“A serious staffing crisis”: Job and Family Services struggling to find caseworkers
Preble County Commissioner Adam Craft, Rachael Vonderhaar and David Haber during their meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Braden Moles | The Register-Herald
EATON — Becky Sorrell, Director of Preble County Job and Family Services, met with the new Preble County Board of Commissioners during their Wednesday, Jan. 27 meeting to discuss JFS’s struggles to hire new staff.
Sorrell has been conducting interviews to fill Children’s Services caseworker positions, and of a recent group of 10 applicants, five did not even show up for interviews.
“We’re really struggling with getting these caseworker positions filled. We’ve posted on Indeed multiple times. I get lots of interest, but not people who are qualified for the job,” Sorrell said. “I have contacted Miami, UC, Wright State, IU East. I’ve posted on their boards. I’ve talked with the state, Ohio Means Jobs posts the job. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to recruit staff for that. We are in a staffing crisis in children’s services.