The special committee on Children’s Services social workers’ workload mandated this spring by the Legislature held its latest meeting June 3.
A progress report is due to legislators by July 1. A final report is due Nov. 15.
The special DSHS-WFSE Children’s Administration Ad Hoc Union-Management Communication Committee on Social Worker Workloads meets again June 24.
The committee spent time reviewing findings of the workload study, including developing a task list for proposed elimination and/or options for elimination.
The Legislature created the committee to prioritize social worker tasks and devise methods to relieve social workers of some lower-priority tasks. The discussions include use of contracting services and home support specialists.
The Federation representatives on the committee are: Bob Tadlock, Region 1; Ron Smith, Region 2; M. Faye Anderson, Region 3; Robbie Chiles, Region 4; BaLinda McDonald, Region 5; Bob Mumford, Region 6; Randy Lorello, Federation regional field services supervisor; and Jeanine Livingston, the Federation’s contract compliance director.
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