Qureos Mentor

The Judiciary, State of Hawaii

<div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Position Specific Description</b></h2></div>
<div><div><b>Recruitment Number 26-103LJ, </b>Social Worker IV (Public Guardian), SR-22*, Kauai.<br>
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<ul><li><b>Hourly rate effective July 1, 2026.</b></li></ul><br>
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Note:</b> <b>This position is a permanent, part-time (20 hours per week) position. T</b><b>his position requires a current and valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.</b></div></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Summary of Duties</b></h2></div>
<div><p>This position provides guardianship and case management services for incapacitated adults under the supervision of the Office of the Public Guardian. Responsibilities include conducting interviews and assessments to determine client needs; monitoring the health, safety, and welfare of wards; making decisions regarding care and services; developing and monitoring treatment plans; and coordinating with case managers, service providers, and community agencies to ensure appropriate support and resources are provided. The position attends and testifies in court proceedings, prepares and submits guardianship reports, provides information, consultation, and referrals regarding guardianship matters, and assists in maintaining collaborative relationships with courts, attorneys, service providers, and community organizations. Additional duties include supervising social work interns and volunteers, conducting training and educational outreach on guardianship issues, and maintaining accurate case documentation and records. Assigned cases are primarily located on Kauai but may include responsibilities on neighboring islands as needed.</p></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Minimum Qualification Requirements</b></h2></div>
<div><p><b>Education Requirement:</b> Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor&rsquo;s degree which included a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours in courses such as social work, social welfare, criminal justice, human services, counseling, psychology, sociology, or other related social sciences.<br>
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Excess work experience as described under Specialized Experience below, or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience which provided knowledge and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a bachelor&rsquo;s degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge and abilities.<br>
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The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex written material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.<br>
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<b>Specialized Experience:</b> Two and one-half (2-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional social work experience which involved utilizing a variety of social work skills and exercising professional judgement in the process of assisting individuals and their families with identifying their problems, evaluating the situation realistically, and considering resources and alternative courses of action pertinent to their needs and circumstances. The work typically involves conducting assessments; developing and implementing a plan of treatment programs and services; working cooperatively with other professionals, community agencies or institutions, in an interdisciplinary team; and evaluating the client&rsquo;s progress and adjusting plans as appropriate.<br>
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<b>Non-Qualifying Experience</b>: Experience which did not provide the necessary professional social work concepts and theories and the background and knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of professional social work will not be considered as qualifying experience. Examples of non-qualifying experience include, but are not limited to:<br>
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(1) Experience providing supportive services to professional social workers, vocational rehabilitation specialists, housing managers, or other professional workers in such programs as public welfare, family court, etc.<br>
(2) Experience determining the eligibility of applicants/recipients for benefits under a public welfare program such as medical assistance, food stamps and other benefits.<br>
(3) Experience providing vocational, educational, psychological, or pastoral counseling.<br>
(4) Experience providing occupational or physical therapeutic services.<br>
(5) Peace Corps or VISTA work experience which did not require the application of professional knowledge of the principles and practices of social work and/or was not performed under competent professional supervision.<br>
(6) Experience relocating clients who are displaced as a result of urban renewal or other similar reasons.<br>
(7) Trainee level type social work experience will not be considered qualifying unless work is performed under competent professional social work supervision.<br>
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<b>Substitution Allowed:</b><br>
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1. A bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Social Work or Criminal Justice Administration from an accredited four (4) year college or university qualifies for Social Worker II or six (6) months of experience.<br>
2. A master&rsquo;s degree in Social Work or Criminal Justice Administration from an accredited college or university qualifies for Social Worker III or one and one-half (1-1/2) years of experience.<br>
3. A Ph.D. degree in Social Work or Criminal Justice Administration from an accredited college or university qualifies for Social Worker IV or two and one-half (2-1/2) years of experience.<br>
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<b>Selective Certification Requirement - Driver's License:</b> This position requires a current and valid driver's license to operate a motor vehicle.<br>
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<b>Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement (28 CFR 115.17, 115.117, 115.217 and 115.317):</b> For this position, applicants may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities.<br>
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In accordance with the Federal PREA Law, the Hawaii State Judiciary shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with detainees in juvenile facilities and lockups, with inmates detained in a prison or jail, or with residents of community confinement facilities who:<br>
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a. Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution;<br>
b. Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse;<br>
c. Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in b above; or<br>
d. Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment, or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.</p></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Supplemental Information</b></h2></div>
<div><p>Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.gov, or mailed to the following address: Hawaii State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.<br>
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Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.</p></div></div></div><p></p>

Social Worker IV (Public Guardian)

