ISSUED: February 19, 2008

LOCATION OF POSITION: The resulting eligible list for this examination will be used to fill vacancies as they occur in Wyoming County Department of Social Services and school districts under the jurisdiction of Wyoming County Civil Service.

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT: Candidates must have been legal residents of Wyoming County, a county contiguous to Wyoming County or a school district subject to the jurisdiction of the Wyoming County Personnel Officer where that school district extends beyond the boundaries of Wyoming County, for at least one (1) month immediately preceding the date of the written examination, and must have continued their residency through the period leading to their initial appointment. Residents of an adjoining county, in a school district under jurisdiction of this Civil Service Agency, meeting equivalent residency requirements, will be eligible for examination and for appointment in that district only.

CERTIFICATION: Preference in appointment may be given to candidates who presently reside in a civil division or district where the appointment is to be made in accordance with provisions of Sec. 23 (4-a) of Civil Service Law.

"This examination is being prepared and rated in accordance with Section 23(2) of the Civil Service Law. The provisions of the New York State Civil Service Law, Rules, and Regulations dealing with the preparation and rating of examinations, as well as establishment and certification of eligible lists for positions in the classified service will apply to this examination."

Successful candidates will have their names placed on the eligible list in order of their final score regardless of the date on which they take their test

CANDIDATES DEEMED ELIGIBLE, WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT FOR ONE (1) YEAR FROM THEIR DECLARED ELIGIBILITY DATE AS A RESULT OF THIS CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION.

The Wyoming County Personnel Officer reserves the right to terminate this continuous recruitment program and re-establish a periodic type of examination.

Candidates who file for Caseworker examinations with more than one civil service agency will be required to use the score received in this examination subject to the following terms and conditions:

1) A candidate is permitted to take a Caseworker examination prepared by the NYS Department of Civil Service only once during each of the following defined periods:
January 1 - June 30
July 1 - December 31

2) A candidate who applies and is approved for more than one Caseworker examination during the same six-month period (January 1-June 30 or July 1-December 31) is required to use the score resulting from a single test administration for all examinations held during the same six-month period.

3) The candidate must inform the civil service agency if he/she has previously taken a Caseworker examination in any other civil service agency and provide the location and date the examination was taken.

4) A candidate must pay application fees for each examination requiring such fees.

5) A candidate's placement on resultant eligible list(s) and duration of eligibility for appointment will be determined by the civil service agency conducting the examination(s).

* * * IMPORTANT CANDIDATE NOTICE * * *
Candidates who have taken a Caseworker examination during January 1-June 30 or July 1-December 31 of this year should submit a statement with the application clearly indicating where and when the examination was taken.

DUTIES: The work involves responsibility for providing social work services to individuals, including children, families and/or caregivers while participating in a continuous in-service training program. The trainee level is used to recruit to the social work field college graduates with a career interest in social service. Trainees receive on-the-job training while performing duties of a limited professional nature under close and continuing supervision. Trainee appointments are for a period of one (1) year, following which incumbents receiving satisfactory ratings will be advanced to the title of Caseworker without further examination.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must meet the following requirements on or before the date of the examination: Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Bachelor's degree.

PLEASE NOTE: If you expect to complete the educational requirement within 6 months, you can be admitted to this examination. If successful on the examination, you will not be certified for appointment until you have submitted proof of completion of the requirements to the Wyoming County Civil Service Office. Proof must be submitted within 2 months, following award of degree; failure to do so will result in removal of your name from the eligible list.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Possession of a valid New York State driver's license appropriate to the vehicles operated or otherwise demonstrate their ability to meet the transportation needs of the job.

SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION: Written test will cover knowledge, skills and/or abilities in such areas as:
1. Establishing and maintaining effective helping relationships in a social casework setting
A test of your understanding of the factors contributing to the development and maintenance of positive and productive client-worker relationships. You will be provided with descriptions of specific client-worker interactions and asked to select appropriate responses. The questions cover such topics as confidentiality, time management, professional ethics, and referral techniques.

2. Interviewing
These questions test for an understanding of the principles and techniques of interviewing and their application to specific client-worker situations. You will be provided with a series of concrete interviewing situations for which you will be required to select an appropriate course of action based on an analysis of the situation, the application of the information provided and the ramifications of various interviewing principles and strategies. You will also be asked questions about the interviewing process and various interviewing techniques.

3. Preparing written material
These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order and then asked to choose from four suggestions the best order for the sentences.

Unless otherwise notified at the examination site, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards, spell checkers, personal digital assistants, address books, language translators, dictionaries, or any similar devices are prohibited.

SABBATH OBSERVERS/DISABLED CANDIDATES/MILITARY MEMBERS: If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your application. Any member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, who having duly filed an application to compete in a scheduled competitive examination for Civil Service employment by the State of New York or any of its subdivisions and who due to active military duty is deprived of the opportunity to compete in such examination shall be provided with an opportunity to compete, under terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the State Department of Civil Service or Municipal Commission, by way of a special military make-up examination.

