CASEWORKER- SPANISH SPEAKING

DEPARTMENT:                SOCIAL SERVICES - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, CHILDREN’S SERVICES & ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES

TITLE OF POSITION:    CASEWORKER- SPANISH SPEAKING

LOCATION:                                   VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Salary:     JOB GROUP VIII (Starting Salary: $52,364 Annually)  or JOB GROUP  IX ( Starting Salary $55,590 Annually)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree* (see Note 1) and one (1) year of social case work experience** (see Note 2).

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to converse fluently in Spanish as spoken in the Buffalo Metropolitan area.
• Eligibility for a New York State driver license at the time of application. Possession of the license and use of a private automobile required at time of appointment.
• Applicants for designated positions in the Department of Social Services that may have regular and substantial unsupervised or unrestricted contact with children shall be subject to background checks according to the New York State Justice Center’s Staff Exclusion List (SEL) and New York State Office of Children and Family Services Statewide Central Register of Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Inquiries on current employees shall be made annually and prior to promotion but no more often than once in any six month period (N.Y. Social Services Law 424-A.) Candidates/applicants with conditional offers of employment may be required to submit the necessary fee(s) for background screening and inquiries shall be completed prior to employment hiring/start date. Refusal to sign the necessary clearance forms, submit the required associated fees and/or participate in the review process shall be cause for an automatic non-selection. In addition, inquiry responses are subject to evaluation and may result in disqualification pursuant to Section 50 of the New York State Civil Service Law.
• Applicants for designated positions in the Department of Social Services that may have access to federal tax information to perform his/her job duties shall be subject to a suitability background check investigation, including FBI fingerprinting, local law enforcement check, and verification check of citizenship/residency. A criminal record does not necessarily disqualify applicants from employment, rather an individualized determination will be made. The cost of the background check will be assumed by the Department of Social Services.

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

NOTE 2: **Possession of a Master’s Degree in social work may be substituted for one year of the required experience above.

NOTE 3: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

This notice will be posted for the period February 28, 2025 through and including March 9, 2025. 

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

JOANNA COUELL- ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATIOR SERVICES

Department of Social Services

Appletree Business Park

2875 UNION ROAD, SUITE 356

CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14227

Joanna.Couell@erie.gov

Erie County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to workplace diversity.