POSITION:     Clerk Typist/Receptionist (Part-time)          Mental Health & Drug and Alcohol  PAY GRADE:     2  WAGE:                $8.42/hr. (as a minimum)

FUNCTIONS:

• Performs a variety of office tasks and a wide range of support procedures and functions required by the agency and/or program for successful operations and the expeditious delivery of quality services.

• Conducts successful task and/or assignment completion, including emergency situations, within established procedures and protocols.

• Responsible for processing information, processing mathematical computations and/or data input, and the satisfactory completion of appropriate output, documents, information, reports, and the like.

• Maintains appropriate and assigned communications with all levels of staff, vendors, health care providers and institutions, clients and their family, etc.

• Screens visitors and phone calls for program and office staff.

• Ensures the accuracy, format, grammar, completeness and consistency of information processed.

• Maintains and processes records, client information, and various program forms.

• Adheres to all policies, laws, regulations and codes of ethics and confidentiality as outlined by federal and state laws, and agency policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated proficiency on a typewriter and/or computer keyboard, at a minimum speed of 45 words per minute with no more than 3 errors.

• Demonstrated ability to perform work requiring preciseness with a high degree of accuracy.

• Ability to communicate with effectiveness, understand and carry out specific instructions.

• Ability to sit for long periods of time during the workday and to occasionally lift office supplies weighing up to 10 pounds.

• Ability to operate a keyboard and a multi-line telephone simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS MUST SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PA HUMAN SERVICES, INC., OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES,  300 CHAMBER PLAZA, CHARLEROI, PA  15022-1607,  ATTENTION:  DEPARTMENT 1220, NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012.

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