SOCIAL WORKER OR HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONAL II AND III – MAUI Full Time

The responses you provide to these Supplemental Questions will be used in combination with your application to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements and/or your final score. Failure to provide detailed and complete information may result in your application being rejected or receiving a lower score.

Please do not submit a resume in place of completing the Supplemental Questions.

You must submit verification (e.g., copies of official transcripts or diploma as instructed below) in order to receive credit for education.

In general, proof of education downloaded from and/or submitted through the internet will not be accepted. Education obtained outside the United States must be comparable to education earned at a regionally accredited school in the United States. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.

To receive credit for substitute, temporary assignment, or volunteer experience, you must submit an official letter of verification. The letter should include the job title, employment dates, number of hours worked, a description of the duties performed, and a contact name and phone number.

Any information you submit may be verified.

Supporting documents must be either electronically attached to your application or submitted to our office at:

State of Hawaii – Department of Human Resources Development – 235 South Beretania Street – 11th Floor – Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

If you previously submitted supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, diploma, driver’s license, etc.) to our office, you are not required to resubmit them.

• I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.

In general, concurrent experiences and/or education will not be double credited unless otherwise specified.

Your possession of the required amount of experience will not in and of itself be accepted as proof of qualification for the position. The overall paid or unpaid experience must be of such scope and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that you have the ability to perform the duties of the position.
Our calculation of experience will be based upon a full-time, 40-hour work week. Part-time experience will be pro-rated.

Example: Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week will be pro-rated to six months of experience. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be extra credited.

Example: Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week will be credited as one year of experience, not one and a half years.

• I acknowledge I have read, understand, and agree to all of the above.

In order to receive credit for your academic training, you MUST SUBMIT a legible copy of your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS by attaching it to your online application.

NOTE: For the HSP II and III, if you are using relevant work experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree to fulfill the Education Requirement, you must clearly describe this work experience in your application. In order to receive credit, this experience must be comparable in scope, level, and quality to knowledge and skills gained via completion of study leading to a Bachelor’s degree as specified in the Minimum Qualification Requirements.

• I do not meet the Education Requirement.
• I possess a Bachelor’s degree but do not possess 12 credits in Behavioral Science.
• I possess a Bachelor’s degree with 12 credits in counseling, criminal justice, human services, psychology, social work, social welfare, sociology or other behavioral sciences.
• I possess a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• I do not possess a Bachelor’s degree, but possess excess professional work experience as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements.

In order to receive credit for your academic training, you MUST SUBMIT a legible copy of your OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS by attaching it to your online application.

• I am not using the substitution.
• I possess a Master’s in Social Work from and accredited college or university.
• I possess a Master’s degree in counseling, psychology, social welfare, sociology or other related Behavioral Science which included minimum of three courses dealing with the human condition as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements.
• I possess a Doctoral degree in social work from an accredited college or university.

If you stated that you possess the Specialized Experience, please provide the following information to address your relevant background.

All employment information listed below should also be listed on your application.

Include the following information:

A. The name of your employer.

B. Your official job title.

C. Your complete dates of employment (START & END, MONTH & YEAR).

D. The average number of hours worked per week.

E. A brief description of this employer, including the type of organization (government agency, private corporation, etc.), the section your position was located in, the number and type of staff you worked with, the activities or services provided, and the clientele served.

F. What was the primary function of your position? What were your major duties and responsibilities? Avoid using vague terms such as “counseled,” “assessed,” etc.

G. Did you carry or coordinate a caseload? What kind and how many cases did you regularly average? What were some of your more complex cases? Why were they complex?

H. Describe this experience, if any, with this employer as it involved each of the areas below. Treat each area separately. If you have no such experience, so state. Be sure to include your specific role, the steps you took and what happened as a result. Give representative examples.

1) Identification and evaluation of the client’s problems and needs. What kinds of evaluations/assessments were done? Who did these evaluations/assessments? If you did not complete these evaluations/assessment, what was your role in the identification and evaluation/assessment of the client’s problems and needs? How were these evaluations and assessments used?

2) Development of a service or treatment plan. What kinds of service or treatment plans were done? By whom? What was your role in the development of these service or treatment plans?

3) Initiation and implementation of the service plan, either directly or through the authorization of a provider/vendor services. Who initiated these service plans? How were they implemented? Were these service plans directly initiated and implemented by you or through the authorization of a provider/vendor service? If these service plans were initiated or implemented by an authorized provider/vendor service, then what was your role?

