STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: Social Worker III
Class Code: 8363-19 Date Established: 06-27-69
Occupational Code: 7-7-7 Date of Last Revision: 11-06-08
BASIC PURPOSE: To implement and monitor counseling, referral
and social support services for clients to interact with social work
professionals in a variety of psychological, social and medical settings.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Carries
specialized or selected caseload of complex cases involving establishment of a
therapeutic relationship with clients.
·
Assesses
applicants to identify those clients in need of agency services; develops and
coordinates service plan with clients.
·
Provides
medical social services, empowering and assisting clients to obtain preventive
and remedial medical care and treatment.
·
Arranges
suitable housing or institutional care for clients as needed.
·
Encourages and
assists handicapped and disabled clients to make maximum use of rehabilitation
resources to restore maximum capacity for self-support and self-care.
·
Researches and
prepares court evidence or documents and corresponding witness testimony to
support court cases.
·
Maintains case
records and prepares reports of work accomplished, including client utilization
of social services.
·
Supervises
subordinate Social Workers and clerical staff as assigned.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific understanding
to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a particular
field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving direct
service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making preliminary recommendations
for the development of alternative short-term program policies or
procedures. Errors at this level result
in incomplete assessments or misleading recommendations causing a disruption of
agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work,
recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or
interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical elements or a
number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure to minor
injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including continuous
walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time as well as
occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing reports,
and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to solving
problems and achieving work objectives.
This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions to
establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical
problems. This level also requires
providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization
exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying a
number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized college
or university with major study in social work, psychology, education, human
services, sociology, cultural anthropology, or behavioral science plus an
additional twelve (12) hours of graduate study in social work, psychology, or
human services;
OR
Bachelor's degree in
any subject field with at least twenty-four (24) credit hours in social work,
psychology, education, human services, sociology, cultural anthropology, or
behavioral science plus an additional twelve (12) hours of graduate study in
social work, psychology or human services.
Experience: Two years' experience as a Social Worker or
one year as a Social Worker Trainee and one year as a Social Worker I.
License/Certification: Valid New Hampshire driver's license and/or
have access to transportation for statewide travel.
Special Requirements:
For appointment
consideration, Social Worker III applicants must successfully participate in a
structured interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills and abilities
identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this class
specification. The structured interview
is developed and administered, according to Division of Personnel guidelines,
by representatives of the state agency in which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles and methods of
social work and availability and use of community resources. Knowledge of psychological and environmental
problems arising in connection with case work.
Ability to exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and in making
decisions. Ability to write case
histories and related reports. Ability
to interpret departmental policy, procedures and objectives. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with representatives of other social agencies,
institution officials, the public and clients.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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