Caseworker

Work shall be performed under the close supervision of a supervising caseworker or director/assistant director, with in-service training provided through the agency’s staff development program. The caseworker, in consultation with the supervising worker, formulates and carries out plans to meet the individual problems of the case assigned. Incumbent will drive a personal or county vehicle in the course of their employment.

Possession of a Bachelor's Degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university.

A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the following areas:
1. ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE HELPING RELA TIONSHIPS IN A SOCIAL CASEWORK SETTING – These questions test for an understanding of 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 – These questions test for an understanding of the principles and techniques of interviewing and their application to specific client-worker situations. You will be provided with a series of concrete interviewing situations for which you will be required to select an appropriate course of action based on an analysis of the situation, the application of the information provided and the ramifications of various interviewing principles and strategies. You will also be asked questions about the interviewing process and various interviewing techniques.
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. Test guide: A Guide for the Written Test for Caseworker Series is available at the New York State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm. Candidates not having access to a computer or the internet may request copy of the test guide from the municipal civil service office conducting this examination using the contact information found elsewhere on this announcement.

There are no residency requirements for this examination. However, preference in appointment may be given to successful candidates who have been residents of Otsego County for at least one month immediately preceding the scheduled date of the written examination.

The eligible list resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies as they occur in Otsego County departments and all school districts and the Otsego Northern Catskill BOCES under the jurisdiction of the Otsego County Personnel/Civil Service Department. FILING FEE A fee of $15.00 is required for each separately numbered examination for which you apply. The required fee must ...