NOTE: THIS IS A REPOSTING OF CS-2024-93541-L0635. IF YOU APPLIED UNDER THE PREVIOUS POSTING WHICH WAS OPEN FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 25, 2024, YOU CANNOT SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION.
Would you like to know that your work makes a significant and lasting difference in the lives of others? If so, the Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is eager to welcome you as an Aging Care Manager 2. If you are a compassionate, caring professional interested in helping to ensure the care and well-being of older adults, we want to talk with you!
An Aging Care Manager 2 is expected to appropriately maintain a caseload of vulnerable consumers. It will be essential to exercise initiative and independent judgment in discharging assignments and seeking advice and help with the more unusual and difficult cases. You will have the opportunity to obtain information from the consumer, members of the consumers' families, neighbors, and other persons necessary for the identification of social, economic, emotional, health, or physical problems to recognize and provide appropriate assistance for the consumer.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:- Full-time employment.
- Work hours are 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
- May be required to be on a standby rotation for off-hours coverage.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Six months as an Aging Care Manager 1 or a County Caseworker 1;
- Successful completion of the County Social Casework Intern program;
- Six months of professional human services or nursing experience; and a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, behavioral sciences, human services, or a closely related field;
- An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Other Requirements:
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
- Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Westmoreland, Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, Indiana, and Washington counties. If no eligible candidates who live within these counties apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
Veterans:
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.
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