Social Service Aid III (Male) - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawai`i State Judiciary is seeking a Social Service Aid III to independently provide supportive services for a unit or team on Honolulu, Oahu. The role includes limited field work, client outreach, and relaying observations to professional staff to ensure access to available resources.

The incumbent will work under guidance, fulfilling tasks such as noting client progress, coordinating with other programs, and contributing to team activities while adhering to program standards and client

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• Two years of progressively responsible experience in providing supportive services to professionals in related programs may be substituted for education.
• Substitutions allowed include college training or related certificates on a year-for-year basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide supportive services for a unit or team and perform limited field work.
• Check with clients, encourage use of resources, follow up on cases, and relay information to professional staff.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Verbal skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Recruitment Number 26-170LM, Social Service Aid III (Male), SR-09, Honolulu, Oahu.

Note: These positions require the incumbent to be of the same gender (male) as that of the clients being served.

Independently provides all supportive services for a unit or team; participates in team activities; does limited field work including checking with clients, encouraging them to use available resources, following up on cases on a periodic basis, and relaying information, problems and observations to the professional staff.

Education Requirement

Graduation from high school. Experience of the type described below or work experience requiring the ability to read, comprehend, and apply written directions, or a high degree of verbal skill may be substituted for lack of high school education.

Specialized Experience Requirement

Two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in providing supportive services to social workers, vocational rehabilitation specialists, public housing managers, or other professional workers in such programs as public welfare, family court, vocational rehabilitation, and public housing; e.g., performing clerical tasks in processing various documents, transporting clients and materials to and from various destinations, explaining to clients or tenants the services available, assisting in overseeing group activities such as bowling and swimming.

Substitutions Allowed

• 1. Training received at an accredited college or university may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of three (3) years.
• 2. Satisfactory completion of a social service aid and assistant curriculum at an accredited community college, technical school, or junior college which resulted in a Certificate of Achievement or Associate of Science or related degree may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two (2) years.

Driver's License

Some positions require a current and valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement (28 CFR 115.17, 115.117, 115.217 and 115.317)

For some positions, applicants may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities.

In accordance with the Federal PREA Law, the Hawai`i State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities who:

• a. Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution;
• b. Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse;
• c. Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in b above; or
• d. Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment, or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.