SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR IV

This is a Management Service position that serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.

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St. Mary's County Department of Social Services

23110 Leonard Hall Drive

Leonardtown, MD 20650

To serve as Assistant Director of Quality Assurance for all agency programs. To understand current processes and procedures individually and how they fit together in practice so that as an agency we can provide delivery of services more effectively. To be directly responsible for and provide administrative direction for development of coherent integrated Quality Assurance/ Continuous Quality Improvement plans and processes, program measurements and data analysis. To ensure agency staff development is effective and that interagency practice maintains holistic, multi-disciplinary wrap-around approach. Provides oversight and supervision for the Central Services Teams in its work of supporting and protecting individuals and families and providing opportunities to attain stability and economic independence for the customers and community of St. Mary's County. Provides supervision and management to Team Leaders to insure integration of interdisciplinary services. This position provides major direction with management and performance measures of all Child Welfare and Adult services programs, to Family Investment and to Child Support programs in an effort to support the department's mission.

Education: Possession of a master’s degree in social work from an accredited college or university approved by the Council on Social Work Education.

Experience: Seven (7) years of professional experience in a social work capacity in a public or private agency or institution, five (5) years of which must have been in an administrative supervisory or consultative capacity.

Note:

1.  These requirements are established by the Social Services Administration by authority provided in Human Services, §4-204 the Annotated Code of Maryland and the Department of Budget and Management, Office of Personnel Services and Benefits, does not have authority to accept substitutions or equivalents.

2.  Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher as a commissioned officer in Social Work classifications or Social Work specialty codes in the Social Science, Psychology, and Welfare field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Candidate must be a Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C).

Three years of experience in child, family, single adults welfare, and homelessness including experience working with the Maryland court system.

The ideal candidate will possesses the following:

Working knowledge of community partnerships in St. Mary's County;

Experience in quality assurance, accreditation and interdisciplinary teamwork;

Ability to identify and develop needed resources and practices that support the population of the community, and experience with performance improvement efforts and systems.

Limited to candidates willing to accept employment in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

This office is approximately 95 miles southeast of Baltimore, Maryland, 65 miles southeast of Washington, DC, 65 miles southeast of Annapolis, MD, and 95 miles southeast of Richmond, Virginia.

1. Candidates filling positions in this classification must be licensed by the Board of Social Work Examiners.

2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties are required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

 

If you have any questions about this recruitment, please contact Mable Bailey, St. Mary's County Department of Social Services, 240-895-7175. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be evaluated. This office, with your approval, will verify your prior applicable work experience. In order to receive full consideration for time worked, please complete dates of employment in its entirety and identify number of hours worked for each entry.

Online applications are STRONGLY preferred. If the online application process is not available, please send your paper application to: St. Mary's County Department of Social Services, Office of Human Resources, 23110 Leonard Hall Drive, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Please do not submit unsolicited documentation. The paper application must be received by 5 PM on the closing date for the recruitment.

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As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.