Experience and Skills:
Minimum Qualifications
A qualified applicant will have a minimum of six (6) years of
equivalent combination of education and/or experience which
demonstrates the knowledge, skills and abilities required to do
the essential functions of this position. The following is preferred
but all qualifications meeting the minimum requirements will be considered:
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or related field of study
- Work experience with social service programs in a similar capacity
with similar populations.
General Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability and willingness to support Agency mission, ethics and core values.
- Apply evaluation, analytic and writing skills
- Read, interpret and explain policies to others
- Organize and prioritize tasks to meet required time timeframes
- Collaborate and coordinate with others
- Build relationships and network
- Exhibit excellent interpersonal communication and listening skills
- Exhibit good judgment, and use courtesy and tact
- Follow verbal and written instruction
- Working knowledge of, and the ability to apply, basic word
processing applications, spreadsheet applications, database
applications, communication applications (e-mail), and other general
office computer applications.
Job-Specific Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of principles of social casework, casework methods, and
techniques and their application to individual cases including
problems of placement in care facilities.
- Knowledge of federal and state laws and Oregon Administrative
Rules pertaining to risk intervention services; ability to research
and interpret these regulations.
- General understanding of the principles of gerontology; and the
ability to work effectively with consumers in handling individual
case problems.
- Knowledge of the social model underlying adult protective services
and an understanding of the theory of adult protection.
- Knowledge of functions and scope of public and private agencies,
law enforcement agencies, and facilities providing social support
services to the elderly and disabled.
- Knowledge of available sources for obtaining case data; and
ability to analyze and evaluate case data, prepare concise case
records and related reports, and provide testimony at hearings.
- Ability to perform competent, holistic, assessments of older
adults and people with disabilities in high-risk situations and
effectively interview people to secure specific types of information.
Work Environment and Physical Demands
Analyst/Reviewers typically work in an office environment. They must
be able to:
- Use a computer, telephone, and other office equipment
- Tolerate and be able to work where the noise level is that of a
typical office
- Encounter frequent interruptions throughout the work day
- Regularly sit, talk, or hear
- Use repetitive hand motions
- Handle objects and sustain a sense of touch
- Stand, walk, reach, and bend
- Lift up to 25 pounds
- This position requires occasional travel to consumers in a variety
of settings, homes, facilities, etc. of varying levels of
cleanliness and repair. Travel to other offices may require
overnight stay. Field work requires driving an Agency car or
personal vehicle, and carrying and using a laptop computer.
Contact with the public in home or office environments may risk
exposure to people with contagious diseases or irrational/hostile
behavior and contact with domestic animals.
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by
an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Classification: Risk Intervention Worker
Position Number: 366
Salary Range: R21
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Unit: APS and AFH Licensing
Location: Salem
Reports To: APS and AFHL Manager
Union Status: Represented
Last Revision Date: December 2024
This job description is a general guide for the job to be
performed and does not cover everything. Employees may be required
to perform other duties, including covering for, and in, other
offices. Employees are expected to follow and perform other
job-related duties requested by their manager.
Reasonable accommodations will be made as needed.
Job descriptions are subject to change.
