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L AY - _ ,z D CARE SuCIAL. WuRKEL, 1 . , . . . . , _ The dau care unit has two social workers, one full-time and one half-time, to work with clients for whom the county Purchases. dau :,- care services. These workers are resPonsible for determining and 1 monitoring dau care eligibilitu, helping clients locate dau care Placements that meet their needs, Providing Preventive and suPPortive ,. casework to these clients, Providing information, and helPing with various asPerts of the administration of the Purchase of care :.. •,, • Ix. i . - Program. Tables 11 and 34 describe the distribution of time sPent bu -., each worker on each of these functions. The differences in time can be exPlained b differences in client PoPulations and, administrative ., :. . resPonsibilities. As stated earlier 'at least 4 Percent of the families served have sPecial needs that require extra casework suPervision. 0 Unfortunatelv, because of the corstraints of PaPerwork requirements • _ associated With eligibilitu, not enough time' is available to Provide the necessaru direct suPPortive casework with client families. In addition the number of clients each social worker carries has almost doubled in the last five 'dears. Tables A. andill also graPhicallu disPlau what time is needed to adequatelui Perform all the tasks associated with each job function . . It is Proposed that the addition of a half-time eligibiiitu dav ' care worker would Provide the additional suPPort staff to allow the two social worker Positions to function more effectivelu. This . . • worker would assume all eligibilitu functions and some administrative • (waiting list) and information functions, thus freeing uP the social P.J... - (:) work Positions to do more casework. .(See Table jig) S6 I .