In anticipation of the new trainees finishing their training and joining our Division next month, we are taking the opportunity to make assignment changes in an
effort to balance out our units and workloads. We are also working to ensure
our changes support our goal of improving efficiency. Read on to learn more.
Medi-Cal/CalFresh
Trainees Coming!
Six eligibility workers will be completing their
formal induction training and joining the units in mid-July. Please welcome Evan Baumann, Zelzy Bobadilla, Diana Gil Bueno, Claire Hurst, Cynthia Velazquez, and Karla Jacinto! They will soon report to Maria Dwyer, Rosa Gonzalez,
and Carmen Rodarte. These supervisors
are happy to have them join the unit as their new EWs.
New EWIII Lead--Patty Lopez
Her promotion was announced on June 5th. She will assume lead responsibility for Carmen’s
unit effective 7/13/20.
Other
EW Reassignment—Diana Aguirre
Since
Patty will be learning the traditional EWIII lead worker role in Carmen
Rodarte’s unit, Diana will be reassigned to Hector Mendez’s unit as a Floater. The supervisors have also taken into account
the requirements to implement the Outstation Redesigned Project.
Outstation Redesigned Project
Prior to COVID-19, your leadership team had begun to
examine the way our outstation sites were being managed. Using the feedback staff provided, the model
was redesigned to improve transparency, work equity, and build new skills in
staff. We will not know how effective
the new model will be until we resume our outstation activities. For now, outstation activity remains mostly
on hold due to COVID-19.
Please understand that this is a work in progress and
may need to be modified as we move forward.
We will always continue to look for ways to innovate. If you have suggestions or ideas, send them
upward to your supervisor.
Special thanks to the supervisors who have worked out
the redesign details and are getting the project off the ground. Special thanks
also to the current outstation workers who have been doing a wonderful job of
representing our agency in a positive light.
Your knowledge and mentorship of new staff in this role will be vital in
ensuring that our service does not skip a beat!
Physical Move
Some staff are moving that have been in their same
workstations for quite some time! We
look forward to this change to improve our operations, and ready ourselves for
further changes in the future. Due to
business needs with hiring and training, balancing unit resources, and
preparing for changes such as CalSAWS, this likely will not be the last
reorganization our division will undergo. Please take this move as an
opportunity for personal and professional growth. Studies have shown that movement is healthy
in order to promote creativity, boost performance, or develop new collaboration
because of having new neighbors. Change
is a constant; working for DSS should prove that. If nothing else, it is good time to clean and
get rid of unnecessary accumulation of stuff.
Until
then, please join me in wishing the above staff the best in their new assignments.
Keep up the excellence! Thank you for your flexibility and support of one
another. Please let me or any of the
division supervisor know if you have any questions or concerns with the plan.