Associate/Social Services Specialist (I/II/III)

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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse content. Job posting includes: - Job Location: Base location will be Jefferson County, Hillsboro, MO. AC/FCS Units and involves on call - Then description: "A foster care case manager performs many essential functions within the child welfare system. They advocate for and assure safety of children, guide biological parents, support relative and foster families, connect people to services, and participate in the court process. They play a critical role in promoting family reunification or securing other safe, permanent homes when needed." Then list of duties: "Assess the needs of children and connect them to services.Develop and implement individualized case plans for children and parents in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.Assist biological parents with achieving reunification goals.Ensure children’s placements comply with child welfare guidelines, best-interest principles, and court requirements. Conduct in-home visits to monitor a child's safety and well-being.Provide routine support and crisis intervention for foster families when placement challenges arise.Facilitate communication and visitation between children in foster care and their biological families.Coordinate and facilitate family support team meetings, liaising between schools, community and healthcare providers, and legal representatives.Maintain accurate, detailed, and confidential client records, case notes, and specialized reports.Prepare legal documents, attend court hearings, and provide testimony regarding the child and family status.Assist in assuring safety of children served in other program areas as designated by agency leadership. Other duties as assigned." Then qualifications: "Associate Social Services Specialist: A High School Diploma or High School Equivalent andFour or more years of professional experience with a public or private agency in the delivery of protective services, including casework/case management in: investigation of abuse or neglect; coordination of foster care, adoptions, and family centered services; treatment/rehabilitation; and/or providing in-home family crisis intervention services, and possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license. OR A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably a degree in Social Work or comparable human services field. (Substitutions allowed) Social Services Specialist (II): A High School Diploma or High School Equivalent and Five or more years of professional experience with a public or private agency in the delivery of protective services, including casework/case management in: investigation of abuse or neglect; coordination of foster care, adoptions, and family centered services; treatment/rehabilitation; and/or providing in-home family crisis intervention services, and possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license. OR A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably a degree in Social Work or comparable human services field (Substitutions allowed); and, One or more years of professional experience with a public or private agency in the delivery of protective services, including casework/case management in: investigation of abuse or neglect; coordination of foster care, adoptions, and family centered services; treatment/rehabilitation; and/or providing in-home family crisis intervention services, and possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license. Social Services Specialist (III): A High School Diploma or High School Equivalent and Six or more years of professional experience with a public or private agency in the delivery of protective services, including casework/case management in: investigation of abuse or neglect; coordination of foster care, adoptions, and family centered services; treatment/rehabilitation; and/or providing in-home family crisis intervention services, and possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license. OR A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably a degree in Social Work or comparable human services field (Substitutions allowed); and, Two or more years of professional experience with a public or private agency in the delivery of protective services, including casework/case management in: investigation of abuse or neglect; coordination of foster care, adoptions, and family centered services; treatment/rehabilitation; and/or providing in-home family crisis intervention services, and possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license. (A combination of earned credit hours from an accredited college or university in the preferred fields such as social work, family and child development, special education, psychology, sociology, or related behavioral sciences and experience described may substitute for the stated qualifications. 30 credit hours are equivalent to 1 year of experience. Professional experience as described must be of a substantial period of time (over 50% of time)). (Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant)" Preferred Qualifications: "Ability to work a combination evening/weekend shift Excellent problem-solving and time management skillsExcellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skillsAvailability to be in the “on call” rotation as assignedAbility to travel throughout the State of Missouri as needed" Benefits: "The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here. CD-HR@dss.mo.gov" No explicit Pay or Schedule details. So we should not create Pay or Schedule sections. Benefits we have content, so include Benefits section. We need sections: About the role (maybe intro paragraph), Responsibilities (list of duties), Requirements (maybe qualifications?), Qualifications (maybe the specific education/experience?), Skills (preferred qualifications?), Benefits. We need to decide mapping: The posting includes description of role, duties, qualifications (multiple levels), preferred qualifications, benefits. We can structure:

About the role

... (location and brief description)

