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EXAMINATION
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CASEWORKER
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
CONTINUOUSLY A
NON-REFUNDABLE PROCESSING FEE
MUST ACCOMPANY EACH APPLICATION *********************************************************************************
STARTING
SALARY/RANGE:
$28,950 VACANCIES:
The eligible list
established as a result of this examination, will be used to fill this
vacancy and any other appropriate vacancies which may occur in this title
under the jurisdiction of the RESIDENCE
REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXAMINATION:
NONE When
preference in certification is given to residents of a municipality
pursuant to subdivision 4-a of Section 23 of the Civil Service Law, an
eligible must have been a resident of such municipality for at least one
month prior to the date of certification in order to be included in a
certification as a resident of such municipality and must be a resident of
such municipality at the time of appointment. MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Either: (A)
Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State
registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree, including or
supplemented by at least twelve (12) credit hours in social work,
sociology, psychology, or childhood development; OR (B)
Graduation from a regionally accredited or *NOTE:
Social casework is defined to mean experience which shall have
involved a one-to-one interaction with a client in order to actively
facilitate the identification of client needs and goals through the
interview process, as well as, the development of a service plan (i.e.,
identification and coordination of services available in the agency or the
community to meet these needs and goals). SUBSTITUTION:
Three (3) credit hours in the areas listed in (A) above may be
substituted for one (1) month of Social Casework experience. SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
Possession
of a valid NOTE:
1. Applicants must
meet the minimum qualifications on or before the date of the examination.
2. Further verification may be requested from candidates to
verify their academic qualifications.
3. Candidates MUST submit a copy of transcripts with application if
qualifying under (A) above. DUTIES:
Responsible to provide social work services for individuals and/or their
families, including children, to assist them with their economic,
emotional, social and environmental difficulties.
Does related work as required. SUBJECTS
OF EXAMINATION:
There will be a PC-administered test which you must pass in order to be considered
for appointment.
The test will be administered on a personal computer (PC).
Candidates need no prior knowledge of computers in order to take
the test.
The test uses a simple point-and-click system that is thoroughly
explained through an animated instruction program.
Candidates will be given a sample test on which to practice before
the actual test begins.
PC-administered
test:
This test is designed to test for knowledge, skills, and/or
abilities in such areas as: 1.
Establishing and Maintaining Effective Helping Relationships in
a Social Casework Setting
–These questions test for an understanding of the factors contributing
to the development and maintenance of productive client-worker
relationships.
You will be provided with descriptions of specific client-worker
interactions and asked to select the appropriate responses.
The questions cover such topics as confidentiality, time
management, professional ethics and referral techniques. 2.
Interviewing (Caseworker)
–These questions test for an understanding of the principles and 3.
Preparing
Written Material
–These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and
accurately and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly.
For some questions, you will be given information in two or three
sentences followed by four restatements of the information.
You must then choose the best version.
For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their
sentences out of order and then asked to choose from four suggestions the
order for the sentences. CALCULATORS
ARE PERMITTED:
Unless specifically prohibited, candidates are permitted to use
QUIET, hand-held, solar- or battery-powered calculators ONLY.
Devices with typewriter keyboards, such as cell phones, computers
or devices which can be hooked up to a computer, spell-checkers, personal
digital assistants, address books, language translators, dictionaries and
any similar devices are PROHIBITED. NOTE:
Candidates who file for Caseworker examinations with more than one
civil service agency will be required to use the score received in this
examination subject to the following terms and conditions:
1) A
candidate is permitted to take a Caseworker examination prepared by the
NYS Department
2) A candidate who applies and is approved for more than one
Caseworker examination during the
3) The candidate must
inform the civil service agency if he/she has previously taken a
Caseworker
4) A candidate must pay application fees for each examination
requiring such fees.
5) A candidate’s
placement on resultant eligible list(s) and duration of eligibility for
appointment will be NOTE:
A “Guide to Taking the Examination for Caseworker Series”
is available on the New York State Department of Civil Service web site: http://www.cs.state.ny.us/testing/localtestguides.cfm
or at the Oneida County Department of Personnel’s Office, INSTRUCTIONS
FOR APPLYING FOR MULTIPLE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS SCHEDULED
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Paulette Z. Nickerson, LMSW |
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Oneida County Personnel
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© 2003 Oneida County, New York, USA |