Family Services Specialist
About The Position
The Division of Child Protection Services impacts children and families' lives every day by assessing safety, providing intervention, and securing stability for children. If you are committed to helping children and families; have excellent customer service, communication, and problem-solving skills; and are dedicated to achieving positive outcomes for children and families, this may be an opportunity for you to make a difference in a child's life. This position is responsible for completing assessments with families from diverse economic, educational, and cultural backgrounds alleged to have maltreated their children including analysis of danger threats to children; providing intervention services with families after a determination has occurred that conditions in the home threaten child safety; providing ongoing safety management through out of home placement of child or an in home safety plan when children remain in the home; working with the court system including testifying when children are placed in the custody of the state; finding foster and adoptive homes for children; recommending placements; monitoring children placed in out of home care; case planning; assessing needs of resource families and providing support services; identifying and locating relatives for possible placement resources for children placed in out of home care; responding to emergencies regarding reports of alleged child abuse and/or neglect on a 24 hour basis.
Requirements
- A valid driver's license
- Resume attached
- Background investigation
- Abuse and neglect screening
Nice To Haves
- A bachelor's degree in a human service-related field is preferred
- Relevant experience may be considered
Responsibilities
- Completing assessments with families from diverse economic, educational, and cultural backgrounds alleged to have maltreated their children including analysis of danger threats to children
- Providing intervention services with families after a determination has occurred that conditions in the home threaten child safety
- Providing ongoing safety management through out of home placement of child or an in home safety plan when children remain in the home
- Working with the court system including testifying when children are placed in the custody of the state
- Finding foster and adoptive homes for children
- Recommending placements
- Monitoring children placed in out of home care
- Case planning
- Assessing needs of resource families and providing support services
- Identifying and locating relatives for possible placement resources for children placed in out of home care
- Responding to emergencies regarding reports of alleged child abuse and/or neglect on a 24 hour basis
Benefits
- Health insurance (employee premium is $0)
- Eleven paid holidays
- Generous vacation and sick leave accrual
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Other insurance options
- Retirement benefits (Class A retirement under SDRS)
- $2,000.00 Hiring Incentive (Eagle Butte location)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
