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Rutherford County DSS introduces new board member and staff; agency reports continued vacancies and hiring changes

3220693 · April 16, 2025
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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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