Supervisory Social Worker, N26

About The Position

The expected salary range for the Supervisory Social Worker, Grade N26, upon hire is $87,235.00 - $134,254.32.

Who We Are

Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, D.C., and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.

The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that meets the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.

As a Department , we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.

Who We Are Looking For

The Adult Services Intake unit that supports and screens for the Adult Protective Services Program and related services within the Adult Protective Services and Case Management section, Aging and Disability Services is currently recruiting for an enthusiastic Supervisory Social Worker dedicated to providing professional screening supervision for protective services to older adults and adults with disabilities. The employee in this position must have strong leadership and social work clinical skills, be skilled in electronic case management tools, in addition to experience with programmatic and fiscal oversight.

What You'll Be Doing

Adult Protective Services (APS) is a mandated social services program to assist vulnerable adults who are unable to provide for their basic living needs or access necessary professional services or protect their own interests and are subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect.

• The Adult Services Intake supervisor is responsible for supervision of up to nine merit employees who provide screening for Adult Protective Services (APS), the Social Services to Adults (SSTA) program (including the Senior Care program), Home Care, the Public Guardianship program and Adult Foster Care/Project Home, as well as assigned administrative staff assisting walk-ins and other administrative support duties.
• This position will provide direct and regular clinical supervision to the social workers/nurses assigned to the intake unit utilizing both individual and group meetings .
• This position oversees the management, supervision and delivery of time-sensitive screenings for the mandated APS program, utilizing the state hotline (real-time screens) Univerge Blue .
• Additionally, all screenings of referrals for the clinical programs of SSTA, Home Care, Public Guardianship, Adult Foster/Care are managed and are time-sensitive under the leadership of this position .
• This includes the management of the SSTA Waiting list, as well as any archiving of hard-copy records . This position oversees a multi-disciplinary team that provides professional screenings for clients at risk of institutionalization, abuse, neglect and exploitation utilizing assessment tools found in the state system, Child, Juvenile, Adult Management System (CJAMS) .
• The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services system (HHS), Enterprise Integrated Case Management ( eICM ), is also utilized for non-APS case referrals .
• The ASI supervisor provides clinical supervision of all unit staff, executes On-Call assignments, and provides supervisory leadership regarding scheduling/training of APS after-hours/evening/weekend coverage .
• This supervisory position is also responsible for managing monitoring employee mileage reimbursement and flex funds/gift cards .
• An additional duty when appropriate is monitoring contractors’ services and timesheets/fiscal matters as appropriate to the contract .
• The Intake supervisor is expected to regularly participate in the Montgomery County Elder/Vulnerable Adult Abuse Task Force (EVAATF), the HHS/Montgomery County Police Case Coordination Group and related work groups . This position also actively participates in interdisciplinary staffing (i.e. ITMs), APS staffing and meetings with key community partners as is appropriate .
• Community and professional education regarding APS and the services of this section is an additional expectation .
• Lastly, the Intake supervisor is expected to support the Department’s Emergency Support Function (ESF) #6 Disaster/Mass Care team to ensure the emergency response of Aging & Disability staff when responding to victims of either natural or technological disaster, emergency, or other catastrophic events.
• A key element for HHS is ensuring staff coverage of emergency family assistance centers and shelters administered by HHS, in partnership with the American Red Cross .
• An expectation of this supervisor is to support the work of the Department’s Disaster/Mass Response Teams (including emergency shelters), and/or encouraging unit staff as available to actively participate with sheltering and emergency response activities and training .
• One intake member is a logistics lead for the Department’s ESF6 shelter team.
• Some evening/weekend APS Supervisory Coverage required
• The selected candidate will be required to successfully complete a medical exam, drug screening, and a background check.
  
  

Education

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited college or university that meets the criteria of a graduate social work program accredited by the Council on Socia Work Education.

Experience

Four (4) years of full-time experience performing advanced journey-level social work case management duties (see Note below) in a public sector, health, mental health, social services, housing, or community- based services related program of which one (1) year was in a supervisory or lead capacity supervising, training, or orienting lower-level social workers, students, interns, or other staff.

Equivalency

See requirements of the Maryland Board of Social Worker Examiners and the Code of Maryland (COMAR); see especially 10.42.01 (Regulations Governing Licensure); 10.42.06 (Continuing Education); and 10.42.08 (Supervision). The Montgomery County Office of Human Resources must follow COMAR in providing qualifications credit and accepting substitutions or equivalents. See Chapter 8 (Supervision), Subtitle 42 of Title 10. See COMAR 10.42-08.04 for positions in this class that involve clinical supervision of LMSWs and LCSWs seeking advanced

licensure.

Note

Qualifying social work case management includes direct case work management, such as: assessment and evaluation; conducting investigations of abuse and neglect; preparing court reports; responsibility for a long-term caseload, monitoring compliance through home calls and other personal contact; collaboration with other agencies and linking clients to resources and programs; development of a case plan and modification of case plans as needed/required; and authority to impose sanctions or implement actions that impact services.

Education, experience or training must indicate the ability to perform successfully as a first level supervisor such as the ability to plan/assign/review work, deploy personnel, monitor work operations, obtain effective results and perform a full array of supervisory HR management and EEO functions.

License

At application possession and maintenance at all times :

• A license as a Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical – LCSW-C by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners prior to appointment for a supervisory position that involves clinical supervision.
• Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Class C (or equivalent) driver’s license from the applicant’s state of residence when required for job-related duties.
  
  

Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences

There are no preferred criteria. All applicants will be reviewed for minimum qualifications.

We Will Use Interview Preference Criteria

• Experience in and knowledge of Health and Human Services principles, theories, and methods required to be effective in providing a wide range of services to adults with disabilities and the frail elderly; and experience in using diagnostic/clinical skills related to interventions and services of this population.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of protective services, case management, and court/legal testimony and process.
• Demonstrated experience of at least 2 years with supervision or lead capacity of health and human service professionals who provide direct services to adults with intellectual and/or physical disabilities or the frail elderly.
• Demonstrated administrative experience managing a program budget, or grant funds, and/or tracking expenditures against allocations.
• Demonstrated experience and success with interdisciplinary teaming, community outreach and customer service.
  
  

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.

Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at Hiring@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.

This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.