<div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Position Specific Description</b></h2></div>
<div><p><b>Recruitment Number 26-071LK</b>, Court Administrator II (Legal Documents), SR-26, Honolulu, Oahu.<br>
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Note: The recruitment for this position is being announced at the Court Administrator I and II levels. See Court Administrator I (Legal Documents), Recruitment Number 26-070LK.</p></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Summary of Duties</b></h2></div>
<div><p>Plans, directs, controls and coordinates the court support functions of an organizational segment; participates in the development, evaluation, implementation and modification of new policies, procedures, work methods and programs, and recommends and/or makes changes as necessary; attends to administrative housekeeping matters; and performs other duties as required.</p></div><br>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Minimum Qualification Requirements</b></h2></div>
<div><p><b>Education Requirement</b>: Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor&rsquo;s degree. Excess work experience as described under Specialized Experience below, or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience which provided knowledge and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a bachelor&rsquo;s degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge of comparable knowledge and abilities.<br>
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The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.<br>
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<b>Specialized Experience</b>: Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional, administrative, technical work experience in one or a combination of the following areas. Clerical work experience is non-qualifying:<br>
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1. In a c<i>ourt or legal setting</i>, responsibility for supervising or overseeing the operational activities of a unit or section whose primary function is the preparation and/or processing of legal documents. Such experience must have included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary. Examples of legal setting are: Office of the Prosecutor, Public Defender, Department of the Attorney General, legal department in a financial institution or trust company, private attorney&rsquo;s office.<br>
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2. Independently performing professional work involving written analysis, evaluation and recommendations for problem resolution in a <i>court or legal setting, or those social work or administrative programs of the courts</i>. For purposes of this section, non-supervisory and supervisory work experience performing and/or supervising general clerical is not qualifying.<br>
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<b>Staff Specialist OR Supervisory Experience</b>: Six (6) months of experience in one of the following areas:<br>
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A. Staff Specialist Experience: Work in a <i>criminal justice system</i> which included the development and/or modification of an institutional program, and/or work in a criminal justice system which included program development; evaluation and the development of new and revised procedures; and advisory services to management in the overall aspects of program development and evaluation.<br>
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B. Supervisory Experience: Experience which included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing of new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary.<br>
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The required years of Supervisory Experience is separate from meeting the Specialized Experience requirement under #1 above.<br>
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<b>Administrative Experience</b>: Six (6) months of progressively responsible work experience in a <i>court or legal setting, social work or administrative program of the courts </i>which involved active participation in and major responsibility for the development of policies and procedures; and the development, management, execution and coordination of program operations and activities.<br>
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<b>Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience</b>:<br>
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A. Master's degree in business, public administration or criminal justice administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.<br>
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B. Juris Doctor degree from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.</p></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Supplemental Information</b></h2></div>
<div><p>Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.gov, or mailed to the following address: Hawai`i State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813.<br>
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Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.</p></div></div></div><p></p>

Court Administrator II (Legal Documents)

<div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Position Specific Description</b></h2></div>
<div><p><b>Recruitment Number 26-070LK</b>, Court Administrator I (Legal Documents), SR-24, Honolulu, Oahu.<br>
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Note: The recruitment for this position is being announced at the Court Administrator I and II levels. See Court Administrator II (Legal Documents), Recruitment Number 26-071LK.</p></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Summary of Duties</b></h2></div>
<div><p>Plans, directs, controls and coordinates the court support functions of an organizational segment; participates in the development, evaluation, implementation and modification of new policies, procedures, work methods and programs, and recommends and/or makes changes as necessary; attends to administrative housekeeping matters; and performs other duties as required.</p></div><br>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Minimum Qualification Requirements</b></h2></div>
<div><p><b>Education Requirement</b>: Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor&rsquo;s degree. Excess work experience as described under Specialized Experience below, or any other responsible administrative, professional or analytical work experience which provided knowledge and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a bachelor&rsquo;s degree may be substituted on a year-for-year basis. To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge of comparable knowledge and abilities.<br>
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The education or experience background must also demonstrate the ability to write clear and comprehensive reports and other documents; read and interpret complex material; and solve complex problems logically and systematically.<br>
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<b>Specialized Experience</b>: Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional, administrative, technical work experience in one or a combination of the following areas. Clerical work experience is non-qualifying:<br>
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1. In a c<i>ourt or legal setting</i>, responsibility for supervising or overseeing the operational activities of a unit or section whose primary function is the preparation and/or processing of legal documents. Such experience must have included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary. Examples of legal setting are: Office of the Prosecutor, Public Defender, Department of the Attorney General, legal department in a financial institution or trust company, private attorney&rsquo;s office.<br>
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2. Independently performing professional work involving written analysis, evaluation and recommendations for problem resolution in a <i>court or legal setting, social work or administrative program of the courts.</i><br>
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For purposes of this section, non-supervisory and supervisory work experience performing and/or supervising general clerical is not qualifying.<br>
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<b>Staff Specialist OR Supervisory Experience</b>: Six (6) months of experience in one of the following areas:<br>
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A. Staff Specialist Experience: Work in a <i>criminal justice system</i> which included the development and/or modification of an institutional program, and/or work in a criminal justice system which included program development; evaluation and the development of new and revised procedures; and advisory services to management in the overall aspects of program development and evaluation.<br>
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B. Supervisory Experience: Experience which included: (1) planning and directing the work of others; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) timing and scheduling their work; (5) training and developing of new employees; and (6) disciplining them when necessary.<br>
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The required years of Supervisory Experience is separate from meeting the Specialized Experience requirement under #1 above.<br>
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<b>Administrative Experience</b>: Administrative aptitude rather than actual administrative experience is accepted. Administrative aptitude will be considered to have been met for this level when there is strong evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involve administrative problems (e.g., planning, organizing, promoting and directing a program providing staff advice and assistance); interest in management demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly indicates awareness of problems and the ability to solve them; completion of educational or training courses in the areas of management accompanied by the application of principles, which were learned, to work assignments; management&rsquo;s observation and evaluation of the applicant&rsquo;s leadership and managerial capabilities; success in trial assignments to managerial and/or administrative tasks.<br>
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<b>Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience</b>:<br>
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A. Master's degree in business, public administration or criminal justice administration or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.<br>
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B. Juris Doctor degree from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one (1) year of Specialized Experience.</p></div>
<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Supplemental Information</b></h2></div>
<div><p>Any additional information may be attached to your online application, submitted by email to Recruitment@courts.hawaii.gov, or mailed to the following address: Hawai`i State Judiciary, Human Resources Department, 426 Queen Street, First Floor, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813.<br>
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Education: If you are using education as a substitution for experience, you must submit a copy of your transcript(s) or diploma(s) at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, we will request an official transcript (not a copy) at a later date. The official transcript must indicate completion of the training and/or the awarding of the appropriate degree.</p></div></div></div><p></p>

Court Administrator I (Legal Documents)

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