Position Title: Social Service Specialist
Full-time or Part-time: Full-time
Company Name: CHFS – Department for Community Based Services
Location of job: Varies
Company Address: 275 East Main St., Frankfort, Ky 40621
Position Description Provides consultative services to Social Service Workers/Clinicians. Provides intensive family services through the assessment of client needs and the provision of multifaceted services OR plans, coordinates, evaluates and/or monitors a social service program area on a statewide basis OR plans and organizes all program activities for special health care needs children in a defined geographic region; and performs other duties as required.
A master’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, marriage and family therapy or a related field and three years professional social work experience OR
A bachelor’s degree supplemented by five years of professional social work experience will substitute for the primary education and experience requirements.
If appointed to the Cabinet for Families and Children or to the Department of Juvenile Justice, an employee in this job title must furnish to the appointing authority within one month of appointment documentation that he/she possesses a valid driver’s license and must maintain a valid driver’s license for the length of employment in this job title.
Upon appointment, employees in this class may be required to maintain a valid driver’s license and required to drive a licensed vehicle. This status may be necessary for the length of time in this class. If this is necessary it will be listed in the specific position description for that position. Applicants and employees in this job title may be required to submit to a drug screening test and background check. Applicants and employees in positions which perform job duties that may require contact with offenders in the custody or supervision of the Department of Corrections or with youth in the care, custody, or supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice must meet qualifications pursuant to the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, 28 C.F.R.115.17 and 115.317.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, ANCESTRY, AGE, DISABILITY, POLITICAL AFFILIATION, GENETIC INFORMATION OR VETERAN STATUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.
Website Address for Applying Online: https://careers.ky.gov