Job Family: 21-0000 Community and Social Services

Occupational Group: 21-1090 Counseling and Social Work

OCCUPATION PROFILE

JOB FAMILY: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: COUNSELING AND SOCIAL WORK

OCCUPATION: COMMUNITY/SOCIAL SERVICE SPEC/ALL OTHER

21-1099

BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 1 – Pay Band 002

Level 2 – Pay Band 005

Level 3 – Pay Band 007

Level 4 – Pay Band 009

DESCRIPTION

This is work performing in all community, public health and social service specialist occupations not listed separately.

Some positions in this occupation may be responsible for coordinating work and supervising employees.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Supervises employees by assigning work, reviewing progress and assessing performance.

Counsels clients and patients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.

Counsels family members to assist in understanding, dealing with, and supporting client or patient.

Interviews clients, reviews records, and confers with other professionals to evaluate mental or physical condition of client or patient.

Formulates or coordinates program plan for treatment, care, and rehabilitation of client or patient, based on social work experience and knowledge.

Monitors, evaluates, and records client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.

Modifies treatment plan to comply with changes in client's status.

Refers patient, client, or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness.

Intervenes as advocate for client or patient to resolve emergency problems in crisis situation.

Plans and conducts programs to prevent substance abuse or improve counseling services.

Plans and conducts programs to improve health.

Supervises and directs other workers providing services to client or patient.

Develops and prepares program manuals, policies, procedures, standards, and rules.

Analyzes data to measure the effectiveness of programs.

Develops methods to implement and administer policies, procedures, and program activities.

Develops monitoring, compliance reviews and/or quality assurance techniques for measuring the quality of service delivery to insure maximum efficiency.

Identifies improvements and adjustments needed to insure program effectiveness and efficiency.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others / Providing consultation and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-related, or process related topics.
Making Decisions and Solving Problems / Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with information and data to make decisions and solve problems. These processes involve making decisions about the relative importance of information and choosing the best solution.
Assisting and Caring for Others / Providing assistance or personal care to others.
Establishing and Maintaining Relationships / Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
Judging Qualities of Things, Services, And/or People / Making judgments about or assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Communicating With Persons Outside Organization / Communicating with persons outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or via telephone/electronic transfer.
Getting Information Needed to Do the Job / Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Documenting/Recording Information / Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in either written form or by electronic/magnetic recording.
Analyzing Data or Information / Identifying underlying principles, reasons, or facts by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings / Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, often to detect problems or to find out when things are finished.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events / Identifying information received by making estimates or categorizations, recognizing differences or similarities, or sensing changes in circumstances or events.

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Social Perceptiveness / Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way they do
Judgment and Decision Making / Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action
Speaking / Talking to others to effectively convey information
Service Orientation / Actively looking for ways to help people
Active Learning / Working with new material or information to grasp its implications
Problem Identification / Identifying the nature of problems
Identification of Key Causes / Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal
Solution Appraisal / Observing and evaluating the outcomes of a problem solution to identify lessons learned or redirect efforts
Active Listening / Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate
Learning Strategies / Using multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things
Coordination / Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Management of Personnel Resources / Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
Coordination / Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Management of Personnel Resources / Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
Therapy and Counseling / Knowledge of information and techniques needed to rehabilitate physical and mental ailments and to provide career guidance including alternative treatments, rehabilitation equipment and its proper use, and methods to evaluate treatment effects
Data Analysis
/ Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating
Psychology / Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
Customer and Personal Service / Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques
Education and Training / Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques including curriculum design principles, learning theory, group and individual teaching techniques, design of individual development plans, and test design principles
English Language / Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

EFFECTIVE: 03/17/2003

History: 09/09/2002

07/01/2002

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