Human Services Assistant - Non Merit

About the role

A Non-Merit vacancy exists in the Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Community Based Services, Center for Family Success. Regular Schedule: 34 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Interviews clients and reviews applications and other forms to determine eligibility for financial aid or other services according to established guidelines.
• Explains program policies and procedures to clients.
• Affords clients supportive information as required and contacts other agencies to verify information.
• Assists in placing clients into other programs.
• Computes dollar amounts of grants for clients based on established guidelines.
• Initiates procedures to grant, modify, deny or terminate clients' participation in program.
• Reviews clients' activities with professionals in program.
• Maintains detailed records of cases and assembles these into periodic reports.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate in arts degree in a social science or behavioral science.
• Possession of the 90-hour Child Development Associate (CDA) certification and the 45-hour Infant/Toddler CDA certification is preferred.
• Experience in individual, group, or family counseling or in intake and referral work may be substituted on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years for the required education.

Skills and Abilities

• Basic knowledge of interviewing techniques.
• Skill in performing simple mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Writing skill necessary to complete simple application forms and reports.
• Ability to obtain information from clients and to compile information into case records.
• Ability to communicate orally.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to understand Federal, State, and local regulations, program policies and procedures, to apply them to specific client situations, and to compute the amounts of grants to clients.
• Ability to maintain detailed and accurate records and to prepare summary reports.
• Ability to use a computer to enter, update, or retrieve information.
• Frequent significant decision- and problem- solving abilities.
• Ability to work as team member collaborating with parents and community resources.
• Ability to supervise and monitor children under the age of five years old at all times and ensure a safe environment.
• Ability to respond appropriately to an emergency or crisis situation.
• Frequent driving for home visits sometimes in outlying areas.

Conditions of Employment

• Physical and Environmental Conditions.
• Medical Examination and Employment Background Investigation.

Employment Benefits

• General Increases.
• Longevity Increases.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Health Insurance Benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Life Insurance.
• Retirement.
• Paid Leave.
• Bereavement Leave.
• Jury Leave.
• Military Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Deferred Compensation.