Social Worker – Adult Protective Services
Purpose of the Position
The purpose of the Social Worker- Adult Protective Services is to investigate abuse and neglect of elderly and vulnerable adults, to determine, implement and coordinate adult protective services and to provide social work services for the Sauk County Department of Human Services.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Assess client needs by gathering information and investigate allegations of elder/vulnerable adults’ abuse and neglect.
• Provide clients with supportive social work, symptom management support, family and interpersonal issues, and life skills education to allow clients to attain and maintain their highest levels of independent living in a safe manner.
• Assess client needs including fiscal, and refer to services/agencies when necessary.
• Consult, direct and coordinate with supervisors, therapists, medical and other service providers regarding client situations and analyze data in order to define risk and ensure safety and wellbeing.
• Assist clients in transition from institutionalization’s/ hospitalizations and locate and monitor living situations.
• Initiate legal commitments.
• Prepare progress notes and court reports, act as a liaison for families with Guardianships, and communicate verbal and written professional correspondence to a variety of parties.
• Review service provider’s bills and other fiscal documents as needed and forward with recommendations to the Director.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities
• Assess client condition on ongoing basis, make recommendations for appropriate placement, provide supporting documentation and testifies in Court as summoned, consult with client, guardians and service providers regarding client competency and needs, prepare court-ordered comprehensive evaluations, and develops crisis plans /alerts when needed.
• Make public speaking presentation to law enforcement, schools, civic groups, County Supervisors, and provides community and individual education to families regarding aging, elder abuse, and protection of the elderly and other vulnerable people.
• Transport clients.
• And other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Advisory data and information such as client records, court documents, bills, agency program reports, client charts, , Wisconsin Administrative Code, computer software operating manual, procedures, guidelines, non-routine correspondence, Wisconsin elder abuse law, Statutes 51, 55, and 54, and routine and non-routine correspondence
• Verbally and in writing with clients, clients’ families, department personnel, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, medical personnel and State Department of Health and Human Services personnel
• Explain, demonstrate, and clarify to others established policies, procedures, and standards
• Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, and calculating percentages, fractions, and decimals
• Maintain all relevant certifications
• Compare, count, differentiate, measure, sort, classify, compute, tabulate, and/or categorize data and/or information
• Assemble, copy, record, and transcribe data and/or information
• Analyze data and information using established criteria to define outcomes and consider and select alternatives
• Apply functional and situational reasoning by exercising judgement, decisiveness, and creativity in everyday routine and non-routine situations
• Use fine and gross motor skills to perform tasks such as operating a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, calculator, and computer printer
• Exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, involving lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling
Environment:
• Safe and comfortable in respects to noise and disease, with the potential for exposure to violence
• On emergency on-call rotation for crisis intervention regarding juvenile court intake and other Chapter 48-defined duties
Required Working Hours
Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am until 4:30 pm. Please note these hours are subject to change and additional hours may be needed or required. Compensation for additional hours beyond normal working hours are subject to applicable state and federal regulations.
Education and Experience Requirements
Required: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with 1 year related experience
OR
Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science with 1,000 hours of supervised post degree clinical experience with chronically mentally ill persons
OR
Bachelor’s degree in another related field with 2,000 hours of supervised post degree clinical experience with chronically mentally ill persons
Licenses/Certifications: Obtain a Wisconsin State Social Work License within 6 months of start date
Valid Wisconsin State Operator’s License
Preferred: Wisconsin State Social Work License
Experience with the geriatric or disabled population
Any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
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