Social Services Practitioner III

About the role

This is a fast-paced environment that requires excellent ability to obtain information from individuals in crisis and excellent critical thinking skills for the ability to analyze information provided, identify additional information needed and determine appropriate response times for assistance to clients.

The Social Services Practitioner III is the highest classification of the professionally trained social caseworker in the Social Services Practitioner series. Incumbents are characterized by the responsibility for performing full scope social service casework often requiring difficult diagnosis and intensive treatment services.

Required:

• Bilingual-English/ Spanish
• All applicants must upload a copy of their official and/or unoffical transcripts of their completed degree at an accredited college or university.

Minimum Qualifications

• Option I: Education - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in social welfare, social or behavioral sciences, social/human services, counseling, or a closely related field to the assignment.
• Experience - One year equivalent to a County of Riverside Social Services Practitioner II.
• Option II: Education - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in social welfare, social or behavioral sciences, social/human services, counseling, or a closely related field to the assignment.
• Experience - Two years of performing casework duties in a public or private human services agency.
• Experience must include assessing or determining client needs, formulating case plans or executing case plans to support and meet client needs.
• Option III: Education - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree, preferably with a major in social or behavioral sciences, social/human services, counseling, or a closely related field to the assignment.
• Option IV: Education - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Social Work.
• Experience - Completed internship experience in a public or private welfare agency as part of an accredited Bachelor of Social Work degree program.
• Positions assigned to a Healthcare Facility: Education - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in social or behavioral sciences, social/human services, or a closely related field to the assignment.
• Experience - Two years as a County of Riverside Social Services Practitioner II, or one year of performing social casework duties in a hospital or healthcare facility equivalent to a County of Riverside Social Services Practitioner II or ten years of Hospital Social Worker experience in a hospital or healthcare facility.
• Positions assigned to the Child Life Program: Education - Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in social or behavioral sciences, social/human services, child life, child development, or a closely related field to the assignment.
• Experience - Two years of Child Life Specialist experience in a hospital or healthcare facility.

Knowledge

• Principles and techniques of social casework and of the function of public social service agencies;
• Individual and group behavior with emphasis on normal growth, development, and family relationships;
• Social casework objectives, principles, and methods;
• Socioeconomic and cultural factors which promote stable family life, and an understanding of the factors that affect family security;
• Physical and mental illnesses and their impact on personality;
• Community organizations and the services they provide;
• Laws, rules, and regulations governing the operation of public social services agencies;
• Basic computer skills.

Ability

• Establish rapport with clients and their families;
• Effectively apply casework knowledge and skills;
• Apply the principles of general and/or child psychology and family relationships;
• Evaluate personal and psychological factors in the client and/or family's situation;
• Work constructively within an agency and community setting;
• Utilize appropriate resources and services;
• Provide consultation to others;
• Demonstrate skill in planning and analysis;
• Control personal bias and apply social work ethics;
• Maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public;
• Provide consultation to and assist in the professional development of less experienced Social Services Practitioners;
• Input and retrieve data from computerized system.