with other duties as needed or assigned.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Receive referrals to assess adults for SA In-Home services
• Receive complaints of alleged abuse, neglect, and exploitation of disabled adults or lawfully emancipated minors as needed.
• Visit clients, caretakers, collaterals, or others involved to complete a full evaluation.
• Conducting interviews and assessments, collecting data and analyzing information to determine facts, making logical and reasonable decisions during the assessment and service initiation stages.
• Assessing clients for Guardianship services and filing petitions for the guardianship hearing as needed.
• Helps individuals to utilize community resources by planning and directing clients to agencies, such as mental health, medical facilities, food banks, counseling centers, vocational and drug rehabilitation among others.
• Serve as a back-up for other services offered within the unit as needed.
• Shelter duty as needed (mandatory)

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education & Experience

Broad understanding of Social Work Policy and Procedures. Considerable knowledge of behavioral and socio-economic problems and their treatment, considerable knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies that govern Social Work programs. Considerable knowledge of racial, ethnic, or other cultural groups in society, their values and lifestyles, considerable knowledge of techniques and methods of conducting formal and informal training programs for adult learners. Considerable knowledge of the agency's programs, functions, services, protocols, and procedures. Good time management skills.

Master's Degree from an accredited school of social work and one year of counseling experience; or a Bachelor's Degree in social work from an accredited school of social work and two years of social work or counseling experience; or a Master's Degree in a counseling field and two years of social work or counseling; or four year degree in a human services field or related curriculum including at least 15 semester hours in courses related to social work or counseling and three years of experience in a related human services field; or an equivalent combination or training and experience.

Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.

This position is a safety sensitive position and subject to random substance abuse testing accordance with the Pender County Personnel Policy and Risk Policy.

Physical Requirements

This work is sedentary and requires little to no exertion of force; work regularly requires sitting and speaking or hearing and occasionally requires standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and arms; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Benefits

There are a wide variety of benefits available to eligible Pender County employees. These benefits include: health, dental, vision, life insurance, optional life and disability insurance plans, flexible spending account, retirement program, 401(k) program, deferred compensation program, credit union membership and an employee assistance program.

Employer

Pender County Government

Address

801 S. Walker Street Burgaw, North Carolina, 28425

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