Client Services Counselor - Roseville, United States - Placer County

Placer County

Verified Company

Roseville, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Salary
- $ $34.42/hour; $4, $5,966.13/month; $57, $71,593.60/year

Department

Health and Human Services

Job Type

Open

Date Opened

4/19/2024 08:00:00 AM

Filing Deadline

Open

Until Filled

Employment Type

Temporary/Extra Help
Work Location
Auburn, California (Applegate, Auburn, Colfax, Foresthill, Meadow Vista, Penryn)
Roseville, California (Granite Bay, Loomis, Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville)
HR Analyst
Suzanne Messina

POSITION INFORMATION:

Placer County is currently hiring for
temporary/extra help Client Services Counselor - I positions. This is a bachelor's degree, entry-level position in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Incumbents hired from this recruitment are not eligible to be transitioned into a permanent full-time or part-time position.**The Client Services Counselor performs a broad spectrum of duties including, but not limited to, providing direct services/case management support to clients facing difficult situations, emotional stresses, or significant changes in their lives as well as addressing emotional, behavioral, substance use, and/or mental health disorders, and homelessness, lack of employment and/or education in individuals and families.

Client Services Counselors assist individuals to cope with the situation at hand, advocate for them, and assist them in seeking out valuable resources and other means of support.

Opportunities in HHS could include:

Adult System of Care

Adult Protective Services
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
Mental Health Services, Housing and Homeless Services
Quality Management
Substance Use Disorders

Children's System of Care

Mental Health Services, including wraparound
Child Welfare Services, including intake, ongoing services, and Resource Family Approval

Human Services

Employment Services, including the Business Advantage Network (BAN)

Temporary/Extra Help assignments are limited to working 28 hours per week with a cap of 999 hours or 960 hours for CalPERS retired annuitants in a fiscal year and are not eligible for benefits.

Employees who are designated to use a second language in the normal course and scope of work will receive five percent (5%) bilingual pay.

This recruitment is open until filled. Applications will be screened on a bi-weekly basis.**
DEFINITION:To perform a variety of professional case management and direct client services duties; to coordinate and act as liaison with other departmental and community services/resources; and to function as an integral and supportive member of assigned departmental and multi-disciplinary team(s).

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

This is the entry level class in the Client Services Counselor series.

This class is distinguished from the journey level by the performance of the more routine tasks and duties assigned to positions within this series.

Employees at this level are not expected to perform with the same independence of direction and judgment on matters allocated to the journey level.

Since this class is typically used as a training class, employees may have only limited or no directly related work experience.

Employees work under general supervision while learning job tasks.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED:

Receives general supervision from a supervisory/management position and may receive technical and functional supervision from a senior level professional.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Provide counseling and case management to assigned clients on an on-going basis; monitor and document treatment plans and activity strategies, provide linkage and refer clients to other departmental and/or community services and resources, conduct home/work site visits, and monitor and assess client status on an on-going basis.-
Conduct intake and screen applicants for designated services; review investigations and case studies utilized in the determination of the needs and qualifications of applicants/clients; determine appropriate services necessary and/or applicable to most effectively meet client needs.-
Coordinate and oversee clients involved in the learning and performance of designated living/working skills; evaluate and track the level of functional behavior; teach/train clients in appropriate behaviors/skills utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach; and assist clients with re-entry into the community and/or work place.-
Participate in the development and on-going implementation of treatment plans, activity strategies, and other individualized programs to include behavior modification, basic financial management, social and workplace skills, job search, and other activities necessary for independent living; observe and interact with clients and families, employers, and other involved participants in a defined and professional manner and record observations and interac