COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES ASSISTANT

Stokes County Government; Danbury (NC); Vor Ort; USD 32.000 - 46.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Stokes County Government in North Carolina is seeking a compassionate Transportation & Support Aide to serve the Children's Service Unit. The role involves transporting foster children to visits and medical appointments, and supervising visits between parents and children.

You will assist staff with records, forms and reporting, and provide support to social workers. Hours vary and extend beyond the standard 8:30–5:00 schedule depending on cases and transportation routes.

Qualifikationen

• Basic knowledge of social, economic, and environmental conditions of clients.
• Ability to establish rapport with a diverse population served.
• Ability to prepare and maintain simple activity reports.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions.

Aufgaben

• Transport foster children to visits and medical appointments.
• Supervise visits between parent and child.
• Assist staff with records, forms, and reporting requirements.
• Provide support to social workers and maintain documentation.
• Hours often extend beyond the standard 8:30–5:00 schedule depending on cases.

Kenntnisse

Rapport building

Reading & writing

Basic math

Communication skills

Ausbildung

High school diploma

Jobbeschreibung

Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The primary purpose of this position will be to work with the Children's Service Unit. This position will provide transportation for foster children to visit with parents; taking clients to medical appointments, and other appointments as deemed appropriate. Duties include, but are not limited to, supervising visits between parent and child and assisting clients with other tasks as approved by social workers. This position also assists staff in maintaining records, forms, reporting requirements and other documentation. This position is expected to serve as a support to social workers. The hours for this position will not be the typical 8:30-5:00 each day. This position works many hours outside of this time frame due to the location of our children and the location of the visitation. This position shall include other duties as assigned.

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Basic knowledge of the social, economic, and environmental conditions of clients to be served; working knowledge of basic household tasks and management functions and ability to teach to others these tasks; working knowledge of and ability to enlist the aid of available community resources; skill in basic reading, writing, and simple mathematics; ability to establish rapport and relate to population served and a variety of service disciplines (social workers, doctors, teachers) and community businesses; ability to prepare and maintain simple reports of activities; ability to exercise good judgment in appraising situations; ability to verbally communicate findings. Ability to perform duties in a stressful work environment.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

Completion of high school. Demonstrated possession of knowledge, skills, and abilities gained through at least one year of experience in performing tasks similar to the ones assigned. Valid North Carolina drivers license with no infractions for the past five years.