Proposed Text
22VAC40-670-20. Policy Minimum employee entrance and
performance standards.
Section 63.2-219 of the Code of Virginia requires the board
to establish minimum entrance and performance standards.
A. In order to be evaluated for vacancies hired
for positions in the Family Services Occupational Group, applicants individuals
shall possess prior to their employment date a minimum of:
1. Possess a minimum of a A baccalaureate degree
in the human services field; or
2. Possess a minimum of a A baccalaureate degree
in any field accompanied by a minimum of two years appropriate and related
experience in a human services related area; or.
B. In order to be evaluated for positions in the Family Services Occupational Group, individuals who do not meet the degree requirement at the time of application for employment must be in their last semester of a degree program that will meet the requirements of subsection A of this section.
3. C. To be considered for promotion, persons
currently individuals employed in the Family Services Occupational
Group or its equivalent without a break in service by a local department
prior to September 1, 1990 who do not meet the requirements of subdivision 1
or 2 of this section, January 1, 1999, shall possess four:
1. Meet the requirements in subsection A or B of this section; or
2. Posses four years of appropriate and related
experience in a human services area and must have successfully completed all available
competency-based required training related to the promotional area.
If an individual does not indicate possession of the
requirements in subdivision 1, 2, or 3 of this section on the application, he
will not be qualified for the position.
Once the applicant has noted the possession of a
baccalaureate degree in the human services field on the application or resume,
the evaluation process will continue using knowledge, skill, and ability
criteria.
D. For individuals who indicate meeting the requirements in subsection A, B, or C of this section on the application for employment, the evaluation process will continue using knowledge, skill, and ability criteria. Individuals who do not indicate meeting the requirements in subsection A, B, or C of this section on the application for employment, the individuals will be unqualified and will not be further evaluated.
E. Individuals employed in the Family Services
Occupational Group or its equivalent without a break in service by a local
department prior to September 1, 1990 January 1, 1999, who do
not meet the requirements of subdivision 1, 2, or 3 of this section subsection
A of this section, will be retained in their current occupational title or
any lesser occupational title without having to meet the above
requirements of subsection A of this section. This includes the same
occupational title in another local department These individuals
may be considered for employment in the same occupational title in another
local department provided that there is no break in service. These
individuals will be required to meet the requirements of subdivision 1, 2,
or 3, subsection A, B, or C of this section for application to any
higher occupational title in the Family Services Occupational Group
other than their current occupational title.