Program Specialist- Social Services

Program Specialist- Social Services Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4747924) Apply  Program Specialist- Social Services Salary $3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly Location Baton Rouge, LA Job Type Classified Job Number 203217ProgSpecSocSer-12.3.24SS Department DCFS-Department of Children and Family Services Opening Date 12/03/2024 Closing Date 12/10/2024 11:59 PM Central Description Benefits Questions Supplemental Information Department MISSION DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters. Department VISION We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people. Department VALUES Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity. This vacancy is located in East Baton Rouge parish- State Office Building. This is a Program Specialist position in the Child Welfare Section, serving as a Program Specialist for clearances. This position may be filled as a probational appointment or a job appointment that may last up to 48 months. Job appointments may convert to probational appointments. Also, it may be filled as a detail and promoted within 12 months. You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application. Resumes cannot be submitted in lieu of completing an application. The duties that you describe in the Work Experience section of your application will be reviewed by State Civil Service as part of the process in determining if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. Your experience WILL NOT be evaluated based on the job title alone. You must describe your actual duties. If you are a current employee of the State of Louisiana it is important that you indicate in the “Duties” section for each job the specific programs that you worked in to receive credit for that experience. List all prior employment. Work experience left off of your electronic application or only included in an attached resume will not be credited. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. DCFS is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities" For additional information regarding this vacancy, please contact Shakira Herbert via email at Shakira.Herbert.DCFS@La.Gov Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A baccalaureate degree plus two years of professional level experience in administrative services, economics, public health, public relations, social services, or health services. SUBSTITUTIONS: Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree. Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows: A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree. 30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. 60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. 90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. 120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree. College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree. Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration. A master's degree in the above fields will substitute for one year of the required experience. A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience. Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience. A Ph.D. in the above fields will substitute for the two years of required experience. NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university. Job Concepts FUNCTION OF WORK: To provide professional support services for social service programs. LEVEL OF WORK: Experienced. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: General from a Program Consultant-Social Services or other higher level personnel. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None. LOCATION OF WORK: Predominantly at the Department of Children and Family Services. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from Social Services Analyst 3 by the presence of specialized duties related to a program area. Differs from Program Consultant-Social Services by the absence of leadworker responsibility and/or the absence of duties involving a higher level of complexity. See allocation criteria memo. Examples of Work EXAMPLES OF WORK: EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TASKS ARE NOT INCLUDED. Participates in studies or special projects. Maintains records, prepares reports and conducts correspondence relative to the program element assigned. Researches and interprets program policy; communicates policy interpretations and changes to field staff. Trains agency personnel regarding procedures and policies. Assists in revising rules, regulations and procedures to comply with changes in law or policy. Identifies needs for resources and training; may provide or arrange for needed resources. Writes and submits grant proposals. Serves as program liaison between end-users of automated system activities and technical support staff to ensure that systems complement program policy and goals. Performs quality assurance reviews of work completed by field staff. Manages a network of contracts to assure that all programmatic and administrative policies and procedures are implemented. Processes high-level complaints concerning social service programs by reviewing complaints and resolutions. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. * Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Do you have any experience working in TIPS/ACESS? Yes No Required Question Agency State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. 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