HUMAN SERVICE SPECIALIST V

LIMITED TO APPLICANTS AVAILABLE TO WORK IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 

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Queen Anne's County Department of Social Services

Services Unit

125 Comet Drive

Centreville MD 21617

Queen Anne's County Department of Social Services is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, approximately 60 miles east of the Baltimore –Washington area, across the Bay Bridge.

Provide overall coordination of the Queen Anne's County Child Abuse Response & Evaluation Center (CARE). The CARE Center is a partnership of the Queen Anne's County Department of Social Services (QACDSS), the Maryland State Police, Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff, the Centreville Town Police, Queen Anne's County State's Attorney's Office, the Mid-Shore Medical Program and mental health consultants. The CARE Center Coordinator is responsible for facilitating and coordinating the multi-disciplinary response to child maltreatment in Queen Anne's County. 

The position coordinates representatives from various mental health and law enforcement agencies and leads the multi-disciplinary response to child maltreatment. It supervises the development of the budget and ensures compliance with policy and procedures. This position provides counsel and renders expertise to staff and management on all issues related to the CARE Center.

Please describe in detail any job duties relating to the minimum qualifications stated below and include any computer software experience (Excel, CHESSIE, PowerPoint, Word etc.) used in the each of the positions you held.

Applicant must meet both Minimum and Selective Qualifications.

Education: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Four years of experience in the administration of a human services program or experience conducting studies and analyses of programs, procedures, practices and organizations.

Notes:

1. Additional professional or technical experience in the administration
of a human services program or experience conducting studies and analyses of programs, procedures, practices and organizations may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

2. Education at the graduate level at an accredited college or university in a human services related field at may be substituted at the rate of 30 semester hours per year for up to two years of the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Administrative Officer classifications or Administrative Officer specialty codes in the General, Administrative, Clerical, and Office Services field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Applicant must meet both Minimum and Selective Qualifications.

One year of experience as a Coordinator of a child advocacy center.

LIMITED TO APPLICANTS AVAILABLE TO WORK IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. 

Please provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. 

Successful candidates will be ranked as Best-Qualified, Better-Qualified or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position. It is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all experience and education that is related to this position.

For education obtained outside the U.S., a copy of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service must accompany the application.

All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date.

The incumbent in this position is a member of a covered bargaining unit and will be required to pay a bi-weekly service fee to the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS