DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES / DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES CASELOADS. 223. The City and the Union agree that high workload can adversely impact worker’s ability to perform quality work. The Department of Human Services and the Union and the Department of Aging and Adult Services and the Union agree that caseload size in excess of agreed upon caseload standards shall be considered a mitigating factor in performance appraisals and in performance-based disciplinary actions. In all cases, in the absence of agreed upon caseload standards, the California Department of Social Services recommended standards shall prevail.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES / DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES CASELOADS. 229. The City and the Union agree that high workload can adversely impact worker’s ability to perform quality work. The Department of Human Services and the Union and the Department of Aging and Adult Services and the Union agree that caseload size in excess of agreed upon caseload standards shall be considered a mitigating factor in performance appraisals and in performance-based disciplinary actions. In all cases, in the absence of agreed upon caseload standards, the California Department of Social Services recommended standards shall prevail. 230. Within sixty (60) days of execution of this Agreement, the Department of Aging and Adult Services and the Union will meet, pursuant to Article VIII.A. of this Agreement, for the purpose of reaching agreement on caseload standards for the Adult Protective Services Division. 231. Within sixty (60) days of execution of this Agreement, the Department of Human Services and the Union will meet and confer for the purpose of reaching agreement on caseload standards for the following programs in the order listed, in accordance with Article VIII.A. of this Agreement: Family and Children’s Services Division, Food Stamps, Medi-Cal, CAAP, CalWorks, and IHSS. The Union and the Department agree that availability of funding shall be taken into consideration in establishing agreed upon standards.