Description

DSHS ALTSA Social Service Specialist 5
Are you ready for the next step in your social services career?

We are currently hiring for a Social Service Specialist Supervisor in our Renton Home and Community Services offices. Home and Community Services is a division of our Aging and Long Term Support Administration (ALTSA) that promotes, plans, and develops long-term care services to persons over age 18 and our elderly population. In this role, you will supervise a rotating group of new Social Service Specialists as they complete our In-Training program. You will have the unique opportunity to work with staff in multiple program areas and provide dynamic onboarding and training of new staff.

Employees assigned to a duty station in King County will receive a 5% Premium pay calculated from their base salary.

Some of what you will do:

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  Onboard and train new SSS2 and SSS3
• Assign, prioritize, audit, and review work assignments of Social Service Specialists
• Conduct frequent staff, case, and multidisciplinary meetings
• Respond to client complaints, legislative inquiries, and/or questions from providers and mediate resolutions
• Ensure accurate authorization and timely service delivery
• Conduct ongoing reviews of worker's case records ensuring complete and accurate assessments and service plans, as well as documentation of case activity
• Prepare written and oral reports, documentation, and forms as required for program areas supervised

Who should apply:
We're looking for a professional with one year of paid experience completing comprehensive assessments for vulnerable populations to include children, elderly or disabled populations and one of the following:

• A master's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences or an allied field and one year of paid social service experience equivalent to a Social Service Specialist 3. (A two-year master's degree in the above fields that included a practicum may substitute for 1 year of paid social service experience.) OR
• A bachelor's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences or an allied field and five years of paid social service experience equivalent to a Social Service Specialist 2. OR
• One year of experience as a Social Service Specialist 4 OR
• Two years as a Social Service Specialist 3

Questions about this opportunity? Please contact adrian.alegria@dshs.wa.gov and reference job number 17861.

Our Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) mission to Transform Lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s mission that you bring an equity, anti-racism and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to create greater access and affirming representation of the communities we serve, including Black, Indigenous and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.

NOTE: Employees of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Any offer of employment is contingent upon verification of your vaccine status. Please note medical or religious accommodation may be available once an offer of employment is made.

Supplemental Information

Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protected veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information. Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the Recruiter at (360) 725-5810. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.

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