Social Service Aide

Position Information

Social Service Aide – Mono County, CA – Mammoth Lakes, CA

• Maintain routine caseload of elderly adults receiving household services.
• Conduct ongoing client needs assessments; verify needs by contacting medical and health service providers.
• Present client assessments to professional staff for approval.
• Complete narrative reports regarding client condition and services; enter data into automated system.
• Make client referrals to medical personnel or social workers as needed.
• Provide direct training and counseling to mentally ill and developmentally disabled parents on parenting and household management skills; teach families about nutritional meal preparation, budgeting and household care.
• Monitor the medical and psychological care of abused children.
• Supervise visits between parents and children; report observations to social worker.
• Provide emergency child care.
• Transport or accompany clients to appointments for service or interviews.
• May testify in juvenile court hearings.
• Assist Social Workers in providing a variety of child and adult social services.
• Act as liaison between clients and professional staff, individuals and groups in the community serviced.
• Directly assist families in using and learning about community resources (medical, legal, employment).
• Maintain records of work performed; perform related duties as assigned.

• 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.
• Two (2) years of full‑time experience providing social services to disadvantaged adults or children.
• A combination of education and comparable experience equivalent to two years of full‑time experience; includes a minimum of fifteen (15) semester units or twenty‑two and one‑half (22.5) quarter units in social or behavioral science.
• Basic knowledge of community resources, in‑home care methods, and legal reporting requirements.
• Ability to interview, instruct, and maintain confidential information per legal standards.
• Proficiency in English;
  Spanish language skills are an asset (optional).

The Merit System Services program is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.