4) Monitoring of services being provided. Who monitored these services? How were they being monitored? What kinds of services did you provide?

5) Evaluation/assessment of the client’s progress, with amendments to the service/treatment plan made, as appropriate. Who evaluated/assessed the client’s progress? What kinds of amendments to the service/treatment plans were made? How often were these evaluations/assessments completed?

6) Individual and/or group counseling, including counseling techniques used. Did you provide any counseling? Both individual and group counseling? What was your role? How often did you perform counseling duties? What kind(s) of counseling techniques did you use?

I. Describe your duties, if any, with this employer, as it involved working with other health care agencies/professionals or providers. With whom did you work (job titles)? Was this a formal multidisciplinary treatment team? For what purpose did you meet? How frequently? What were your specific duties?

J. How did you gain the knowledge and skills required to perform the duties described in (H) and (I) above?

K. Which best describes the level of work you performed (choose one): trainee, assistant, fully independent, or supervisor?

L. Did this employer have or contract a separate office(r) or entity to provide such services? If yes, what was the relationship of your position to this entity?

M. What were the name, official job title, and education and/or experience qualifications of your immediate supervisor (e.g., MSW, Clinical Supervisor, etc.)?

N. How did your duties and level of authority differ from those of your supervisor?

Be specific and complete in your responses. To receive credit, the employer(s) and each position held must be identified in the experience section of your application.

A resume submitted in lieu of answering each supplemental question completely will not be accepted.

These Social Worker or Human Services Professionals are the fully trained and experienced worker who serves as a program specialist under the direction of a higher level specialist or other professional, and is assigned a program which is fairly narrow in scope and/or generally part of a larger program area. Work may encompass various tasks such as interpreting, clarifying and developing guidelines within the overall scope of the larger program; drafting policies and implementation plans; developing training guides and providing training; and monitoring and reporting on implementation.

Do you possess work experience as a Program Specialist?

• No Experience
• Less than 6 months of experience
• 6 months to less than 1 year of experience.
• 1 year to less than 1 1/2 years of experience.
• 1 1/2 years to less than 2 years of experience.
• 2 years to less than 2 1/2 years of experience.
• 2 1/2 years to less than 3 years of experience.
• 3 years to less than 3 1/2 years of experience.
• 3 1/2 years to less than 4 years of experience.
• 4 years to less than 4 1/2 years of experience.
• 4 1/2 years to less than 5 years of experience.
• 5 years to less than 5 1/2 years of experience.
• 5 1/2 or more years of experience.

If you stated that you possess the Program Specialist Experience, the information should be included in your resume or you may answer it here.

Include the following information:

A. The name of your employer.

B. Your official job title.

C. Your complete dates of employment (START & END, MONTH & YEAR).

D. The average number of hours worked per week.

E. A brief description of this employer, including the type of organization (government agency, private corporation, etc.), the section your position was located in, the number and type of staff you worked with, the activities or services provided, and the clientele served.

F. What was the primary function of your position? What were your major duties and responsibilities? Avoid using vague terms such as ‘planned,’ ‘developed,’ etc.

G. Describe your experiences, if any, with this employer as it involved each of the following areas. Treat each area separately. Be sure to include your specific role, the steps you took, and what happened as a result. Give relevant examples. If no such experience, so state.

1) Monitoring and ensuring the continued relevancy of program goals, policies and training in light of changes in policies, laws, and organizational objectives.

2) Developing, evaluating, and/or monitoring various program components in response to policy changes in organizational objects.

3) Anticipating the need for staff training and developing training materials and programs.

4) Implementing staff training.

H. How did you gain the knowledge and skills to perform the duties described in G (1 through 4) above?

I. Did this employer have a separate administrative or corporate office to whom decisions or functions involving formal program planning and evaluation were referred? If Yes, what was the relationship of your position to this entity?

J. How did your duties and authority differ from those of your supervisor?

Be specific and complete in your responses. To receive credit, the employer(s) and each position held must be identified in the experience section of your application.

A resume submitted in lieu of answering each supplemental question completely will not be accepted.

Any information you submit may be verified.

A. Employer’s name, dates of employment (Month/Year to Month/Year), and your official job title.

B. Description of this employer (governmental or private agency, etc.), specific kinds of services provided, and clientele served.

C. Dates you were an official supervisor.

D. Number and job titles of those you supervised and the areas of their responsibilities.

E. A specific description of your supervisory duties. How did your duties and level of authority differ from those of your supervisor?