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CASEWORKER

Exam Type
Notice of Vacancy
Department
Social Services
Job Category
Human Services
Location Category
Buffalo
Location
Multiple
Posting Date
Closing Date
Salary Range
Starting $52,364 (as Trainee) or Starting $55,590
Changed

ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VACANCY NOTICE

OPEN/TEMPORARY

FOUR (4) VACANCIES

SEVEN (7) ANTICIPATED VACANCIES

DEPARTMENT:                             SOCIAL SERVICES

TITLE OF POSITION:                  CASEWORKER                                                                        

LOCATION:                                   VARIOUS: RATH BUILDING/ APPLETREE BUSINESS PARK

JOB GROUP:                                   8 STARTING SALARY ($52,364) OR 9 STARTING SALARY ($55,590)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree*** (see Note 3) and one (1) year of social case work experience*^* (see Note 4)

NOTE 2: **Candidates may be appointed as Caseworker Trainee (Job Grade VIII) with only the Bachelor’s Degree qualification. Upon satisfactory completion of the one (1) year training term an appointee shall be entitled to advance permanent status as a Caseworker (Job Grade IX) without further examination. 

NOTE 3: ***Your degree/credits must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee.

NOTE 4: *^*Possession of a Master’s Degree in social work may be substituted for one year of the required experience above.

Candidates must sign up and sit for the exam once it is announced.

Candidates must be reachable on the civil service list to maintain position.

This notice will be posted for the period July 3, 2025 through and including July 12, 2025.

If interested and meet the above qualifications, please send a resume to:

JoAnna Couell

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

APPLE TREE BUSINESS PARK- SUITE 356- 2875 UNION ROAD 

CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14227

                                                JOANNA.COUELL@ERIE.GOV