SOCIAL WORKER V - WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER - OAHU

Duties

Seek to improve the overall quality of life of people within the context of their environment through the remediation and prevention of their problems, and by improving accessibility, accountability and coordination of service delivery among a variety of professionals and/or agencies tasked with providing appropriate services to clients.

Establish working relationships of mutual respect and trust with the clientele served, and utilize a variety of helping interventions to enable these clients to function as effectively as possible.

• Serve as supervisors over groups of lower-level social workers and other professional staff providing human services work or are engaged in program development and evaluation functions.
• Assign, review and evaluate the work of subordinate staff; provide technical guidance and staff training and development; counsel and discipline/recommend discipline for staff.
• Serve as program specialists or staff consultants assigned to new or existing programs, or major segments of large programs, who work under the supervision of a higher-level specialist or professional position.
• Develop, evaluate, and/or modify various program components in response to policy changes, changes in organizational objectives, etc.
• Provide direction to lower-level program specialists or serve as team leaders when necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in social work from a program of study accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a doctoral degree in social work from a college or university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or a comparable regional accreditation body.
• Three years of specialized experience for Bachelor of Social Work degree holders; two years for Master of Social Work degree holders; one year for Ph.D. degree holders.

Other Requirements

• Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements, will apply.
• All applicants who are conditionally offered employment or conditionally approved for movement into this position shall be subject to drug screening, as required by Federal, State or local laws, or departmental policy; and will be subject to an intensive background check.
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: As required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), Federal law states that "....an agency shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with inmates and who: Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution. Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse. Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in #2 above. Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment."