Social Worker Or Human Services Professional Iii - Oahu

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Number 22-0627. The current vacancies are with the Department of Human Services.

Salary: $4,961 to $6,043 per month (SR-20, Step D to I).

Note:

Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors.

This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current permanent full-time and temporary full-time vacancies, and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.

Employees appointed to temporary positions may also gain membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months. Once you become a member of the civil service, you become eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits afforded to an employee in a permanent position with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

A continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. The notice of the last day to file applications will be posted on the State of Hawaii's Civil Service Job Opportunities Listing page of our website.

Social Workers and Human Services Professionals 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. These professionals come from a variety of interdisciplinary bases, 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.

These positions are found in a variety of settings and work with diverse types of people. They may be found in hospitals and other health service agencies, social service agencies, schools, correctional facilities, and programs concerned with substance abuse, aging, and family violence.

Although Work Settings And Clientele May Differ, All Social Workers And Human Services Professionals Use Similar Professional Concepts, Principles, And Techniques Regardless Of The Program In Which They Work. Social Worker Or Human Services Professional III Positions Are Distinguished By The Complexity Of Assigned Cases And Level Of Authority Assumed By The Worker. The Following Summarizes The Types Of Positions Found At This Level:

• Type A: The fully independent Social Worker or Human Services Professional workers who provide the full range of core human services work such as assessment of needs; development and implementation of service plans, which may include direct services such as advising/counseling and/or referral/coordinative services; and monitoring, evaluating, and making appropriate adjustments to services plans. Examples of positions performing this type of work are those providing ongoing support to developmentally disabled clients who have been declared eligible for services, or positions which serve as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide a social services assessment and care coordination component to assure access to services for children with special health needs;
  
  or positions which oversee child care providers, facilities, and homes to ensure conformance to regulatory and child safety standards, and to assure that eligible families receive child care subsidies and other supportive services to facilitate employment.
• Type B: Social Workers or Human Services Professionals who do not function at the fully independent worker level. All or a major part of their assigned cases consists of clients for whom it is difficult to determine or obtain appropriate services; who may be hostile or resistant to services; or who present significant complexities due to factors such as multiple and/or severe psychosocial, physical/mental, and environmental problems.
  
  Examples of positions performing this type of work are those who investigate cases of…