HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01202015 - C.22RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21556 to add eighteen (18) Social Casework Specialist II (X0VB)
(represented) positions, and allocate to salary schedule 255 1618 ($5,363 - $6,519)in the Children and Family
Services Bureau of the Employment and Human Services Department.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Upon approval of these positions will result increase annual salary by $2,393,884. This will also result in additional
retirement cost by $857,729. These positions will be funded Federal 45%, 55% State Realignment revenues.
Approval of these positions will not increase NCC.
BACKGROUND:
The Children & Family Services Bureau (CFS) plans to add eighteen (18) Social Casework Specialist II (SCSII)
positions in order to restore the infrastructure of the bureau that was diminished during the economic downturn of the
past six years. This increase in staff positions restores resources for service delivery to families ensuring that the most
vulnerable children and families are served safely and efficiently. Social Casework Specialist II’s are
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/20/2015 APPROVED AS
RECOMMENDED
OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Michelle Fregoso
925-313-1568
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 20, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: EHSD, Human Resources, Otilia Parra
C. 22
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:January 20, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Add Eighteen (18) Social Casework Specialist II positions in Employment & Human Services Department
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the front line social workers who provide child abuse assessments, investigations, reunification, and foster care
oversight for children, newborn to 21 years old. Currently, Contra Costa County CFS workers support higher
caseloads in comparison to the contiguous Bay Area counties. This is attributed to rapid growth of the population
in East County and an increase in families being referred to CFS. The additional eighteen positions will allow CFS
to adequately respond to the increase in highly complex emergency response referrals for investigations of alleged
abuse and neglect and to provide services for on-going case management of families in family maintenance and
reunification.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the addition of eighteen positions, CFS will not have the capacity to adequately respond to or investigate
community referrals to CFS within mandated time frames, thus placing children’s safety and well-being at risk.
This would also result in increased work for the Social Casework Specialists and Super-visors who are responsible
for the on-going investigation of referrals, ongoing case management and service delivery. When the Social
Casework Specialists and Social Work Supervisor II’s have high caseloads the department is at risk of not
providing mandated services and places the County at risk of sanctions.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Access to services and resources in a timely manner are essential to the safety and functioning of a child and
family. Children and families need access to services in a timely manner in efforts to have children stay with their
families of origin. Not having the necessary staff can result in a child being placed in and out of home care due to
lack of "reasonable services" available to families. Not having adequate staffing also places CFS at risk of not
complying with mandates to investigate and assess child safety in a timely manner, placing the child at risk of
further harm.
ATTACHMENTS
P-300 #21556