Children & Family Services has recently added and filled 18 Social Casework Specialist positions and filled another 11 vacant Social Casework Specialist positions in an effort to meet State and Federal mandates. In order for the Bureau to meet these mandates, it is also essential to add the corresponding Clerk – Senior Level positions to provide clerical and administrative support. Responsibilities include initial intake, entry of court orders and placement information, reports to the state and court, searches for absent parents, and other clerical duties as assigned. Additionally, one Clerk – Specialist Level is required to complete more complex tasks and to direct, train, assign, and review the work of the Clerks – Senior Level. Furthermore, the California Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (CLETS) has become a high priority for Employment and Human Services Department and one (1) of the new Clerk – Senior Level positions will be assigned to assist the Administrative Bureau in supporting CLETS review of Children & Family Services inquires. The purpose of the program is to ensure that emergency placements for children are safe by searching the criminal records of potential placement providers.

Failure to add these positions will impact the department's ability to effectively and efficiently provide services to families as required by Federal and State mandates. Inadequate clerical support will create workloads that are difficult to manage and will put the department at risk of not providing mandated services.

The work performed by these Clerks is essential to ensuring accurate and timely pro-cessing of critical information required to enable the families to receive services and assistance in order to maintain safe, stable and nurturing placements for our dependent children.