Job Information
Family Service and Children's Aid Society Direct Service Worker in Oil City, Pennsylvania
Summary of Duties:
Family Service & Children's Aid Society has a part-time position available for a Direct Service Worker. This position will provide a variety of services for identified individuals to educate and encourage them to become as self-sufficient and independent as possible., i.e., to maintain professionally, financially, socially, and emotionally. Duties include but are not limited to educating and encouraging individuals based on their individual needs and wants to organize their lives in such a way to maintain i.e., personal and health safety, household and money management, home living, interpersonal relationships, community involvement, social and leisure, self-advocacy and self-determination, and transportation so that the individual can direct their life at home and in the community.
The work schedule varies and will include minimal evening and weekend hours based on individual need. This position reports directly to the Home & Community Services Program Director and indirectly to the Executive Director of Family Service & Children's Aid Society.
Required Skills, Qualifications and Abilities:
Must be 21 years of age and have a valid driver's license, with acceptable Motor Vehicle Record.
Act 34-73-151 clearances required.
Education Training Requirements:
Completion of a high school curriculum
Progressively successful ability to relate to and communicate with the individual population.
Continuing education in a related human service field.
Work Experience:
One to three years of direct experience in working with the problems of persons living in culturally, socially, and economically disadvantaged communities; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.