Social Worker III

This is intensive professional social work or rehabilitation counseling in a human service agency.

An employee in this class works with minimum supervision. The employee provides assistance and services, gives information and makes referrals for medical care, vocational guidance and training, and the like, investigates social conditions in response to complaints and reports findings, and performs similar functions related to the operation of a service program when such work requires the application of specialized service skills and program knowledge. The employee in this class may be assigned some supervisory responsibility. Employee may be assigned to any division in the department.

DUTIES (NOT ALL INCLUSIVE):

• Assumes a leadership role in the planning and provision of comprehensive psychological or rehabilitation services to complex cases involving multiple and complicated social problems, and physically and mentally handicapping conditions.
• Provides competent individual, family and group treatment services with a minimum of supervisory contact, and serves as consultant to less experienced staff.
• Assists in needs assessment, designing and implementation of staff training relative to the provision of treatment and vocational rehabilitation services to most complex departmental cases.
• Interprets and disseminates laws and regulations affecting the client population served to the clients and public.
• Participates in the development and administration of programs in the department.
• Assists in the initial and on-going orientation/training for all clients' departmental staff and others as designated.
• Participates where required, in consulting with federal and local officials relative to funding, legislative, inter- agency and other pertinent matters .
• Prepares and maintains comprehensive case records on each client in accordance with local and federal standards.
• Performs other related work as required.

M.S.W. in Social Work, M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling; OR M.A. in Social Sciences, plus two  (2)  years  social  work experience; OR B.S.W. and  three (3) years  social work  experience; OR B.A. in Social Sciences and five  (5)  years  social  work experience.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
License to practice Social Work in the Virgin Islands.
 

FACTOR 1 - KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED BY THE POSITION:

• Knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques of social work, rehabilitation counseling and the social work concepts and theories which are guides for their use.
• Knowledge of normal and abnormal behavior and the cultural and psychological implications of family disunity, unemployment, vocational rehabilitation, illness, delinquency, functional illiteracy etc.
• Knowledge of human developmental theory and psycho-social treatment process.
• Knowledge of rehabilitation counseling theories, mission and practices.
• Ability to elicit, evaluate and interpret facts and policies; diagnose problems, analyze medical and vocational data; make sound decisions and present ideas and information clearly and concisely orally and in writing.
• Ability to supervise less experienced staff when required.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective counseling relationship with clients and all those contacted during the course of work.
• Possession of a valid Virgin Islands Driver's License.