Jobs at Lancaster County

Supervises, trains, and monitors aging program assessors; manages referrals, functional eligibility and OBRA assessments, workloads, deadlines, and recertification data. Coordinates with county assistance offices, healthcare providers, nursing facilities, and other agencies. Conducts supervisory sessions, completes reports, supports intercounty transfers, maintains confidentiality, and performs backup assessments and routine home visits.

Provides clerical support for Adult Probation and Parole Services’ Electronic Monitoring Unit. Responsibilities include processing case paperwork, reviewing home assessments, preparing and tracking monitoring equipment, maintaining inventory, billing vendors, coordinating SCRAM equipment removal, following up on delayed or lost equipment cases, and conducting orientations. The role requires professional communication with clients, staff, agencies, and community partners, along with organized independent work and basic office technology skills.

Conducts comprehensive face-to-face assessments for individuals seeking long-term care or home and community-based services. Reviews medical, functional, and financial information; determines appropriate levels of care; documents assessments using WellSky and PIA; provides benefits counseling; coordinates with families, healthcare providers, and agencies; maintains HIPAA-compliant records; prepares appeal materials and testimony; and completes required regulatory forms and reports. Requires routine travel to consumers’ homes, hospitals, and care facilities.

Provides administrative and clerical support for Adult Probation and Parole Services, coordinating record retention, training records, asset data, fleet vehicles, meeting schedules, correspondence, reception, mail, fees, and special projects. Reviews, organizes, scans, stores, and disposes of files according to retention requirements. Communicates with staff, agencies, judiciary members, offenders, and the public while independently managing priorities and office procedures.

Provides case management for adults with serious mental illness by assessing needs, developing service plans, coordinating community resources, monitoring progress, maintaining records, advocating for consumers, and collaborating with families, providers, insurers, and agencies. The role may facilitate voluntary or involuntary commitments, respond to emergencies, attend meetings, write reports, and travel to consumer homes and appointments.

Provides supervised entry-level crisis intervention and social casework services for individuals experiencing mental health emergencies or requiring ongoing support. Learns to conduct assessments, provide crisis counseling, facilitate mental health commitments, make referrals, document services, advocate for consumers, coordinate with families and agencies, and maintain case information. Requires participation in rotating 24/7 coverage, holidays, inclement weather response, community outreach, and transportation of consumers.

Learns and performs 9-1-1 call-taking duties, including operating computer, telephone, and radio systems; applying emergency protocols; gathering and entering caller information into CAD; communicating instructions; and routing incidents to appropriate telecommunicators. The role requires training, certification, typing and skills testing, teamwork, dependable attendance, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with extended headset and computer use.

Manages administrative business operations for a county behavioral health agency, including recruitment, onboarding, personnel records, clearances, training, payroll support, contracts, purchasing, inventory, building operations, and vendor coordination. Serves as the agency’s information security officer and manages access to the CARES electronic health record, reporting, technology rollouts, and IT coordination. Prepares personnel and payroll reports, supports policy compliance, and liaises with County HR, IT, General Services, and external providers.

Provides paraprofessional casework support for mental health services. Assists caseworkers with paperwork, client communications, home visits, referrals, observations, team meetings, and transportation to appointments or delivery of essential items. The role requires daily field travel using a personal vehicle, collaboration with consumers, families, agency staff, and community organizations, and completion of mandated background clearances, drug screening, and driving documentation.

Plans, develops, and presents hands-on environmental education, natural history, outdoor recreation, and interpretive programs for groups and the public. Assists with program preparation, promotes safety, navigates rough terrain, and paddles or carries canoes and kayaks. Requires strong environmental knowledge, public speaking, teamwork, office software proficiency, physical ability, background clearances, certifications, and a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license.

Coordinates county emergency management and community resilience programs, including preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, continuity planning, volunteer organizations, public-private partnerships, access and functional needs planning, public education, and mass notification support. Serves as a rotating duty officer and liaison to local, state, federal, nonprofit, and community agencies. Requires occasional after-hours, weekend, holiday, and field operations work.

Investigate reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment of older adults. Conduct home visits, assess risk, develop and implement least-restrictive care plans, coordinate with medical and community providers, manage cases (including guardianship/emergency interventions), document findings, and participate in a rotating on-call schedule.

Provide trial-level legal representation for indigent adults charged with homicide and serious felonies in district, common pleas, and appellate courts; mentor junior attorneys; prepare reports; maintain case data in the case management system; complete CLE and death-penalty certification; serve on committees as directed.

Provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles in magisterial district court, court of common pleas, and Pennsylvania appellate courts. Handle trials, hearings, pleas, sentencing, appeals, client communications, factual investigation, legal research, filings, and coordinate experts and investigative staff.

Provide front-desk reception and telephone coverage, assist clients and visitors, perform clerical tasks (copies, mail, e-faxes, shredding), run court-related errands, and support special projects and departmental needs under supervisor direction.

Provide child welfare casework in Intake, Family Support, and Permanency: investigate abuse/neglect reports, deliver short-term/crisis intervention, create and implement court-approved case plans, supervise placements, make service referrals, monitor progress, maintain records, and conduct home visits for a caseload of roughly 15–25 families.