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Rutherford County DSS introduces new board member and staff; agency reports continued vacancies and hiring changes
Summary
The board welcomed appointee Sydney Pellegrini and staff introduced two recent hires. Director and staff reviewed personnel reports that showed multiple vacant social-worker positions, comp-time concerns and recent success using Indeed for recruitment.
The Rutherford County Department of Social Services board welcomed a new county-commissioners appointee and heard a personnel report that highlighted hiring activity, ongoing vacancies in child-protective services and recent changes to recruitment practices.
At the start of the meeting the board formally introduced Sydney Pellegrini, who was sworn in as a county-commissioners appointee. Pellegrini identified herself as a peer support specialist who has worked in Cleveland County and Rutherford County and said she is “very eager to be somebody that has a voice” and is a member of NAMI’s board of directors.
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