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AGENCY TESTIMONY
HASA recruitment and staff retention efforts
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John Rojas outlines HASA's efforts to recruit and retain staff, addressing the challenges in maintaining adequate staffing levels.
- HASA has pursued recruitment and staff retention efforts vigorously
- Attended job fairs and recruitment events
- Hired more than 46 caseworkers in the last 18 months
- Implemented a retention bonus for caseworkers in collaboration with DC 37
- Received a hiring freeze exemption for HASA caseworkers in a constrained fiscal environment
- Acknowledges ongoing challenges in meeting caseworker ratio targets due to a tight job market for skilled professionals
John Rojas
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To that end, HAASA has pursued recruitment and staff retention efforts vigorously.
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We have attended job fairs and recruitment events.
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We have hired more than a 46 caseworkers in the last eighteen months.
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In addition, we have worked with d c d c thirty seven to implement a retention bonus for our caseworkers.
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In a constrained fiscal environment, DSS received a hiring freeze exemption for HASA caseworkers.
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That exemption allowed us to continue our current efforts and bring onboard staff to support our clients.
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We on we acknowledge the ongoing challenge.
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Caseworker ratios represent hiring in the area.
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Hiring in this area represents obstacles given the tight market for people with the skills and expertise who can serve our clients best.
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We wanna take a moment now to show a recruitment video that, DSS created that helped us hire the many staff that we have in the last eighteen months.
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So as we wait for the video, I'll I'll continue with the testimony and then we can skip back to it.