STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ADULT PROTECTIVE SOCIAL WORKER I
Class Code: 8354-19
Date Established: 10-09-03
Occupational Code: 7-7-7
Date of Last Revision: 03-29-06
BASIC PURPOSE: Performs a
wide range of complex professional adult protective social work interventions,
which include investigations, education and prevention of adult abuse, under
the oversight of a supervisor.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Receives, records and
refers reports of adult abuse to the supervisor.
·
Receives, records and
processes client intakes to receive social services and assesses clients for
financial eligibility.
·
Performs intervention
planning required for vulnerable individuals to receive social services.
·
Performs short and
long term case management and supportive counseling for vulnerable individuals.
·
Assists in
researching financial records including gathering and verifying collateral
data.
·
Performs
investigations relating to self-neglect of adults, in order to secure and
coordinate community support services for correction and prevention of adult
abuse.
·
Performs activities
necessary to secure needed guardianship.
·
Performs community
education and community development activities to assess community needs and
resources.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in applying instructions
to accomplish different job functions OR in operating machines for a variety of
different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports, and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires coordinating a combination of
diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency
goals. This level also requires
considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's
degree in social work, sociology, psychology, human services, or behavioral
sciences.
Experience: One year of
related social work experience.
License/Certification: Valid New
Hampshire driver's license and/or have access to transportation for statewide
travel.
SPECIAL
QUALIFICATIONS: Satisfactorily completes within one year orientation
training (18hrs), Introduction to Adult Protective Services (18 hrs), and APSW
II training (30 hrs); additionally, if the degree is not in social work, must
satisfactorily complete core training (30 hrs).
Successfully completes 18 hours annually of DEAS sponsored
and/or approved continuing education/training.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENT: For appointment consideration, Adult
Protective Social Worker I applicants must successfully participate in a
structured interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills and abilities
identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this class
specification. The structured
interview is developed and administered according to the Division of Personnel
guidelines, by representatives of the state agency in which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of the
principles and methods of social work, availability and use of community
resources. Knowledge of involved
environmental problems arising in connection with casework. Ability to exercise good judgment in
evaluating situations and in making decisions. Ability to interpret departmental policy, procedures and
objectives. Ability to write case
histories and related reports.
Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish and maintain effective working
relationships with representatives of other social agencies, institution
officials, the public and clients.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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