Workforce Devlopment Specialist-Social ServicesPrint (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4427612) ApplyWorkforce Devlopment Specialist-Social ServicesSalary $3,649.00 - $6,566.00 MonthlyLocation Shreveport, LAJob TypeClassifiedJob Number191868WDS-SocSer-3.12.24SSDepartmentDCFS-Department of Children and Family ServicesOpening Date03/13/2024Closing Date3/18/2024 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
Questions
Supplemental InformationDepartment MISSIONDCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters. Department VISIONWe care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people. Department VALUESTreating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity. This position is located in the DCFS-Workforce Development section. The Workforce Development Specialist will be responsible for stabilization of STEP participants who have overwhelming barriers preventing participation and retention in work. The incumbent of these positions would be expected to have frequent face to face contact with participants to properly assess service needs and to ensure referral for services have been engaged and are alleviating barriers. A strong knowledge of the social service safety net programs available in the area of work is important to success. Collaboration with other STEP staff and Workforce Development is an important aspect of the incumbent’s work. This work will include the Goal4It model of case management, knowledge of the model and a high level of proficiency in the model will assist in engaging participants in their stabilization plan. This position will also be the unit’s lead worker. The incumbent will also serve on the team developing standard operating procedures and policy related to this work. Extensive Travel is required. The domicile of this vacancy will be based upon the applicant selected. This vacancy is for the Shreveport region.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 or assessment is required 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 about this vacancy, please contact Pam Suire via e-mail at [email protected] QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:A baccalaureate degree plus two years of professional administrative services, social services, or workforce development experience.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: counseling; social work; psychology; 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 ConceptsFUNCTION OF WORK:To provide professional support services for social services programs designed to promote skills, employment, and training for participants by providing case management and barrier reduction.LEVEL OF WORK:Advanced.SUPERVISION RECEIVED:Direct from a Workforce Development Supervisor–Social Services or other higher-level personnel.SUPERVISION EXERCISED:None.LOCATION OF WORK:Predominantly located at the Department of Children and Family Services. Other locations may be approved by State Civil Service.JOB DISTINCTIONS:Differs from Social Services Analyst 3 by the presence of intensive case management for participants by providing barrier reduction to promote skills, employment, and training.Differs from Workforce Development Supervisor–Social Services by the absence of direct line supervisory responsibility.Examples of WorkEXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.Works with employers and community stakeholders to understand the needs of Skills, Employment, and Training (SET) participants on public benefits and supports employers and vendors in hiring and providing services to this population.Serves as a liaison between the state and providers (vendors and employers) working with SET program participants.May assist in the application progress for potential providers.Support SET participants to prepare them for work per the specifications of potential employers.Negotiates contracts: initiates contract processing, and monitors spending and service delivery through regular communication with contract services staff.Gathers interprets and evaluates program data and research and reports findings to program leadership.Reviews invoices for programmatic requirements for SET program providers.Interprets program policies to ensure consistency with federal and state laws and regulations, program directives, and agency policies and procedures.Assess SET participants for barriers to employment and develop relationships with community providers to address the barriers to employment such as mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence, and create a referral to connect participants to the needed services. Provides one-to-one case management services with SET participants.Coaches SET participants to reach their employment goals as well as the goals to address their barriers to employment.Facilitates the achievement of SET participants through advocacy planning, communication, education, resource management, service facilitation, and continuous assessment.Provides on-going programmatic assistance to clients, field staff, and other sections within the department, other state agencies, as well as other states, in similar social services programs, and to reinforce the agency's goals of assisting participants to achieve self-sufficiency.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 leaveMore information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspxHolidays 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 GovernorState 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/YourRetirementSystem.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
Describe your experience leading teams and individuals in setting goals for success.
02
How have you been successful navigating services to individuals needing access to community services?
03
Tell me about your experience providing services for citizens with substance abuse and mental health challenges.
Required Question
AgencyState of LouisianaAddressFor agency contact information, please refer tothe supplemental information above.Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802Phone(866) 783-5462Websitehttp://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfmApplyPlease verify your email addressVerify Email