Social Service Technician
Social Service Technician - State of Delaware
Make a Difference with DHSS
Join the Bridgeville State Service Center as a Social Service Technician for the Change Report Center! This is a specialized team who assists clients in reporting and making changes to their existing cases. You’ll be the first point of contacts to all those in need. From direct face-to-face interactions to answering the phone, you'll help assist clients in learning all the benefits offered by Division of Social Services: Food Supplement Benefits (SNAP), Medical Assistance, Delaware Healthy Children’s Program (CHIP), Subsidized Child Care, State Funded General Assistance (GA), and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). In this role, you will assign all changes reported to designated staff for processing. In addition, you will perform reception desk duties such as date stamping all documents received, monitoring various log sheets, and scanning/filing documents into a document imaging system. At times, you'll have to re-direct and give proper outside referrals for services not offered by DSS.
Essential Functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.
- Distributes program benefits/resources to eligible clients.
- Distributes forms, brochures, fact sheets and other related information.
- Completes or assist clients in completing preliminary information and reviews forms for completeness.
- Provides routine information regarding programs.
- Writes and mails letters. Keeps records, submits required reports, completes or types routine forms or letters, addresses.
- Gathers routine information according to a standard format for use in determining eligibility of benefits.
- Conducts follow up activities on clients as assigned.
- Refers clients/cases to appropriate agency for additional resources.
- May prepare and submit source documents on case/client activity for data entry in accordance with established policies and procedures and may input data into an automated client information system.
- Receives and records applicant, recipient or vendor complaints concerning reception area problems, solves routine problems, or refers to appropriate worker.
- Arranges or reminds clients of interviews or related appointments, follows up to determine client's reason if appointment is not kept, and reschedules if necessary and may visit clients and/or ensure clients receive adequate transportation.
Job Requirements
Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:
- Six months experience in document processing which includes reviewing and evaluating records for completeness and conformity with laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures, resolve deficiencies, interpret information, and track and monitor activities.
- Six months experience in record keeping.
- Knowledge of health or human services support such as interviewing clients and assessing personal, health, social or financial needs in accordance with program requirements or coordinating with community resources to obtain client services.
- Knowledge of using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.