Responsibilities

• ... each duty

Requirements

maybe combine the qualification levels? Could be "Associate Social Services Specialist", "Social Services Specialist (II)", "(III)". Might be better to put under Qualifications. We have both Requirements and Qualifications headings allowed. We need to decide what to put where. Usually Requirements = mandatory qualifications; Qualifications = maybe preferred? But we have both mandatory and preferred. We could put mandatory qualifications under Requirements, and preferred under Skills (or Qualifications). However we also have a Skills heading allowed. Let's map: - Requirements: mandatory qualifications (education/experience) for the role (maybe the base requirement: High School Diploma + 4 years experience OR Bachelor's degree). But there are multiple levels; we could list them as options. - Qualifications: maybe the alternative qualification combos? But we could also put the detailed qualification levels under Qualifications. - Skills: preferred qualifications (evening/weekend shift, problem-solving, communication, on-call, travel). - Benefits: benefits description. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, description, duties, qualification details, preferred qualifications, benefits. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. There's none. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must not include application instructions (like email). Actually there is an email CD-HR@dss.mo.gov at end; that's application instruction? It's contact. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should drop that email line. Also "The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here." That's also application instruction? It's a resource link; maybe considered application instruction. Safer to remove that sentence as well. But we need to preserve substantive information about benefits; the sentence about calculator is more about resources; could be considered boilerplate? It's not required to preserve. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the line about Total Compensation Calculator and the email. Keep benefits description: defined pension plan, generous leave, health insurance eligibility. Thus Benefits section:

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck.

We could also keep "Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck." That's substantive. Now craft HTML. We need to ensure proper nesting:

About the role

Base location will be Jefferson County, Hillsboro, MO. AC/FCS Units and involves on call. A foster care case manager performs many essential functions within the child welfare system. They advocate for and assure safety of children, guide biological parents, support relative and foster families, connect people to services, and participate in the court process. They play a critical role in promoting family reunification or securing other safe, permanent homes when needed.

But note the location sentence includes "Job Location: Base location will be Jefferson County, Hillsboro, MO. AC/FCS Units and involves on call". We'll incorporate that. Now Responsibilities: list each duty as

. Need to split the long sentence by periods. Duties list: - Assess the needs of children and connect them to services. - Develop and implement individualized case plans for children and parents in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. - Assist biological parents with achieving reunification goals. - Ensure children’s placements comply with child welfare guidelines, best-interest principles, and court requirements. - Conduct in-home visits to monitor a child's safety and well-being. - Provide routine support and crisis intervention for foster families when placement challenges arise. - Facilitate communication and visitation between children in foster care and their biological families. - Coordinate and facilitate family support team meetings, liaising between schools, community and healthcare providers, and legal representatives. - Maintain accurate, detailed, and confidential client records, case notes, and specialized reports. - Prepare legal documents, attend court hearings, and provide testimony regarding the child and family status. - Assist in assuring safety of children served in other program areas as designated by agency leadership. - Other duties as assigned. Make sure to preserve punctuation. Now Requirements: we need to include the qualification details for Associate Social Services Specialist, Social Services Specialist (II), (III). Could be presented as a list. We could format as:

Requirements

• Associate Social Services Specialist: High School Diploma or equivalent and four or more years of professional experience in protective services (including investigation of abuse/neglect, foster care coordination, adoptions, family-centered services, treatment/rehabilitation, in-home family crisis intervention) and a valid vehicle operator’s license; OR a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Social Work or comparable human services field.
• Social Services Specialist (II): High School Diploma or equivalent and five or more years of professional experience in protective services (same areas) and a valid vehicle operator’s license; OR a Bachelor’s degree plus one or more years of professional experience in protective services (same areas) and a valid vehicle operator’s license.
• Social Services Specialist (III): High School Diploma or equivalent and six or more years of professional experience in protective services (same areas) and a valid vehicle operator’s license; OR a Bachelor’s degree plus two or more years of professional experience in protective services (same areas) and a valid vehicle operator’s license. (A combination of earned credit hours in preferred fields such as social work, family and child development, special education, psychology, sociology, or related behavioral sciences and experience may substitute; 30 credit hours = 1 year of experience. Professional experience must be substantial, over 50% of time.) Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis for denying consideration.

We need to ensure we preserve all details: mention "Substitutions allowed". Also mention "OR A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, preferably a degree in Social