South Carolina DSS director outlines $6.4 million plan to hire, keep caseworkers “I’m not going to completely restructure the agency right now,” Amber Gillum told a special Senate panel that has been reviewing DSS. “I’ve been really focusing on trying to get staff in the field what they need.” Gillum took over this summer for Lillian Koller, who for years said the agency didn’t need more money or manpower. Last month, the panel led by Sen. Tom Young, R-Aiken, asked the department to submit a plan to quickly hire and retain workers in the high-stress, high-turnover jobs, rather than wait until after the next budget is passed. On Thursday, Gillum released a $6.4 million plan aiming to do just that, saying the agency is streamlining hiring, increasing salaries and creating opportunities for workers to get promoted to leadership positions. The plan is to add 221 employees, including eight supervisors and 67 assistants, positions that Gillum said are designed to free caseworkers from paperwork and other tasks that take their attention away from children. That hiring will start in November, according to Gillum. County caseworkers and supervisors are getting a 10 percent raise, starting with their Nov. 2 paycheck, boosting a caseworker’s starting salary by $3,140 to $34,580, Gillum said. Gillum said the [...] geogianews/south-carolina-dss-director-outlines-6-4-million-plan-to-hire-keep-caseworkers-2/
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 09:45:48 +0000
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