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12 Paid Holidays | Personal Observance Leave |Travel Reimbursement
Position Title and No.: Social Work IAT – Quality Assurance
Unit: Family and Children’s Services
Grade/Salary Range: 75 SWIAT $64,628 - $117,784 Starting $77,624.16
An additional Stipend is provided for on-call coverage.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This position is also responsible for staff development in training current and any new staff to Child
Welfare and Adult Services, which will include line workers and Supervisors. The employee will train incoming and current staff on the
use of Compass Pilot and Co-Pilot, Day sheets, Timesheets and any other training needs that may arise. This team member may also
have training responsibilities across the agency if needed in the future. This position will have the total and complete responsibility for
reviewing records, conducting audits, compiling data to reflect policy, standards and compliance trends and determining caseworker
skills sets. This work includes independent research and analysis of all Federal, State and Local policy and procedure development, so
that data tools can be gathered and developed by this position based upon observations and audit trends. This position will assist
Supervisors, Managers, and the DSS Director in identifying needs of the agency, objectives, and strategies for work performance through
the actual result of case reviews. This position will conduct and perform detailed analysis of cases by compiling individual and unit data,
developing agency-wide reports, attending internal and external meetings, and assisting in the implementation of standardized work
methods. Once this position has performed ongoing comprehensive audits and identified areas of strengths and weaknesses, this position
will make recommendations for corrective action and will heavily assist management in implementing those changes. This position will
assist supervisor and/or conduct training sessions with individuals or groups on approval of supervisors. This position must exercise
sound judgment as responsibilities include improving efficiency by independent review and evaluation to ensure that compliance
issues/concerns within the organization are being appropriately evaluated and investigated. This position will assist management in
determining the manner in which problems can be resolved, applying corrective action plans, and completing ongoing monitoring. This
position will develop operational guidelines/review tools and will conduct a large range of diverse audits of agency records, inspecting
and/or investigating the quality of work and reviewing findings. Reviews will be conducted weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually.
Identified discrepancies/concerns will be shared with agency supervisors, Program Manager and the DSS Director, along with any
recommendations67/action items. This position must have exceptional judgment skills as decisions could affect any potential future
accreditations, licensure, and funding. Decisions by this position may affect program outcomes, service quality and the regulations of the
program which can, in turn, affect funding.
This position is also responsible for receiving reports, initiating, investigating, identifying, and providing child welfare services to any child
who is alleged to be abused, neglected, and/or dependent, as defined by law. This position develops, with the family, formal plans to
eliminate conditions of abuse, neglect, and/or dependency. This position facilitates movement in and out of the legal system, including
immediate removal from the home, children identified as being in danger. This position supervises and monitors such children who are
in out-of-the-home placement and counsels with parents to expedite the child’s return to the home. This position assesses family
situations and prepares for court, court-ordered home studies and plans resources and other support services in conjunction with other
agencies to promote maintenance of the family unit. All protective services referrals are received on a rotating basis.
This employee will learn and use programs Compass Pilot and Compass Appointments (Compass Co-Pilot, if issued a DSS iPad) as required
by position to do, but not limited to request leave, schedule/receive appropriate appointments, set up virtual files, scan/retrieve
documents, receive/send tasks.
This position will manage and direct quality assurance and compliance review in Child Welfare and Adult Services.
This employee will learn and use programs Path, Compass Pilot and Compass Appointments as required by position to do, but not limited
to: request leave, schedule/receive appropriate appointments, set up virtual files, scan/retrieve documents, receive/send tasks.
Experience using Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Excel, etc.) required.
OTHER: Employee will be expected to work in emergency shelters and/or perform related disaster tasks.
This position is designed to be safety-sensitive and is subject to random drug screenings
