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3USTIFICATION: (continued) • . - The social work staff has no space which is large enough to inter- view a family in crisis. The only possible space in the building is the conference room which is shared by all the agencies, in the building. I. Often that room is being utilized by another group and is unavailable. Since it is a very public room the chances are also great for interruption if the worker is able to utilize it. It is also necessary but very - difficult to reserve it in advance in those crisis situations, and it is very awkward to have to leave the family to walk all the way to the other and of the building to check on the availability of the room and "sign up" for it. The social work staff now has audio-video equipment and has the opportunity to video-tape such client interviews as those with children who have been sexually abused to share with law enforcement personnel and the District Attorney, but has no space large enough in which to set up that equipment for interviewing those families. III.. SOCIAL WORK STAFF NEEDS. • Due to a severe reduction in staff in 1981 this' agency has been involved almost yearly providing justification for adding staff. This has taken the position of saying in- creased service levels were needed to obtain staff who were deleted, which in some respects said the 1980 level of staff was not needed. Staff work loads continue to be heavy and supervisory capability is seriously deficient. TREND: Service demand is increasing, new programs are being added, department has been deficient in supervising personnel for several years. BUDGET REQUEST FOR 1985-86: To provide adequate supervision for new and expanding programs we propose em- ployment of an Social Work Supervisor I. JUSTIFICATION: Following the 1980 national election DSS staff was reduced the equivalent of six full time positions including a Social Work Supervisor I position. Four of these have been replaced by adding county funded positions and one equiva- lent position replaced by state funding Permanency Planning. A Long Term Care Screening (LTCS) position will be added in early 1985. We are presently del; ficient in supervisory capability having the agency Director directly super- vising 6 line personnel in addition_ to overall administration and the combined Adult Services/Day Care supervisor responsible for 8.5 line workers and pro- grams of a very diverse nature. Day Care reporting consumes many more hours which computerization could relieve-. Staff strength remains below the 1980 level. • Day Care Services have expanded significantly within the past five years while Dept. of Social Services day care staff has decreased. TREND: The high evidence of single parent families, the low unemployment rate • in Orange County, and the high costs of living which requires both parents to work continue to escalate the need for child day care services BUDGET REQUEST FOR 1985-86: To employ a Social Worker I in the Day Care Unit to do the major share