Income Maintenance Caseworker II

Work Type
Economic Services

Position Number
5306.045

Salary
$28,304.00 - $44,145.00

Closing Date
September 28, 2020
Posted September 15, 2020


Agency Name
Wayne County Department of Social Services

Work County
Wayne

Job Contact
To Apply: Submit a completed PD-107 (state application) to Brenda Melvin, Wayne County DSS, 301 N. Herman Street, Box HH, Goldsboro, NC 27530. Unsigned or incomplete applications will not be processed.

Job Location
301 N. Herman Street
Goldsboro
North Carolina
27533
Job Description

Description of Job Duties:    This caseworker is assigned to a unit within the Economic Services Section.  This position is responsible for taking applications, determining eligibility and maintaining cases for Food and Nutrition Services, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Adult Medicaid, or Family and Children’s Medicaid.  This includes interviewing the customer, verifying information, determining eligibility, maintaining the record, and making changes to the record.  The employee must determine how the changes impact the eligibility of the case.  Other duties may be assigned to the worker when deemed necessary by the Supervisor.   This worker must utilize the online NC FAST Program, Manuals, and DSS Administrative Letters as appropriate.  This employee is expected to make the final decision in determining eligibility by applying written policy, but be able to recognize situations that should be referred to the Supervisor for clarification.  This worker must provide excellent customer service and maintain accurate documentation and organized electronic records.   This employee will learn and use programs Compass Pilot and Compass Appointments (Compass Co-Pilot, if issued a DSS iPad) as required by position to do, but not limited to: request leave, schedule/receive appropriate appointments, set up virtual files, scan/retrieve documents, receive/send tasks
Educational/Experience Requirements:
IMC II
  • One year of experience as an Income Maintenance Caseworker
IMC I work against IMC II for 1 year
  • Graduation from an accredited associate degree program a) Human Services Technology b) Social Services Associate   c) Paralegal Technology   d) Business Administration   e) Secretarial Science   f) Closely related curriculum; or
  • Graduation from high school and two years of paraprofessional, clerical or other public contact experience which included: Negotiating, interviewing, explaining information, gathering and compiling of data, analysis of data and/or the performance of mathematical or legal tasks with at least one year of such experience being in an income maintenance program; or
  • Graduation from high school and three years of paraprofessional, clerical or other public contact experience which included: negotiating, interviewing, explaining information, gathering and compiling of data, analysis of data and/or the performance of mathematical or legal tasks; or
  • Graduation from a four-year college or university.