Job Description

About this position:

This position will be filled by Job Appointment only.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

Focusing on Customers:  The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided.
Managing Resources:  The ability to ensure resources such as time, money, and people are utilized appropriately to result in maximum business value.
Thinking Critically:  The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion.
Acting with Ethics and Integrity: T he ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.
Communicating Effectively:  The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Exhibiting Social Awareness:  The ability to identify and adapt your actions based on the situation and the personality, behavior, and emotions of others.
Fostering Engagement:  The ability to encourage others to invest in their work and the success of the organization.
Managing Time:  The ability to control your time to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity.
Solving Problems:  The ability to discover solutions to problems.
Working with Financial Information:  The ability to use financial data to guide, drive, and convey the financial standing and/or outlook of an organization.

 
NOTE REGARDING THE ADVERTISED PAY:
 
This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG) and may be filled as a Social Services Analyst 1 or 2. The level at which the vacancy is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

 
The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

 
Please click on the below links to learn more about each job level:
SOCIAL SERVICES ANALYST 1
SOCIAL SERVICES ANALYST 2
 
No Civil Service test score  is required in order 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.

 
* Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

 
For further information about this vacancy contact:
employment@alexhousing.org

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree.

 

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.

 

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

 

NOTE:

An applicant may be required to possess a valid Louisiana driver's license at time of appointment.

 

Willingness and ability to handle and carry firearms.

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To assess, evaluate, and provide social services that are administered by the Department of Children and Family Services.

 

LEVEL OF WORK:

Entry.

 

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Close from a higher level supervisory or managerial position.

 

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

 

LOCATION OF WORK:

Department of Children and Family Services.

 

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from the Social Services Analyst 2 by the presence of less independence and complexity of work.

Under close supervision, the entry level Social Services Analyst learns to perform the following duties:

Interprets and applies complex federal, state and local laws and regulations, program directives, and agency policies and procedures.

Interviews clients/applicants to obtain information, assess employment and educational history, work abilities, and training interests in order to determine the support services needed.

Serves as case manager for assigned caseload by recording findings, recommendations and services provided; completes case record forms and any necessary correspondence in connection with assigned cases.

Explains program to applicants and discusses its rules and procedures, assesses clients' willingness and ability to comply with program mandates, identifies barriers to participation, and selects resources to eliminate barriers.

Monitors program participation to determine compliance and takes appropriate action to ensure that participants fulfill program obligations.

Job Tags

Full time, Work experience placement, Local area,

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