General Assistance Caseworker
General Assistance Caseworker
Open until 02/6/24
Job Description
The General Assistance (GA) Caseworker is responsible for knowing the eligibility criteria of the Klamath Tribes GA Program to ensure new and existing clients are in compliance with the Policy standards. The GA Caseworker completes intakes, gathers documents, interviews clients to garner relevant information, completes self-sufficiency plans with each GA client, send correspondence to clients and Tribal staff, accepts new applications, and processes application renewals. The GA Caseworker must be knowledgeable of Tribal and non-Tribal resources available to clients to provide assistance with navigating assistance and facilitating referrals to outside programs and agencies.
The purpose of the GA Program is to provide temporary short-term assistance to individuals with disabilities who are unable to work and actively applying for Social Security benefits.
The GA Program helps Tribal members who are unable to meet their basic needs due to medical issues.
How to Apply
All applicants for open positions must submit a Klamath Tribes Administration Application for Employment with the required support documentation listed in the job description to be considered for employment. Applications must be received by the closing date to receive consideration.
The Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin
Mission Statement.
“The mission of the Klamath Tribes is to protect, preserve and enhance the spiritual, cultural and physical values and resources of the Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin Peoples by maintaining the customs and heritage of our ancestors. To establish comprehensive unity by fostering the enhancement of spiritual and cultural values through a government whose function is to protect the human and cultural resources, treaty rights, and to provide for the development and delivery of social and economic opportunities for our People through effective leadership.”