Social Service Technician

The Passaic County Human Services Department is seeking a Temporary Social Service Technician (12 months), under the supervision of a supervisor to perform supportive social services including interpreting agency policy and its services to clients and establishing two-way communication between client and agency. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assists clients in accessing services available through public welfare and community agencies, needed for them to attain and maintain self-sufficiency and housing stability.
• Develops resource files on community facilities such as social agencies, clinics, recreational facilities, or nursing homes.
• Serves as a resource person regarding community problems.
• Completes home visits for updates on the client's current situation and creates plans for needed services.
• Assists in projects and surveys in the agency and gathers other routine data as needed.
• Keeps adequate records in the software for the assigned program.
• Prepares brief reports and recommendations for supervisor.
• Assists isolated individuals in finding satisfying social contacts and preventing homelessness.
• Coordinate services by managing continuum of care initiatives.
• Knowledge of social and economic conditions in the community and of welfare practices.
• Ability to establish relationships of mutual trust and respect with clients, especially with disadvantaged people of varying ethnic and social backgrounds, while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Ability to interpret and clarify simple basic agency policies.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and make basic recommendations.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions work independently and make practical application of skills and knowledge acquired through training, experience, and education.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Requirements:

Education: N/A

Experience: Two (2) years of experience in a social service, health or community agency involving gathering social information from clients, identifying their needs, and providing referrals for needed services.

Note:

• Applicants who do not possess the indicated experience may substitute semester hour credits from an accredited college or university on a year-for-year basis with thirty (30) semester hour credits being equal to one (1) year of experience.
• Bilingual in Spanish-English, Gujrati-English, or Bengali-English preferred
  Applicants must be able to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.

License: Valid New Jersey Driver’s License required.

To Apply For This Position:

If you qualify and would like to be considered, submit a letter of interest and your resume (including daytime phone number and email address) to the email address listed below. You must submit your response by the closing date shown above and indicate the job title in the subject line.

Email: dhsjobs@passaiccountynj.org

Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that may include fingerprinting. As of September 2010, in accordance with N.J.S.A 52:14-7, the “New Jersey First Act,” all new employees must reside in the State of New Jersey, unless exempted under the law. If you do not live in New Jersey, you have one year after you begin employment to relocate your residence to New Jersey or secure an exemption.