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Class Title: Social Worker II
Class Code: 19610
Salary: $20.95 - $26.70 Hourly
$1,676.00 - $2,136.00 Biweekly
$3,631.33 - $4,628.00 Monthly
$43,576.00 - $55,536.00 Annually
 
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Description  Benefits
 
Positions in this series provide complex social work to assist individuals or families in enhancing their capacity for social functioning; assists in developing social service resources. Positions perform related duties as required.
 Distinguishing Characteristics:
Positions in this class are assigned responsibility either for providing counseling services in a variety of defined and non-defined complex problem areas or for performing a service function that requires greater perception, creativity, and specialized knowledge. The Social Worker II class is distinguished from the Social Service Practitioner class by the latter class’s assignment of the most complex and serious cases, which require diagnostic assessment and intensive therapeutic counseling skills.
 Examples of Duties:
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Assist individuals and families in recognizing dysfunctional behaviors and in taking corrective action by developing service plans, treatment plans, goals and objectives; locate and arrange to utilize community resources; provide counseling to identify alternatives and encourage behavior modification.

2. Investigate adult or child abuse, neglect, and endangerment allegations to substantiate charges and assess service needs. Work with other agencies to expedite necessary corrective interventions.

3. Provide case management for previously stabilized cases involving court-dependent minors and long-term out-of-home placements, mentally ill clients, and less severely impaired alcohol and drug clients. Visit minors, and mentally ill clients; monitor service and treatment plan implementation, recommend plan modifications, arrange necessary placement changes, provide crisis intervention and write court reports.

4. Counsel adolescents, families and individuals on birth control, venereal disease, problem pregnancies, pre and post-abortion issues, family problems, chronic disease adaptation, substance abuse, and crisis situations. Make community resource referrals.

5. Assess hospital patients' post-discharge needs, prepare and coordinate hospital discharge plans, and provide supportive counseling to patients and their families.

6. Conduct in-depth evaluations of foster parent applicants, inspect homes for compliance with state regulations, recommend the licensing of foster homes to the state, and provide on-going consultation to foster parents.

7. Assist in developing community educational activities; make presentations pertaining to facts about alcohol and drugs, rules and regulations of a treatment program, and explain the treatment process.

8. Under the direction of a licensed professional clinical staff person, conduct intake evaluations, plan, and implement the supportive and educational counseling aspects of alcohol and drug treatment for less severely impaired clients.

9. Identify community social, mental health, and substance abuse service needs; develop, coordinate, and evaluate social services through liaison, educational, and consultative activities with other agencies.

10. Prepare grants and requests for proposals; certify, monitor, and inspect contract mental health facilities for compliance with federal and state regulations and quality assurance; ensure mandated corrections are implemented.

11. Maintain case documentation, prepare reports, and write routine correspondence; attend and participate in case staffing and case presentations.

12. Provide vacation and temporary relief as required.

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Rev.:mdb/2-12-01
 Representation Unit:
Administrative Services
 Salary Range:
47
 Minimum Requirements:

Option A: Bachelor's degree in Social Work (BSW), which included a supervised social work internship, practicum, or field work experience.
Option B: Bachelor's degree in behavioral science, psychology, sociology, social services, human services, behavioral anthropology, gerontology, cultural and gender studies, or human development AND 480 hours of experience obtained in a supervised internship, practicum, or equivalent work or field work experience providing mental health, substance abuse, or social work services such as interviewing and referring clients, counseling, and case management services.
Option C: Thirty semester (45 quarter) units of completed college coursework as above, half of which must be upper division AND one year of experience equivalent to an entry-level social worker. Equivalent duties include interviewing and referring clients, counseling, and providing case management services in a social service environment.

Note: A list of completed coursework or copies of transcripts must be submitted OR possession of a bachelor’s degree in one of the specified areas. Qualifying degrees or coursework must be completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education and BSW/MSW coursework must be approved by the Council on Social Work Education. Degrees or coursework completed outside of the U.S. must be accompanied by an evaluation report from a reputable credential evaluation service indicating equivalency to degrees or coursework completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education. Proof of the required completed coursework and/or degree(s) will be required at the time of the interview.

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