ul>Receives training in agency social work procedures, personnel policies, program guidelines and legal reporting requirements; Receives training in and is given progressively complex assignments involving utilization of interviewing techniques required to assess client needs, elicit information and establish community referral sources; Provides basic counseling services to a limited number of clients enrolled in departmental programs, inmates or patients in residence or families of clients receiving services; Prepares initial treatment plans, psychosocial evaluation, case histories and other case records as components of a small assigned caseload; Refers clients, patients and family members for community or social services, medical or psychological services or housing, financial and employment assistance; Motivates clients to increase ability to understand and cope with problems, frustration and anxiety; Performs a greater number of specific and complex social work duties and maintains a larger caseload as skills are acquired during training program; Performs related duties as required. NOTE: Closely related fields are: applied sociology, child development, child welfare, clinical psychology, counseling, human development and family studies, human service, marriage and family therapy, nursing, social and/or human services, education and criminal justice.