168610
SOCIAL SERVICE COUNSELOR 3
SS413 $40,914 - $73,632
Creation Date: 08/16/2004
Change Date: 01/01/2025
FUNCTION OF WORK:To provide general social services work through direct services and/or general counseling.
LEVEL OF WORK:SUPERVISION RECEIVED:Broad from a Social Service Counselor 5, social worker, or other higher-level social services personnel.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:JOB DISTINCTIONS:Differs from the Professional Counselor job series by the absence of a master's degree and licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor or registration as a Licensed Professional Counselor-Intern.
Differs from the Social Service Counselor 2 by the presence of responsibility for specialized caseloads and/ or lead-worker duties.
Differs from Social Service Counselor 4-A by the absence of responsibility for assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of specialized programs.
Differs from Social Service Counselor 4-B by serving as a certified substance counselor.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE, CORE COMPETENCIES ARE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS,
ABILITIES AND BEHAVIORS BASED ON THE WORK TASKS OUTLINED IN THE EXAMPLES OF WORK.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND
HERE.
| Communicating Effectively | Displaying Expertise | Driving Results |
| Fostering Engagement | Making Accurate Judgments | Managing Resources |
| Managing Time | Thinking Critically | |
EXAMPLES OF WORK:EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Participates in the decision making process of the treatment team including formulating therapeutic activities and recommending a treatment plan.
Manages a caseload by scheduling appointments, evaluating client progress in counseling sessions, and making recommendations to the treatment team.
Coordinates various activities of a program regarding application, pre-admission, admission, and certification.
Presents client assessments and recommendations at inter-disciplinary team plan staffing and participate in treatment plan development through presentation of contributing environmental factors observed.
Initiates community involvement in developing indigenous resources and serves as an ongoing facilitator in creating and maintaining providers to impact needs especially in isolated and/or rural areas.
Serves as liaison between client, family, and institution; interviews clients and their families to assess individual and family roles, relationships and reactions and to identify specific diagnosis-related concrete social service and counseling needs.
Assist in the procurement of needs such as institutional placements, transportation, financial assistance, medical equipment, shelter, food, clothing, etc.
Monitors services through observations, home visits, preparation of forms or progress notes, and reports and records factors detrimental to social adjustment.
May provide testimony and recommendations on behalf of clients in court cases in response to judges and other officers of the court.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Five years of social services experience; OR
Six years of full-time experience in any field plus two years of social services experience; OR
A bachelor's degree plus two years of social services experience; OR
An advanced degree in a social sciences field plus one year of social services experience.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
Positions that provide addictive disorder counseling or prevention services will require certification or eligibility for certification issued by the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA), or its successor.