{"id":4466,"date":"2024-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=4466"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:59:48","slug":"social-work-assistant-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/social-work-assistant-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Work Assistant 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n
Representative group<\/th>\nJob codes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU LOCAL 925 HEALTHCARE PROF\/LAB TECH<\/td>\n18111 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)
\n22514 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU 1199NW HMC SOCIAL WORKER AND DIETITIAN<\/td>\n18929 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian)
\n23711 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

CLASS SERIES CONCEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide task-oriented social work services to clients\/patients, families, and others.<\/p>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assist Social Worker(s) or other staff in providing task-oriented social work services.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under direct supervision, assist in providing direct task-oriented social work services to clients\/patients, families, and others.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assist a social worker or other staff:<\/p>\n

Provide discharge planning for clients\/patients and client\/patient families;<\/p>\n

Coordinate placement, home-based care services, transportation, lodging, and follow-up appointments.<\/p>\n

Coordinate patient\u2019s Durable Medical Equipment needs; <\/p>\n

Provide client\/patient advocacy; act as liaison with community agencies\/resources;<\/p>\n

Promote optimal use of social service and health care resources;<\/p>\n

Assist clients\/patients and their families with the completion of forms, such but not limited to: as Medicaid, SSI, Victim\u2019s Compensation, or social service eligibility;<\/p>\n

Perform other duties as assigned.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bachelor\u2019s Degree in a behavioral science OR Associate of Arts Degree AND two years of experience in the social work field.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/14\/1973: New Class
\n05\/01\/1982: Revise Title & Class
\n01\/18\/1988: Revise Title\/Class
\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ
\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion
\n07\/01\/2025: Per PERC decision 14123 (PSRA, 2025), this classification is removed from the WFSE HMC bargaining unit and placed in the bargaining unit represented by SEIU 1199NW.
\n01\/07\/2026: Revise Basic Function and Typical Work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP Representative group Job codes SEIU LOCAL 925 HEALTHCARE PROF\/LAB TECH 18111 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 22514 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) SEIU 1199NW HMC SOCIAL WORKER AND DIETITIAN 18929 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian) 23711 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian) CLASS SERIES CONCEPT Provide task-oriented social work services to clients\/patients, families, and others. BASIC FUNCTION Assist Social Worker(s) or other staff in providing task-oriented social work services. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Under…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11392,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4466\/revisions\/11392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}