Social Services Aide - Transportation

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Under general supervision, the Social Service Aide assists Social Workers by performing specifically designated tasks related to the improvement of family functioning and child and adult services; and performs related work as required.

Social Service Aide is a paraprofessional class. Incumbents assist Social Workers by relieving them of routine tasks such as performing assessments of clients in the In‑Home Support Services program, instructing parents in the development of parenting and household management skills, and/or performing various tasks for the child and adult service programs.

• Sixty (60) semester units or ninety (90) quarter units of college, including fifteen (15) semester units or twenty‑two and one‑half (22.5) quarter units in social welfare, social/human service, sociology, or other social or behavioral science.
• OR Two (2) years of full‑time experience providing social services in a public or private setting to disadvantaged adults or children.
• OR A combination of education and comparable experience equivalent to two years of full‑time experience which includes a minimum of fifteen (15) semester units or twenty‑two and one‑half (22.5) quarter units in social or behavioral science. When combining education and experience; fifteen (15) semester units or twenty‑two and one‑half (22.5) quarter units equal six months of experience.

Examples of social or behavioral science courses include: anthropology, criminal justice, economics, education, ethnic studies, history, human development, law, nursing, nutrition, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, religion, social welfare, sociology, welfare, women’s studies.

• Extra Help Employees are typically hired at an hourly rate of pay at the first step of the salary range.
• Extra Help Employees are paid only for hours worked.
• Extra Help Employees are entitled to legally mandated benefits, which does not include paid vacation or holidays.
• Extra Help Employees do not have status.
• Extra Help Employees are temporary and may be terminated at any time based on department need.

Extra help positions are limited to no more than 25 hours per week (unless the position is considered seasonal) and no more than 900 hours per fiscal year, whether upon certification from an eligible list or upon authorization to appoint any person who meets the minimum qualifications of the classification.

• Seasonal employees may work 40 hours a week for up to 26 consecutive weeks.
• Seasonal employees must be terminated for the 26 weeks they are not performing any work.

A CalPERS retiree employed by the County on an at‑will basis is subject to restrictions to protect their retirement allowance (pension payments). Examples of assignments include work to eliminate a backlog, work on a special project, and work that exceeds what regular staff can do. Retired Annuitants are subject to work under Limited‑Duration, and employment ends when the specific task or project is completed.

• Maintains a routine caseload of elderly adults who are infirm or incapacitated and receiving household services.
• Conducts ongoing client needs assessments and verifies needs by contacting medical and health services providers.
• Presents client assessments to professional staff for approval.
• Completes narrative reports regarding a client’s condition and services provided and/or recommended. Enters data regarding case and client information into automated system.
• Makes client referrals to medical personnel or social workers as needed.
• Provides direct training and counseling to mentally ill and developmentally disabled parents on parenting and household management skills, and teaches families about nutritional meal preparation, budgeting and household care.
• Monitors the medical and psychological care of abused children.
• Supervises visits between parents and children and reports observations to social worker.
• Provides emergency child care.
• Transports or accompanies clients to appointments for service or interviews.
• May testify in juvenile court hearings.
• Assists…