Current members of the Armed Forces may apply for Veterans credits by filing an Application for Veterans Credits (Form VC-1). Proof of military status must also be presented and verified in order for consideration of granting of conditional Veterans credit. Acceptable proof may include a military I.D. card, military orders, or others official military document that substantiates active military service at time of exam. This documentation and VC-1 Form must be received prior to the establishment of the Eligible List for this examination. The conditional status of the additional credits will remain until proof is provided indicating that the service was in time of war and that the veteran received an honorable discharge, or was released under honorable circumstances.

VETERANS: Disabled and non-disabled war veterans who are eligible for additional credits must submit an application for veteran credits with EACH application for examination. Candidates who wish to claim veteran credits on an examination should request an application and information sheet from the Wyoming County Civil Service Office. Veteran's application forms will also be available upon request at the examination center. The completed forms must be received before the eligible list for this examination is established in order to utilize additional credits.

In conformance with section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional ten points in a competitive examination for original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent has served. If you are qualified to participate in this examination and are a child of a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty in this municipality, please inform this office of this matter when you submit your application for examination. A candidate claiming such credit has a minimum of two months from the application deadline to provide the necessary documentation to verify additional credit eligibility. However, no credit may be added after the eligible list has been established.

APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE
WYOMING COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE OFFICE
143 N. Main St., Suite 220
Warsaw, New York 14569
Telephone: 786-8830
Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

OR DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION AT www.wyomingco.net (click on the civil service link)

THERE IS A STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE OR AT OUR OFFICE.

WYOMING COUNTY -- AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

APPLICATION FEE POLICY
APPLICATION FEE:
You need to file a $20.00 processing fee for EACH exam you are applying for. The required fee MUST accompany your application.
-- Send check or money order payable to the "Wyoming County Department of Civil Service."
-- Write the examination number on the check or money order.
-- DO NOT SEND CASH!!

As NO refunds will be made if you fail to appear for the scheduled exam or if your application is disapproved, be sure to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified. Assistance in determining whether or not you meet the minimum qualifications can be obtained from our office and is yours for the asking.

APPLICATION FEE WAIVER: A waiver of application fee will be allowed if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household. In addition, a waiver of application fee will be allowed if you are determined eligible for Medicaid, or receiving Supplemental Security Income payments, or Public Assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/Family Assistance or Safety Net Assistance) or are certified Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act eligible through a State or local social service agency. All claims for application fee waiver are subject to verification.

If you can verify eligibility for application fee waiver, complete a "Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification "form and submit it with your application by the close of business on the Application Deadline as listed on the Examination Announcement. The Application Fee Waiver is available on line at www.wyomingco.net (click on Civil Service) or in our office.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Falsification of any part of the "Application for Employment" will result in disqualification.
2. Applicants must answer every question on the application form and make sure that the application is complete in all respects. Incomplete applications will be disapproved. All necessary licenses, diplomas, and transcripts must be attached to the application when required in the "Minimum Requirements" as listed on the exam announcement.
3. Appointments from an eligible list must be made from the top three (3) candidates willing to accept appointment. The duration of an eligible list may be fixed for a minimum period of one (1) year and a maximum period of four (4) years.
4. It is the responsibility of the candidate to notify the Wyoming County Civil Service Office of any change of name and/or address. NO attempt will be made to locate candidates who have moved.

TIME AND PLACE OF EXAMINATION: Approved candidates will be notified by mail regarding the time and place of the examination. If notice of approval or disapproval is not received at least seven (7) days prior to the exam, please call the Wyoming County Civil Service Office at (585) 786-8830.

APPLYING FOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS WHEN EXAMINATIONS ARE SCHEDULED ON SAME DATE: If you have applied for any other Civil Service examinations for employment with New York State or any other local government jurisdiction, you must make arrangements to take all the examinations at one test site.

If you have applied for both State and Local government examinations, you must make arrangements to take all your examinations at the State examination center by calling (518) 457-7022 no later than two weeks before the test date.

If you have applied for other local government examinations, call or write to each Civil Service Agency to make arrangements. You must make your request for these arrangements no later than two weeks before the date of the examinations. You must notify all local government civil service agencies with whom you have filed an application of the test site at which you wish to take your examination(s). For this examination call 786-8830 or write to Wyoming County Civil Service, Warsaw, NY 14569.

PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING ALTERNATE TEST DATE:
1. For situations known prior to when the examination is scheduled for administration, the candidate should get from this office a Request for Alternate Test Date Form as soon as possible before the test date.
2. For emergency situations, you must notify this office no later than Tuesday following the SATURDAY scheduled test date.
3. We can not administer any written test prior to the scheduled date.