CHAPTER 670
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR SOCIAL WORK/SOCIAL WORK SUPERVISION CLASSIFICATION SERIES WORK OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

22VAC40-670-10. Definitions.

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Human services field" means the field of social work and related degrees, including counseling, gerontology, guidance and counseling, family and child development, psychology, sociology, or other related degrees determined by the Division of Human Resource Management based on the similarity of the curriculum and course content. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide information with the application, if the applicant wishes the course content and curriculum to be so evaluated.

"Service Program/Service Program Supervision series" means the following classifications "Social Work Occupational Group" includes the following occupational titles:

Senior Social Work Supervisor;

Social Work Supervisor Worker IV;

Principle Social Worker III;

Child Protective Services Social Worker II; and

Senior Social Worker; I.

Child Protective Services Worker I; and

Social Worker.

For purposes of this chapter, Social Work Organizational Group does not include Social Work Manager.

22VAC40-670-20. Policy.

Section 63.1-26 63.2-219 of the Code of Virginia requires the board to establish minimum entrance and performance standards, .

Effective September 1, 1990, in In order to be evaluated for vacancies in the Service Program/Service Program Supervision classification series Social Work Occupational Group, applicants shall:

1. Possess a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in the Human Services human services field; or

2. Possess a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in any field accompanied by a minimum of two years appropriate and related experience in a Human Services human services related area; or

3. To be considered for promotion, persons currently employed in the Service Program/Service Program Supervision series Social Work Occupational Group by a local agency prior to September 1, 1990, who do not meet the requirements of subdivision 1 or 2 above of this section, shall possess four years of appropriate and related experience in a human services area and must have successfully completed all available competency-based training related to the promotional area.

If an individual does not indicate possession of the requirements in subdivision 1, 2, or 3 above of this section on the application, he will not be qualified for the position.

Once the applicant has noted the possession of a baccalaureate degree in the Human Services human services field on the application or resume, the evaluation process will continue using knowledge, skill, and ability criteria.

Individuals employed in the Service Program/Service Program Supervision classification series Social Work Occupational Group prior to September 1, 1990, who do not meet the requirements of subdivision 1, 2, or 3 above of this section, will be retained in their current classification occupational title or any lesser classification occupational title without having to meet the above requirements. This includes the same classification occupational title in another local agency. These individuals will be required to meet the requirements of subdivision 1, 2, or 3 above of this section for application to any higher classification occupational title other than their current classification occupational title.