Social Services Assistant-San Jacinto Substance Use Prevention & Treatment Program

Riverside University Health System- Behavioral Health Department is seeking to fill a Social Services Assistant position for the San Jacinto Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Program.

Under general supervision, provides routine support to professional staff and/or social workers in their case management, which may include, the coordination of social services programs, social services applicants and/or recipients, and outreach services and activities to community members; acts as a liaison between the client, County departments as assigned, and community groups and agencies; and performs other related work as required.

The Social Services Assistant is an entry level paraprofessional classification in the social worker class series and reports to an appropriate supervisory or management level job class.

Depending on area of assignment incumbents are responsible for providing routine social services and resource referral duties, supportive counseling, placement services, observation services of clients, and basic assessment and training.

The Social Services Assistant may be assigned a variety of routine investigative duties, including, but not limited to obtaining information to identify and locate missing/absent parents.

Incumbents support professional staff and/or outreach efforts and activities, which do not require the same level of expertise of a professional social worker.

The Social Services Assistant is distinguished from the Social Services Practitioner series in that the latter represents the professional level classes in the social worker series and incumbents perform case management services, which require greater assessment skills and a broader knowledge of social work concepts.
Other duties include but are not limited to the following:


* Working with consumers in Child Lab


* UA testing


* Logging UA tests


* Transportation


* Make contact with community resources


* Provide support to staff and consumers


* Observing consumers in child lab with children


* Data entry


* Attend collaborative court hearings as needed


* Search for resources for consumers


* Schedule various agencies to come to clinic to provide information and resources to consumers

A current valid CA Drivers License is required.

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Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

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Work Schedule: Will be discussed during the interview.

Meet the Team!
Riverside University Health System• Make home visits to assess client family environment, including, but not limited to, determining potential or imminent risk to the health and safety of clients and/or youth residing in the household on previously assessed cases by social workers; provide assistance, answer questions, gather data from interviews with clients, physicians, public or private agencies, and/or other appropriate sources.

• Review case records to formulate basic service plans or participates with professional staff in the formulation of service plans; as...