Kern County, CA - Department of Human Services
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Becoming a Social Worker
Are You Up for the Challenge?
- Like a doctor, I work to make sure families are healthy.
- Like a teacher, I work to make sure children are educated.
- Like a police officer, I work to protect children.
- Like a lawyer, I work to ensure a child's rights to a safe and permanent home.
- Like a counselor, I work with families in crisis.
Innovation & Excellence
The Kern County Department of Human Services has earned a statewide reputation for its innovative ideas and program excellence.
The business of social work incorporates a variety of tasks into its function of providing services. Services are provided to the community's families, individuals and children through case management in the areas of Child Welfare and Employment Services.
Child welfare case management activities are individualized to meet the protective needs of each child requiring services, whether they remain in the home or in out-of-home placement. This includes relative placements and emergency shelter care.
CalWORKs Employment Services Program, also known as Welfare-to-Work, helps applicants and recipients of cash aid to prepare for work and find a job. Customized case plans are created and implemented based on the assessment of each individual's barriers and employability.
Comprehensive Employee Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription Drug Plans and Sick Leave Benefits
- Employee Wellness & Assistance Programs
- Paid Vacation
- Paid County Holidays
- Service and Disability Retirement
- Deferred Compensation
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Credit Union Eligibility
- Longevity Pay
- Tuition Assistance
- M.S.W. Intern affiliation with Cal State Bakersfield
Positions
Social Service Worker I - III
Social Service Supervisor I
These positions require a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12 semester or 20 quarter units in behavioral science. Additional education and/or Human Services casework experience are required for Supervisory and promotional levels II and III.
Social Service Worker IV
Social Service Supervisor II
These positions require completion of a Master's degree in Social Work, or a closely related discipline, and additional Human Services casework experience.
Areas of Service
Areas of service for social workers throughout kern county include:
- Emergency Response
- Court Intake
- Court Review
- Family Reunification
- Family Maintenance
- Permanent Placement
- Adoption
- Foster Care
- Jamison Children's Center (Emergency Shelter)
- Kinship Center
- Domestic Violence
- Licensing Unit
- CalWORKs Employment Services
- Training Units