+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | - Work in this position is to | | | provide professional social | | | work services to clients. | | | - Work involves evaluating the | | | client's situation. | | | - Addresses such problems as | | | adjustment to illness or | | | disability, placement into an | | | institution, rest home or | | | nursing facility, financial | | | concerns; socialization | | | issues of the socially | | | handicapped or those | | | debilitated by age or | | | illness. | | | - Combines difficult services | | | performed under supervisory | | | guidance with relatively | | | conventional services | | | performed under more relaxed | | | supervision. | | | - Work is differentiated from | | | SW I by the range of cases, | | | the difficulty of personal | | | contacts, and the theoretical | | | knowledge required to perform | | | the work. | | | - R | | | eports to a higher level | | | professional or program | | | manager. | | | | | | | | | [KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND | | | ABILITIES]{#ctl00Mai | | | ncontent_lblJobDescriptionValue} | | | | | | - Considerable knowledge of | | | social work principles, | | | techniques, and practices and | | | their application to | | | individual casework, group | | | work and community problems. | | | - Knowledge of the | | | psychosocial, socioeconomic | | | and behavioral problems and | | | their treatment. | | | - Knowledge of the governmental | | | and private organizations and | | | community resources. | | | - Knowledge of laws, | | | regulations and policies | | | which govern the program. | | | - General knowledge of medical | | | terminology, disease | | | processes and their treatment | | | is required in certain | | | programs and settings. | | | - Skill in establishing rapport | | | with a client and applying | | | techniques of assessing | | | psychosocial, behavioral and | | | psychological aspects of | | | client's problem. | | | - Ability to establish and | | | maintain effective working | | | relationships with | | | administrative superiors, | | | members of case load and | | | their families and with | | | civics, medical, social and | | | religious organizations. | | | - Ability to train or instruct | | | lower-level social workers, | | | students, or interns. | | | - Ability to express ideas | | | clearly and concisely and to | | | plan and execute work. | | | | | | Education and Experience | | | | | | - Bachelor's degree in social | | | work from an appropriately | | | accredited institution OR | | | - Bachelor's degree in a human | | | services field from an | | | appropriately accredited | | | institution and one year of | | | directly related experience | | | OR | | | - Bachelor's degree from an | | | appropriately accredited | | | institution and two years | | | directly related experience | | | OR | | | - An equivalent combination of | | | education and experience. | | | | | | [APPLICATION | | | INSTRUCTIONS]{segoe="" | | | ui",sans-serif"=""} | | | | | | - REQUIRED: Complete NC State | | | application - | | | PD107 | | | .